Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-09-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
335 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 253▼ 179 vs year ago 514 · −34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 143▼ 2 vs year ago 108 · −1.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 47▲ 62 vs year ago 29 · +213.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.43/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.25 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$247.43
54 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$437
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$94.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.00
vs GA average
+8.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534292.501,56324
Medium and Large 2542212.911,15327
Medium and Large 3570197.521,1263thin
One grade step is worth $94.98/cwt here — about $437 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 sale54 hd
247.43
—
GA average14 barns · 647 hd
220.43
+27.00
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
+8.82
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−125.25
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—Average1,516152.662,31414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,464121.371,77711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,132120.941,36933
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,100114.511,26021

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403271.02/cwt270.00–275.001,0925
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410285.06/cwt280.00–290.001,1692
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3454252.50/cwt250.00–255.001,14613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516263.01/cwt260.00–266.001,3576
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3529244.32/cwt240.00–245.001,29211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569230.96/cwt230.00–235.001,31416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3579225.43/cwt225.00–227.501,30523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675216.22/cwt215.00–217.501,4592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364252.54/cwt250.00–255.009192
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373267.63/cwt260.00–270.009988
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378236.20/cwt232.50–240.008934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418228.54/cwt220.00–230.009559
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3457213.16/cwt210.00–217.5097429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added502300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5066
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521221.50/cwt217.50–225.001,15411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy545290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,58118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556207.01/cwt206.00–210.001,15116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570197.52/cwt195.00–200.001,1263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615203.05/cwt200.00–205.001,2495
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673191.12/cwt190.00–193.001,28611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3691173.35/cwt170.00–175.001,1986
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325316.19/cwt315.00–317.501,0282
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365295.14/cwt290.00–300.001,0772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3377261.17/cwt260.00–265.009854
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3416245.03/cwt240.00–250.001,0193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417258.61/cwt255.00–262.501,07810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518215.68/cwt212.50–217.501,1177
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532221.23/cwt220.00–222.501,1772
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570208.66/cwt200.00–210.001,18913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638190.02/cwt185.00–195.001,2122
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3668165.09/cwt160.00–170.001,1032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,353144.61/cwt142.00–148.001,9575
Bulls——1,595154.57/cwt150.00–157.002,4656
Bulls——1,628162.24/cwt159.00–165.002,6413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084108.87/cwt105.00–112.001,1809
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102123.65/cwt122.00–127.001,3635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,116122.82/cwt120.00–126.001,37119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,119115.24/cwt113.00–119.001,2907
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142117.50/cwt115.00–119.001,34213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,413115.12/cwt112.00–118.001,6275
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470130.42/cwt128.00–133.001,9172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525124.67/cwt123.00–126.001,9014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2751139.65/cwt130.00–153.001,0494
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005151.37/cwt142.00–160.001,5213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,043151.38/cwt140.00–161.001,5796
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,161126.43/cwt118.00–135.001,4688
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,172122.11/cwt115.00–131.001,4318

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.