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Thomasville

Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 6

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938

← Jul 30Aug 6Aug 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

97 head

▼ 288 vs last sale 385▼ 251 vs year ago 348 · −72.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 118 vs last sale 135▼ 58 vs year ago 75 · −77.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 100▼ 8 vs year ago 20 · −40.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −156.85 against this barn's trailing median of $428.52.

Average price

$271.67

3 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.72

vs GA average

−3.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	533	271.67	1,448	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

271.67

—

GA average13 barns · 231 hd

267.95

+3.72

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−3.41

This barn, trailing median33 sales

428.52

−156.85

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,071	154.57	1,656	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	106.92	995	3thin

Every lot

21 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	339	333.40/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,130	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	383	311.18/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,192	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	421	297.18/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,251	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	291.25/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,325	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	286.29/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,346	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	271.67/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,448	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	302	283.12/cwt	280.00–290.00	855	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	357	262.33/cwt	260.00–267.50	937	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	293.98/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,055	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	276.63/cwt	275.00–277.50	996	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	259.14/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,044	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	479	245.97/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,178	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	532	230.88/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,228	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	254.35/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,348	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,041	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	102.88/cwt	100.00–106.00	970	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,033	166.46/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,720	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,052	146.28/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,539	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	155.11/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,765	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	144.71/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,266	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,248	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Tue Aug 6, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 97Last week 385Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 135Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 100Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	359	293.00–295.00	293.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	302	280.00–290.00	283.12
10	350–400	357	260.00–267.50	262.33
6	400–450	403	255.00–260.00	259.14
8	450–500	479	240.00–250.00	245.97
6	500–550	532	225.00–235.00	230.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	275.00–277.50	276.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	339	332.50–340.00	333.40
2	350–400	383	307.50–315.00	311.18
16	400–450	421	294.00–300.00	297.18
4	450–500	470	285.00–287.50	286.29
3	500–550	533	270.00–272.50	271.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	290.00–292.50	291.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	251.00–257.50	254.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	165.00–168.00	166.46
3	—	1,052	142.00–149.00	146.28
2	—	1,138	153.00–157.00	155.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	943	100.00–106.00	102.88
1	—	905	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	155.00	155.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	140.00–149.00	144.71

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.