Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-08-13

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 153 vs last sale 97▼ 151 vs year ago 401 · −37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 17▲ 7 vs year ago 142 · +4.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 12▲ 52 vs year ago 13 · +400.0%
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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 steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 lower, replacement cows 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.70/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −138.98 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$233.70
25 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,248
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$67
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$2.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.00
vs GA average
−18.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3509235.621,1997thin
Medium and Large 2544232.951,26618thin
One grade step is worth $2.67/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale25 hd
233.70
—
GA average15 barns · 575 hd
237.69
−4.00
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−18.24
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−138.98
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—Average1,335154.542,0635thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,421144.962,06029
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,178143.471,69055
CowsLean 85-90%High964124.171,19843

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318351.56/cwt350.00–357.501,1185
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3333326.51/cwt325.00–335.001,0876
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357337.85/cwt337.00–345.001,20610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375309.65/cwt305.00–313.001,1618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3412297.79/cwt290.00–300.001,2275
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453283.50/cwt280.00–287.501,2845
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470294.00/cwt290.00–300.001,3828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3506266.26/cwt265.00–267.501,3472
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2507271.99/cwt270.00–280.001,3795
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570262.52/cwt260.00–265.001,4962
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578251.27/cwt250.00–252.501,4522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630236.31/cwt232.50–240.001,4892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268322.02/cwt320.00–322.508635
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2308296.59/cwt292.50–300.009136
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352279.00/cwt278.00–280.009826
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360272.27/cwt270.00–275.0098022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427262.04/cwt260.00–265.001,1195
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446253.77/cwt250.00–255.001,1324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3481244.98/cwt240.00–247.501,17818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3509235.62/cwt234.00–237.501,1997
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522240.26/cwt235.00–241.001,2548
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561227.10/cwt225.00–227.501,27410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3308332.56/cwt330.00–335.001,0242
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327342.54/cwt340.00–345.001,1203
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419293.24/cwt290.00–297.501,2293
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466255.70/cwt254.00–257.501,1922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479266.19/cwt265.00–270.001,2754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518248.72/cwt247.00–250.001,2887
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3533232.16/cwt230.00–240.001,2378
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3587223.25/cwt222.00–227.501,31011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,040147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,5291
Bulls——1,220169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,0621
Bulls——1,472152.24/cwt150.00–154.002,2413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%956122.03/cwt118.00–125.001,16718
Cows—Lean 85-90%970128.74/cwt126.00–133.001,24920
Cows—Lean 85-90%973113.56/cwt110.00–117.001,1055
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154143.34/cwt140.00–146.001,65419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162136.61/cwt132.00–139.001,58718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220150.48/cwt148.00–155.001,83618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,352137.23/cwt134.00–140.001,85510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453153.21/cwt150.00–156.002,2268
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460146.00/cwt142.00–149.002,13211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990127.14/cwt121.00–132.001,2592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,013143.34/cwt135.00–151.001,4522

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.