Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-02-13

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 13
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 211▲ 148 vs year ago 152 · +97.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 48▼ 11 vs year ago 113 · −9.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 18▲ 55 vs year ago 16 · +343.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $270.50/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$270.50
122 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+31.55
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450273.261,22992
Medium and Large 2422266.111,12218thin
Medium and Large 3407255.941,04012thin
One grade step is worth $17.32/cwt here — about $188 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 sale122 hd
270.50
—
GA average16 barns · 2,481 hd
238.95
+31.55
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—Low1,719121.412,0864thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,432108.271,55132
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,073106.761,14626
CowsLean 85-90%Average92395.7288320

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 Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$1,8726
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,333$1,77610

Every lot

56 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2268277.64/cwt272.50–282.507442
Steers—Medium and Large 2325361.76/cwt360.00–365.001,1764
Steers—Medium and Large 1330376.72/cwt370.00–380.001,2433
Steers—Medium and Large 1379357.48/cwt352.50–360.001,3556
Steers—Medium and Large 3411313.94/cwt310.00–317.501,2905
Steers—Medium and Large 1423335.37/cwt330.00–340.001,4196
Steers—Medium and Large 2431323.66/cwt320.00–327.501,3954
Steers—Medium and Large 1453323.48/cwt320.00–327.001,4652
Steers—Medium and Large 2467301.88/cwt300.00–302.501,41018
Steers—Medium and Large 3480295.95/cwt292.50–297.501,4215
Steers—Medium and Large 1525293.86/cwt290.00–295.001,54315
Steers—Medium and Large 2538283.74/cwt282.50–285.001,5272
Steers—Medium and Large 2586273.54/cwt270.00–277.501,6037
Steers—Medium and Large 1623262.49/cwt260.00–265.001,6356
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308307.12/cwt305.00–315.0094613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325296.17/cwt295.00–300.009634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335285.96/cwt282.50–287.509583
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363257.17/cwt255.00–262.509346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378268.97/cwt265.00–275.001,0177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381281.46/cwt280.00–285.001,07216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448276.39/cwt275.00–277.501,2389
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464258.35/cwt257.50–260.001,1993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479267.35/cwt262.50–270.001,28134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522257.94/cwt252.50–260.001,34612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563236.85/cwt235.00–237.501,3334
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565223.45/cwt220.00–230.001,2623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586246.37/cwt240.00–247.501,4448
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1306367.54/cwt365.00–370.001,1252
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368328.39/cwt325.00–330.001,2083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372343.96/cwt342.00–345.001,2803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418331.21/cwt330.00–332.501,3842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421321.50/cwt320.00–325.001,3547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456316.87/cwt315.00–317.501,4454
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470281.22/cwt280.00–282.501,3222
Bulls—Medium and Large 3504276.67/cwt275.00–277.501,3943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627244.96/cwt240.00–250.001,5363
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,638118.55/cwt115.00–122.001,9423
Bulls——1,960130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88496.95/cwt93.00–100.0085710
Cows—Lean 85-90%956104.64/cwt103.00–108.001,0005
Cows—Lean 85-90%96684.35/cwt81.00–87.008155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,036101.64/cwt99.00–103.001,0538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,054106.34/cwt104.00–109.001,12113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183116.05/cwt113.00–119.001,3735
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,397108.13/cwt105.00–112.001,51113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456117.14/cwt114.00–119.001,7068
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,457101.98/cwt98.00–104.001,48611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-376097.00/cwt97.00–97.007371
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,056116.84/cwt113.00–120.001,2347
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,116113.10/cwt110.00–120.001,2626
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,153104.12/cwt100.00–107.001,2014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,192107.10/cwt102.00–112.001,2776
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,872.06/head1,775.00–2,025.001,8726
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3911,839.06/head1,775.00–1,875.001,8398

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.