Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-06-18

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
▼ 286 vs last sale 872▼ 253 vs year ago 839 · −30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 50▼ 133 vs year ago 228 · −58.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 33▲ 38 vs year ago 14 · +271.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.92/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −136.60 against this barn's trailing median of $428.52.
Average price
$291.92
106 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs GA average
−8.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530300.351,59271
Medium and Large 2577280.841,6203thin
Medium and Large 3580274.251,59132
One grade step is worth $26.10/cwt here — about $1 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 sale106 hd
291.92
—
GA average16 barns · 543 hd
289.24
+2.68
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
−8.74
This barn, trailing median33 sales
428.52
−136.60
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—High1,536143.732,2084thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,115140.031,56126
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417135.071,91415
CowsLean 85-90%High954122.071,16514

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325342.65/cwt337.50–347.501,1142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366342.02/cwt340.00–350.001,2525
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373318.28/cwt317.50–320.001,1876
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431306.39/cwt300.00–310.001,3218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488316.00/cwt315.00–320.001,54235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516302.74/cwt300.00–309.001,56249
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561295.02/cwt293.00–298.001,65522
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577280.84/cwt280.00–282.501,6203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580274.25/cwt273.00–278.001,59132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615258.45/cwt255.00–259.001,58913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637266.36/cwt261.00–268.001,69714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661250.71/cwt245.00–254.001,65743
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2697234.15/cwt232.00–242.001,63212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2302325.84/cwt322.50–327.509843
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323313.40/cwt312.00–315.001,0122
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340332.00/cwt330.00–332.501,12910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358311.05/cwt307.50–312.501,1147
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3394295.99/cwt295.00–302.501,16615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406280.49/cwt277.50–287.501,13911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3417264.92/cwt262.50–267.501,1053
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479251.24/cwt250.00–257.501,20318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484261.44/cwt260.00–267.501,26543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541246.48/cwt240.00–247.501,3337
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544257.66/cwt255.00–259.001,4029
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559241.84/cwt240.00–246.001,35232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621234.34/cwt233.00–235.001,4553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621225.80/cwt220.00–230.001,4026
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3687206.65/cwt200.00–210.001,42012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321340.30/cwt335.00–345.001,0922
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323320.12/cwt315.00–325.001,0344
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332354.30/cwt350.00–360.001,1763
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362333.76/cwt330.00–340.001,20812
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3368311.51/cwt310.00–312.501,1465
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435289.45/cwt282.50–292.501,2594
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438299.60/cwt297.50–302.501,3126
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477296.66/cwt294.00–297.501,4154
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3501255.31/cwt255.00–260.001,27916
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525281.85/cwt280.00–282.501,4804
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3571249.01/cwt242.50–250.001,42210
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3693219.51/cwt218.00–220.001,5218
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,300145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8851
Bulls——1,475137.45/cwt137.00–138.002,0272
Bulls——1,895155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,9371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%947118.12/cwt113.00–120.001,1198
Cows—Lean 85-90%964127.34/cwt126.00–129.001,2286
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025141.44/cwt139.00–146.001,4509
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,050152.53/cwt150.00–155.001,6024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197135.21/cwt133.00–138.001,61813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395150.39/cwt148.00–154.002,0983
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403134.67/cwt131.00–138.001,8897
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,449126.43/cwt124.00–130.001,8325
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2695152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,423123.59/cwt122.00–125.001,7592

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.