Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-08-22

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 22
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▼ 163 vs last sale 401▲ 33 vs year ago 205 · +16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 142▲ 33 vs year ago 104 · +31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 13▲ 79 vs year ago 13 · +607.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves unevenly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Claves steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves mostly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $227.46/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$227.46
71 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$971
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.02
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2395228.7190314thin
Medium and Large 1466228.691,06533
Medium and Large 3392225.0588224
One grade step is worth $3.65/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale71 hd
227.46
—
GA average16 barns · 1,286 hd
220.44
+7.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,489124.981,8614thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31998.911,30444
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06497.071,03255
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00683.3483816

Every lot

39 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368279.90/cwt275.00–285.001,0302
Steers—Medium and Large 1427268.91/cwt265.00–276.001,14816
Steers—Medium and Large 1475263.57/cwt258.00–268.001,2528
Steers—Medium and Large 1538249.40/cwt247.00–257.001,3424
Steers—Medium and Large 2577233.62/cwt232.00–240.001,3485
Steers—Medium and Large 3589219.58/cwt217.00–225.001,2933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313242.81/cwt240.00–248.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330235.17/cwt230.00–240.0077612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368247.55/cwt245.00–250.009112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3389228.21/cwt225.00–230.0088810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2407226.27/cwt220.00–228.009219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417236.67/cwt232.00–238.009879
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463218.52/cwt217.00–220.001,0122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468228.11/cwt225.00–235.001,06813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533217.34/cwt210.00–220.001,1589
Heifers—Medium and Large 3778148.58/cwt145.00–152.001,1562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317248.32/cwt245.00–253.007873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355270.00/cwt265.00–275.009592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425252.62/cwt250.00–255.001,0742
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430234.83/cwt230.00–240.001,0102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435242.44/cwt240.00–245.001,0552
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468219.81/cwt215.00–225.001,0292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562218.99/cwt217.00–220.001,2313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,135111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2601
Bulls——1,607129.64/cwt129.00–130.002,0833
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00383.63/cwt80.00–87.0083915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04092.56/cwt89.00–96.0096328
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04579.00/cwt79.00–79.008261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06599.78/cwt97.00–103.001,06320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154107.40/cwt105.00–111.001,2397
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29193.75/cwt90.00–97.001,21015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,324100.53/cwt98.00–104.001,33125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390108.15/cwt105.00–112.001,5034
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,05392.26/cwt87.00–96.0097111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09499.49/cwt96.00–105.001,08810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,10792.40/cwt87.00–96.001,02332
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11299.63/cwt97.00–105.001,10810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,204101.86/cwt99.00–105.001,2264
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,20494.24/cwt92.00–98.001,1358

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.