Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-06-04

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 4
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
▼ 295 vs last sale 505▼ 74 vs year ago 284 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 122 vs last sale 43▲ 18 vs year ago 147 · +12.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 0▲ 37 vs year ago 14 · +264.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.14/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −123.54 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$249.14
20 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.23
vs GA average
−23.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509253.841,29214thin
Medium and Large 2568238.181,3536thin
One grade step is worth $15.66/cwt here — about −$61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale20 hd
249.14
—
GA average15 barns · 430 hd
247.91
+1.23
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−23.89
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−123.54
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
453403354304median 372.6803/0305/0507/0709/0111/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.40, low $317.64, median $372.68 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—Average1,359140.501,90921
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,099136.841,50451
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,421130.191,8506thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,010114.991,16136

Every lot

46 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3311337.58/cwt335.00–340.001,0502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415309.15/cwt305.00–315.001,2836
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438324.46/cwt320.00–327.501,4215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478301.28/cwt300.00–302.501,4402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480315.11/cwt312.50–318.001,5134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518295.73/cwt295.00–297.501,53210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605274.27/cwt270.00–275.001,6597
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636257.18/cwt250.00–260.001,6367
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656249.32/cwt248.00–250.001,6363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3301301.67/cwt300.00–305.009083
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2308313.66/cwt310.00–317.509666
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322325.58/cwt320.00–330.001,0489
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356284.47/cwt282.50–287.501,0139
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382292.33/cwt290.00–297.501,1173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430274.83/cwt270.00–277.501,18210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458248.74/cwt245.00–250.001,1396
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463257.08/cwt255.00–260.001,1905
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476267.95/cwt262.50–270.001,27513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509253.84/cwt252.50–257.501,29214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568238.18/cwt235.00–239.001,3536
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3613222.53/cwt220.00–225.001,3644
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618228.47/cwt226.00–231.001,4122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668216.25/cwt215.00–217.501,4452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2317344.21/cwt340.00–345.001,0916
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320357.99/cwt355.00–360.001,1467
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3337323.17/cwt320.00–330.001,0893
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408313.35/cwt312.50–315.001,2783
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411325.24/cwt324.00–327.001,3375
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3441292.04/cwt290.00–300.001,2886
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562257.53/cwt255.00–260.001,4472
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574245.91/cwt240.00–250.001,4126
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,347139.93/cwt138.00–144.001,8859
Bulls——1,351150.92/cwt148.00–154.002,0395
Bulls——1,379133.80/cwt130.00–137.001,8457
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%921106.71/cwt104.00–111.0098313
Cows—Lean 85-90%989122.68/cwt120.00–126.001,21313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,065138.16/cwt135.00–142.001,47124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,093130.33/cwt127.00–134.001,42518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153115.77/cwt114.00–119.001,33510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203146.34/cwt143.00–150.001,7609
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363132.41/cwt130.00–135.001,8052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403126.10/cwt123.00–129.001,7693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,1941
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-368098.00/cwt98.00–98.006661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,217128.95/cwt126.00–133.001,5693

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.