Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-05-28

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 28
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
505 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 488▲ 505 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 63▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $283.67/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −144.85 against this barn's trailing median of $428.52.
Average price
$283.67
46 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.52
vs GA average
−21.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547303.741,66018thin
Medium and Large 2567278.261,57814thin
Medium and Large 3566263.271,49014thin
One grade step is worth $40.47/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale46 hd
283.67
—
GA average12 barns · 240 hd
301.18
−17.52
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
−21.47
This barn, trailing median33 sales
428.52
−144.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
495441386332median 428.5203/1005/0507/0709/0111/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.82, low $346.15, median $428.52 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,554148.872,31311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,453140.932,0482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,128134.191,51410
CowsLean 85-90%Low918109.061,0018thin

Every lot

53 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340338.41/cwt330.00–340.001,1516
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3362321.11/cwt320.00–327.501,16211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3404303.31/cwt300.00–310.001,2253
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411320.12/cwt320.00–322.501,31621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418315.94/cwt312.50–317.501,3218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479317.44/cwt312.50–319.001,52162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3491291.19/cwt282.50–292.501,4307
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543306.77/cwt300.00–310.001,66614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559293.12/cwt292.50–295.001,6394
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3566263.27/cwt260.00–269.001,49014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567278.26/cwt275.00–280.001,57814
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621266.65/cwt265.00–268.001,6567
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656253.59/cwt250.00–257.501,66415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3672237.46/cwt232.50–239.001,59615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310319.24/cwt315.00–322.509903
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326307.51/cwt305.00–310.001,0024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365304.86/cwt300.00–310.001,1132
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3387287.51/cwt282.50–289.001,1134
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2397296.45/cwt295.00–297.501,17710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405283.63/cwt280.00–284.001,14912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435265.11/cwt260.00–267.501,1533
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442274.73/cwt270.00–277.501,21444
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476268.46/cwt265.00–270.001,27840
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480242.58/cwt240.00–245.001,1642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483256.14/cwt252.00–259.001,23715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519258.09/cwt257.50–260.001,33917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555255.30/cwt254.00–256.001,41713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582238.54/cwt235.00–240.001,38810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3614222.12/cwt220.00–225.001,3648
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3664211.26/cwt210.00–212.501,4034
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335330.72/cwt325.00–335.001,1084
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383313.07/cwt310.00–317.501,19912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3403292.00/cwt290.00–295.001,1775
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411310.81/cwt307.50–315.001,2773
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2444300.09/cwt297.50–305.001,33225
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2452277.49/cwt275.00–280.001,2542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466267.34/cwt262.50–270.001,2463
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470293.72/cwt292.50–295.001,3802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3502257.01/cwt255.00–260.001,2905
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505278.00/cwt270.00–279.001,40419
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3567234.14/cwt230.00–240.001,3288
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623235.83/cwt235.00–237.501,4696
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629246.89/cwt245.00–247.501,5534
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310136.43/cwt135.00–138.001,7872
Bulls——1,560147.34/cwt143.00–149.002,2994
Bulls——1,646155.06/cwt150.00–157.002,5525
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631
Cows—Lean 85-90%902101.99/cwt99.00–105.009205
Cows—Lean 85-90%978126.28/cwt124.00–129.001,2352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,059126.91/cwt124.00–129.001,3444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155135.34/cwt133.00–137.001,5633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193142.74/cwt139.00–145.001,7033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453140.93/cwt140.00–142.002,0482

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.