Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-09-05

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 5
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
327 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 214▼ 35 vs year ago 362 · −9.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 347▲ 97 vs year ago 103 · +94.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 37▲ 21 vs year ago 4 · +525.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves and 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 $224.79/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$224.79
107 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$963
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.61
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432229.1699059
Medium and Large 2410225.3392431
Medium and Large 3449208.6593817thin
One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $52 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 sale107 hd
224.79
—
GA average12 barns · 975 hd
220.18
+4.61
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—Low1,399114.981,6083thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41099.621,40523
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11999.091,10889
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04285.8889546

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)1,040$1,2306

Every lot

45 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3321275.90/cwt272.50–280.008869
Steers—Medium and Large 1328295.11/cwt290.00–300.009682
Steers—Medium and Large 3423238.68/cwt237.50–240.001,0102
Steers—Medium and Large 1436262.98/cwt260.00–270.001,14712
Steers—Medium and Large 2437254.52/cwt253.00–255.001,1124
Steers—Medium and Large 3477224.04/cwt223.00–225.001,0692
Steers—Medium and Large 2531233.81/cwt230.00–237.001,24211
Steers—Medium and Large 1542244.88/cwt242.50–250.001,32720
Steers—Medium and Large 2607216.87/cwt215.00–217.501,3164
Steers—Medium and Large 1627233.99/cwt227.00–236.001,46726
Steers—Medium and Large 2721207.72/cwt207.00–212.001,4987
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315239.00/cwt235.00–245.007535
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315223.28/cwt220.00–225.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361232.84/cwt230.00–236.008416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380213.57/cwt205.00–215.008127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413229.42/cwt229.00–232.5094828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422223.53/cwt220.00–227.5094325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475226.98/cwt225.00–228.001,07826
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475204.84/cwt200.00–210.009732
Heifers—Medium and Large 3617194.51/cwt192.50–195.001,2005
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3329275.68/cwt270.00–280.009074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334288.79/cwt287.50–290.009652
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365254.21/cwt252.50–257.509283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377281.21/cwt280.00–282.501,0602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383272.35/cwt270.00–277.501,0433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472233.90/cwt230.00–240.001,1047
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473223.71/cwt220.00–230.001,05816
Bulls—Medium and Large 3534213.18/cwt212.50–215.001,1387
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560217.83/cwt215.00–220.001,2207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630205.56/cwt202.50–212.501,2958
Bulls—Medium and Large 3641192.55/cwt187.50–195.001,2343
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,223113.47/cwt111.00–116.001,3882
Bulls——1,750118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,0651
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90077.29/cwt75.00–80.006969
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06385.32/cwt81.00–88.0090725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09696.41/cwt93.00–99.001,05750
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10593.50/cwt90.00–97.001,03312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143102.08/cwt100.00–106.001,16737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230110.91/cwt109.00–113.001,3642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392107.19/cwt106.00–108.001,4925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411100.90/cwt98.00–105.001,42410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42193.30/cwt90.00–96.001,3268
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,183103.42/cwt99.00–111.001,2233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218100.46/cwt100.00–101.001,2242
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0401,230.29/head1,150.00–1,300.001,2306

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.