Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-11-12

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 246▲ 0 vs year ago 245 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 104▲ 4 vs year ago 32 · +12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 45▲ 20 vs year ago 7 · +285.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to no market coverage on November 5, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.28/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −139.40 against this barn's trailing median of $372.68.
Average price
$233.28
13 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,218
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.83
vs GA average
−31.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523235.061,22911thin
Medium and Large 2518223.461,1582thin
One grade step is worth $11.60/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale13 hd
233.28
—
GA average14 barns · 352 hd
220.44
+12.83
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−31.82
This barn, trailing median33 sales
372.68
−139.40
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—Average1,676133.802,2424thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,126105.831,1918thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193102.621,2244thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320328.45/cwt322.00–330.001,0515
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1354320.99/cwt320.00–325.001,1365
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1502280.00/cwt277.00–283.001,4066
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325249.44/cwt245.00–255.008115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357260.90/cwt253.00–263.009315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378246.61/cwt242.00–250.0093214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415233.12/cwt230.00–238.0096711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418222.84/cwt220.00–228.009313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431246.95/cwt243.00–249.001,06422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470230.49/cwt230.00–231.001,0832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478241.45/cwt240.00–243.001,1542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518223.46/cwt222.00–225.001,1582
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523235.06/cwt230.00–238.001,22911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620202.44/cwt200.00–205.001,2552
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324333.64/cwt330.00–340.001,0814
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380275.03/cwt270.00–280.001,0455
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420272.93/cwt270.00–275.001,1465
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3427249.68/cwt247.00–253.001,0667
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529242.51/cwt235.00–244.001,2836
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3618197.43/cwt195.00–200.001,2202
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,633130.06/cwt126.00–133.002,1243
Bulls——1,805145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,6171
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070105.04/cwt102.00–109.001,1244
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155114.78/cwt113.00–117.001,3262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193102.62/cwt100.00–106.001,2244
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20798.45/cwt98.00–99.001,1882
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2800149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2901

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.