Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-10-15

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 319▲ 25 vs year ago 298 · +8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 61▼ 40 vs year ago 127 · −31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 56▲ 80 vs year ago 17 · +470.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.60/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −145.08 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$227.60
15 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.74
vs GA average
−30.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529227.601,20415thin
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 sale15 hd
227.60
—
GA average15 barns · 642 hd
229.34
−1.74
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−30.21
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−145.08
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—Low1,627146.822,3895thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,061118.001,25218
CowsLean 85-90%Average969111.771,08323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,373111.001,5232thin

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)1,090$1,0752thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319318.18/cwt317.50–320.001,0154
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405284.11/cwt280.00–290.001,15117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418272.38/cwt270.00–275.001,1398
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480256.21/cwt250.00–260.001,23014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517256.34/cwt250.00–259.001,32514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520234.54/cwt232.50–237.501,22010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3562222.82/cwt222.00–225.001,25210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2291266.35/cwt260.00–270.007754
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1309269.87/cwt265.00–272.008347
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379258.28/cwt257.50–260.009799
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392247.29/cwt240.00–250.0096911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423247.99/cwt245.00–250.001,04911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458223.77/cwt222.50–227.501,0254
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464235.01/cwt230.00–240.001,09032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529227.60/cwt225.00–229.001,20415
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729181.29/cwt180.00–182.501,32210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1297335.03/cwt330.00–337.509959
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338283.83/cwt280.00–287.509592
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1361294.21/cwt290.00–295.001,0627
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435255.05/cwt250.00–258.001,1096
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438236.27/cwt232.50–240.001,0352
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511213.43/cwt210.00–215.001,09110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,455134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,9501
Bulls——1,555142.58/cwt139.00–146.002,2172
Bulls——1,785157.47/cwt157.00–158.002,8112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905112.20/cwt110.00–115.001,01515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045118.29/cwt115.00–122.001,23612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068105.78/cwt105.00–108.001,1305
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,088108.38/cwt105.00–110.001,1793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,097126.44/cwt124.00–128.001,3873
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,122119.58/cwt116.00–123.001,3423
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4331
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,6151
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2785135.57/cwt130.00–142.501,0642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,036113.03/cwt110.00–115.001,1714
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,091125.35/cwt116.00–136.001,36815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,103129.33/cwt120.00–145.001,42712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,137117.52/cwt114.00–119.001,3365
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,177157.02/cwt142.50–169.001,84811
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0901,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0752

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.