Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-02-06

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 6
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
211 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 434▲ 59 vs year ago 152 · +38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 47▼ 65 vs year ago 113 · −57.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 27▲ 2 vs year ago 16 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers and feeder heifers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $263.77/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$263.77
75 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.77
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454267.981,21755
Medium and Large 2423255.271,07916thin
Medium and Large 3397239.989524thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $266 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 sale75 hd
263.77
—
GA average14 barns · 1,951 hd
244.00
+19.77
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—Average1,724135.542,3367thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,524111.291,69611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134108.601,23214
CowsLean 85-90%Low92689.908326thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316367.48/cwt362.50–370.001,1614
Steers—Medium and Large 3343343.78/cwt340.00–347.501,1792
Steers—Medium and Large 1363358.78/cwt357.50–360.001,3022
Steers—Medium and Large 1419328.69/cwt327.50–330.001,3775
Steers—Medium and Large 2427318.47/cwt315.00–325.001,3606
Steers—Medium and Large 2465298.57/cwt294.00–302.501,38812
Steers—Medium and Large 1470312.50/cwt310.00–315.001,4692
Steers—Medium and Large 3480281.26/cwt280.00–282.501,3502
Steers—Medium and Large 2514283.25/cwt280.00–285.001,4563
Steers—Medium and Large 1526290.00/cwt289.00–291.001,5257
Steers—Medium and Large 1625238.44/cwt235.00–245.001,4903
Steers—Medium and Large 1730226.74/cwt217.50–227.501,65513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1296314.21/cwt307.50–315.009309
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318258.76/cwt257.50–260.008232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329293.43/cwt290.00–297.009654
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368265.12/cwt260.00–267.509763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378279.66/cwt275.00–282.501,0578
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414254.35/cwt250.00–260.001,05310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473265.67/cwt260.00–270.001,25715
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475221.19/cwt220.00–222.501,0512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2507248.49/cwt245.00–250.501,2603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509257.99/cwt257.00–260.001,3136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572246.21/cwt245.00–252.501,4086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628212.79/cwt210.00–217.501,3367
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2264343.94/cwt340.00–350.009089
Bulls—Medium and Large 3317331.31/cwt329.00–335.001,0503
Bulls—Medium and Large 1326353.61/cwt352.00–355.001,1532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409323.75/cwt320.00–325.001,3244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462290.86/cwt290.00–292.501,3443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,215119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,4461
Bulls——1,740137.76/cwt136.00–140.002,3975
Bulls——2,150141.00/cwt141.00–141.003,0321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89084.86/cwt82.00–88.007553
Cows—Lean 85-90%96294.93/cwt93.00–98.009133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,081107.28/cwt104.00–109.001,1607
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184114.92/cwt111.00–118.001,3615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19597.40/cwt94.00–100.001,1642
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,516113.52/cwt111.00–117.001,7218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,7062
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-379598.00/cwt98.00–98.007791
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,043101.87/cwt97.00–107.001,0632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115109.22/cwt106.00–113.001,2183

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.