Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-07-30

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 333▲ 132 vs year ago 253 · +52.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 82▼ 131 vs year ago 266 · −49.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 54▲ 15 vs year ago 85 · +17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.29/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −135.17 against this barn's trailing median of $379.46.
Average price
$244.29
35 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs GA average
−14.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502257.161,29115thin
Medium and Large 2530244.721,2978thin
Medium and Large 3572227.921,30412thin
One grade step is worth $29.24/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale35 hd
244.29
—
GA average15 barns · 495 hd
243.16
+1.14
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−14.17
This barn, trailing median32 sales
379.46
−135.17
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

32 sales
453403354304median 379.4603/0305/0507/0709/0110/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.40, low $317.64, median $379.46 across 32 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—Average1,612149.232,4054thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,081127.521,37852
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,415125.341,77417
CowsLean 85-90%Average975114.551,11628

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)1,265$1,2502thin

Every lot

45 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 1328385.51/cwt380.00–390.001,2644
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366346.73/cwt342.50–352.501,2696
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415327.38/cwt322.50–332.501,3592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3426304.99/cwt302.50–307.501,2998
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464294.64/cwt290.00–296.001,3678
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465312.45/cwt310.00–315.001,4536
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474300.85/cwt297.50–302.501,42615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3526281.56/cwt278.00–287.501,48122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531292.23/cwt290.00–292.501,5529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3556272.35/cwt270.00–277.501,51424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3631256.57/cwt252.50–260.001,6198
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668245.18/cwt242.50–248.001,6382
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3737231.80/cwt230.00–239.001,7085
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325287.58/cwt282.50–292.509352
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362276.90/cwt275.00–280.001,0029
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374266.19/cwt265.00–270.0099610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411263.85/cwt260.00–270.001,08413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423256.62/cwt250.00–260.001,08624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467242.88/cwt240.00–245.001,13432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477257.72/cwt254.00–260.001,22911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1502257.16/cwt252.50–259.001,29115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530244.72/cwt240.00–247.501,2978
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3572227.92/cwt220.00–230.001,30412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3634213.73/cwt210.00–215.001,3554
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3673199.16/cwt197.50–200.001,3403
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390317.78/cwt315.00–320.001,23911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3462276.18/cwt275.00–278.001,27613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466284.89/cwt280.00–290.001,3282
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567254.90/cwt250.00–257.501,4454
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623236.02/cwt235.00–240.001,4705
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,445133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9221
Bulls——1,558148.95/cwt148.00–150.002,3212
Bulls——1,885166.00/cwt166.00–166.003,1291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%932108.42/cwt105.00–111.001,01013
Cows—Lean 85-90%974122.80/cwt120.00–126.001,1967
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044117.30/cwt115.00–119.001,2258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,063129.86/cwt127.00–134.001,38023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,094122.92/cwt119.00–126.001,34523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100136.15/cwt135.00–138.001,4986
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,408126.39/cwt124.00–129.001,7806
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415119.95/cwt118.00–123.001,6978
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,431137.63/cwt134.00–140.001,9693
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175135.98/cwt127.00–148.001,5983
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,214148.94/cwt137.00–157.001,8084
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2651,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502

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.