Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-08-29

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 238▼ 284 vs year ago 498 · −57.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
347 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 137▲ 270 vs year ago 77 · +350.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 92▼ 14 vs year ago 51 · −27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, feeder bulls lightly tested, steers calves lightly tested, heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.53/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$220.53
67 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.37
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487230.811,12530
Medium and Large 2509218.451,11220
Medium and Large 3547204.851,12117thin
One grade step is worth $25.96/cwt here — about $4 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 sale67 hd
220.53
—
GA average16 barns · 1,217 hd
220.90
−0.37
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—Average1,548124.841,9334thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37499.401,36657
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11699.231,108169
CowsLean 85-90%Low94583.5078947

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$5002thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315299.03/cwt298.00–300.009422
Steers—Medium and Large 3323273.53/cwt272.00–275.008842
Steers—Medium and Large 3405242.47/cwt240.00–245.009822
Steers—Medium and Large 2427251.68/cwt250.00–255.001,0753
Steers—Medium and Large 2518234.36/cwt232.50–235.001,2144
Steers—Medium and Large 1620234.05/cwt228.00–237.501,45114
Steers—Medium and Large 3667211.84/cwt210.00–215.001,4137
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358243.39/cwt240.00–250.008719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374231.31/cwt230.00–232.508652
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378223.77/cwt220.00–227.508464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422221.72/cwt217.50–227.509365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465232.57/cwt230.00–235.001,0816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563215.21/cwt207.50–217.001,21213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3569207.72/cwt200.00–209.001,1827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574222.55/cwt220.00–225.001,27715
Heifers—Medium and Large 3615191.47/cwt190.00–196.001,1784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3673183.72/cwt182.50–185.001,2362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313297.45/cwt292.50–302.509313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373257.45/cwt255.00–260.009602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383286.24/cwt285.00–287.501,0962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413238.71/cwt237.50–240.009862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568214.03/cwt213.00–215.001,2164
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575203.31/cwt200.00–207.501,1693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608201.26/cwt200.00–202.501,2242
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685175.04/cwt170.00–180.001,1992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1738192.53/cwt190.00–195.001,4212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,428117.66/cwt116.00–119.001,6802
Bulls——1,668132.02/cwt129.00–135.002,2022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91775.23/cwt72.00–79.0069013
Cows—Lean 85-90%93784.30/cwt80.00–87.0079023
Cows—Lean 85-90%99591.59/cwt90.00–94.0091111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09596.59/cwt93.00–100.001,058111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147108.99/cwt103.00–116.001,25014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,161102.79/cwt101.00–108.001,19344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36393.48/cwt90.00–97.001,27421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,371110.63/cwt107.00–116.001,5176
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383101.29/cwt98.00–105.001,40130
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3875500.00/head500.00–500.005002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240104.92/cwt102.00–109.001,3012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,29594.43/cwt90.00–100.001,2233

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.