Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-07-23

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 23
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 277▼ 159 vs year ago 492 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 81▼ 61 vs year ago 143 · −42.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 0▲ 30 vs year ago 24 · +125.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls 2.00 lower, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 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 $255.94/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −116.73 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$255.94
32 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.69
vs GA average
−8.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519265.641,37913thin
Medium and Large 2533254.061,35411thin
Medium and Large 3520242.781,2628thin
One grade step is worth $22.86/cwt here — about $116 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 sale32 hd
255.94
—
GA average13 barns · 552 hd
242.25
+13.69
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−8.69
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−116.73
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—High1,475146.002,1543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,034133.091,37626
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,620122.481,9843thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001119.661,1988thin

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)1,158$1,5504thin

Every lot

50 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 1329373.41/cwt370.00–375.001,2297
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365323.55/cwt320.00–327.501,18110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408317.81/cwt317.50–320.001,2978
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3439309.99/cwt307.50–312.501,36110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468303.62/cwt300.00–305.001,42122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520279.20/cwt277.50–280.001,4523
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527293.50/cwt290.00–297.501,5475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2554285.41/cwt285.00–287.001,5815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575267.91/cwt262.50–270.001,5406
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3614257.12/cwt250.00–260.001,57913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682244.98/cwt240.00–250.001,6716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3694234.53/cwt230.00–235.001,62810
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3739223.42/cwt220.00–230.001,6515
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283321.08/cwt317.50–325.009092
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3301282.50/cwt280.00–285.008504
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323294.29/cwt290.00–297.509513
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326305.93/cwt300.00–310.0099710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359292.50/cwt290.00–295.001,0507
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378282.48/cwt280.00–287.501,0689
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381274.76/cwt272.50–275.001,04710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3409264.99/cwt260.00–270.001,0846
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3464253.85/cwt252.50–257.501,17820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519265.64/cwt260.00–270.001,37913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520242.78/cwt240.00–247.501,2628
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533254.06/cwt250.00–259.001,35411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3612213.96/cwt210.00–217.501,3097
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620235.67/cwt234.00–236.001,46112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375332.47/cwt330.00–335.001,2472
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432304.20/cwt302.50–305.001,3143
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3491286.23/cwt285.00–290.001,4058
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522278.29/cwt275.00–282.501,4533
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570255.43/cwt250.00–260.001,4566
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623246.23/cwt245.00–247.501,5342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628236.22/cwt230.00–240.001,4834
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3725194.97/cwt190.00–200.001,4142
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,220136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6591
Bulls——1,570144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,2611
Bulls——1,635158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,5831
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1811
Cows—Boner 80-85%923150.83/cwt150.00–152.001,3922
Cows—Boner 80-85%952126.94/cwt124.00–131.001,20812
Cows—Lean 85-90%997115.82/cwt114.00–119.001,1555
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065123.11/cwt120.00–126.001,3112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135136.28/cwt133.00–140.001,54712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5301
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,765126.22/cwt125.00–128.002,2282
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2840125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3471

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.