Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-01-30

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 30
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 367▲ 214 vs year ago 220 · +97.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 126▼ 151 vs year ago 198 · −76.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 58▲ 3 vs year ago 24 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves, heifers calves, and bull calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.88/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$247.88
167 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,144
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$47.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.55
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2414261.481,08236
Medium and Large 1446257.931,15090
Medium and Large 3538213.871,15241
One grade step is worth $47.61/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale167 hd
247.88
—
GA average16 barns · 1,830 hd
235.33
+12.55
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—Low1,561128.852,0116thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,499114.841,7216thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average990105.831,04818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02893.619626thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1267360.93/cwt360.00–362.509643
Steers—Medium and Large 1321355.17/cwt350.00–357.501,1409
Steers—Medium and Large 2329346.66/cwt345.00–347.501,1413
Steers—Medium and Large 1365332.48/cwt330.00–335.001,2144
Steers—Medium and Large 2374302.23/cwt300.00–307.501,1307
Steers—Medium and Large 3375277.43/cwt275.00–280.001,0402
Steers—Medium and Large 2408290.29/cwt289.00–291.001,18410
Steers—Medium and Large 1423317.49/cwt315.00–320.001,3432
Steers—Medium and Large 3453259.00/cwt258.00–260.001,1732
Steers—Medium and Large 2458271.65/cwt270.00–275.001,2443
Steers—Medium and Large 1479283.44/cwt280.00–287.501,3585
Steers—Medium and Large 3519251.62/cwt247.50–257.501,3063
Steers—Medium and Large 1522265.49/cwt264.00–266.001,38619
Steers—Medium and Large 1578255.01/cwt253.00–258.001,4745
Steers—Medium and Large 1634242.38/cwt240.00–246.001,5375
Steers—Medium and Large 2666222.36/cwt220.00–229.001,48122
Steers—Medium and Large 3668214.01/cwt213.00–215.001,4305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280305.18/cwt300.00–310.008552
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327276.65/cwt270.00–279.009057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338283.19/cwt280.00–287.5095721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341293.30/cwt290.00–297.501,00016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359271.91/cwt270.00–277.0097617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376266.24/cwt265.00–267.501,0014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420252.50/cwt250.00–255.001,0612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422263.99/cwt260.00–269.001,11415
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433236.93/cwt230.00–240.001,0268
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462246.64/cwt245.00–247.501,1393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464253.59/cwt250.00–258.001,17716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3464226.23/cwt225.00–227.501,0504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523233.45/cwt230.00–237.001,2212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523213.48/cwt212.00–215.001,1172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566225.26/cwt220.00–227.001,27511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636211.48/cwt210.00–217.501,34511
Heifers—Medium and Large 3671180.25/cwt179.00–181.001,20920
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677192.75/cwt190.00–196.001,3056
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3303332.53/cwt327.50–337.501,0082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321343.42/cwt340.00–349.001,1024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323351.76/cwt350.00–355.001,1369
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358322.53/cwt320.00–325.001,1554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2359309.33/cwt305.00–312.501,11013
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365293.54/cwt292.00–295.001,0712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419288.61/cwt287.50–289.001,2094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420270.79/cwt267.50–272.501,1373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2461256.95/cwt252.50–259.001,18512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464265.33/cwt260.00–270.001,23112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560231.24/cwt230.00–232.501,2952
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568204.21/cwt200.00–207.501,1603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,470128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,8821
Bulls——1,535135.36/cwt133.00–139.002,0783
Bulls——1,645119.52/cwt119.00–120.001,9662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%939106.04/cwt103.00–110.009969
Cows—Lean 85-90%95879.45/cwt79.00–80.007612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00694.24/cwt92.00–98.009484
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01595.92/cwt94.00–98.009743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,070114.74/cwt113.00–119.001,2285
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,205115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,472125.34/cwt124.00–127.001,8453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6792
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2895127.88/cwt121.00–131.001,1453
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1021
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2989109.37/cwt105.00–115.001,0824
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,040113.56/cwt110.00–117.001,1813
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,13093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0511

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.