Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-07-09

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 9
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 453▼ 79 vs year ago 506 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 197▼ 41 vs year ago 180 · −22.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 74▲ 53 vs year ago 21 · +252.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to the holiday last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.83/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −117.85 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$254.83
85 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.31
vs GA average
−14.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546261.991,43130
Medium and Large 2538254.611,37037
Medium and Large 3515243.331,25318thin
One grade step is worth $18.66/cwt here — about $178 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 sale85 hd
254.83
—
GA average10 barns · 417 hd
251.51
+3.31
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−14.03
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−117.85
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
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—Low1,388152.682,1206thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,139143.731,63743
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,376143.701,97720
CowsLean 85-90%High1,087125.951,36927

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 PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,590$2,4502thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240382.40/cwt377.50–387.509184
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3309339.49/cwt338.00–340.001,0494
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328356.20/cwt355.00–357.501,1682
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377332.37/cwt330.00–337.501,2535
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3381322.44/cwt320.00–325.001,2284
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421324.38/cwt320.00–327.501,36615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3437311.48/cwt310.00–312.501,36125
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468302.43/cwt300.00–305.001,4152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3523292.42/cwt290.00–293.001,5296
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534307.13/cwt305.00–309.001,64011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558283.20/cwt280.00–285.001,58011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3586271.82/cwt270.00–277.501,59315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2612264.35/cwt262.50–265.001,6184
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3638256.85/cwt255.00–260.001,63915
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3657229.72/cwt227.50–230.001,5099
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233325.05/cwt320.00–330.007572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3316296.40/cwt292.50–297.509377
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419283.49/cwt282.00–285.001,1882
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429271.15/cwt270.00–275.001,16319
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474264.97/cwt260.00–267.501,25610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515243.33/cwt240.00–250.001,25318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530266.49/cwt264.00–268.001,41212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538254.61/cwt252.50–258.001,37037
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557258.99/cwt257.50–263.001,44318
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3639230.40/cwt230.00–232.501,4726
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659226.86/cwt225.00–227.501,4954
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685212.81/cwt207.50–215.001,4587
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263391.26/cwt390.00–392.501,0292
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3366324.31/cwt320.00–330.001,18718
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3439312.04/cwt310.00–315.001,37016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460301.26/cwt300.00–302.501,3862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488274.80/cwt272.50–275.001,34112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510286.75/cwt284.00–287.501,4625
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628247.49/cwt240.00–250.001,5544
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675226.38/cwt220.00–230.001,5285
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,130159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,7971
Bulls——1,440151.42/cwt150.00–154.002,1805
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023117.05/cwt114.00–121.001,1978
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081133.76/cwt132.00–139.001,4468
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,087139.15/cwt136.00–142.001,51322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138126.74/cwt125.00–129.001,44211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193147.67/cwt144.00–151.001,76219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200156.58/cwt155.00–158.001,8792
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,0251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,339137.90/cwt134.00–141.001,84610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423148.99/cwt146.00–152.002,1209
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5621
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5902,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502

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.