Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-04-23

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 23
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
← earliestApr 23Apr 30
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
182 vs last sale 0 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
46 vs last sale 0 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 0 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady , slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, Feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.39/cwt on 68 head.
Average price
$143.39
68 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464145.1667456
Medium and Large 2456135.1361612thin
One grade step is worth $10.03/cwt here — about $58 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale68 hd
143.39
GA average8 barns · 846 hd
137.30
+6.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,60582.221,32020
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09762.3868413
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00740.084043thin

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1362170.35/cwt168.00–175.006173
BullsMedium and Large 1533148.35/cwt146.00–150.007913
BullsMedium and Large 2475147.94/cwt146.00–150.007032
BullsMedium and Large 2517143.39/cwt139.00–146.007413
BullsMedium and Large 2578132.67/cwt130.00–137.007673
BullsMedium and Large 2380165.51/cwt164.00–167.006294
BullsMedium and Large 2420155.64/cwt151.00–158.0065418
BullsMedium and Large 3318159.03/cwt155.00–163.005062
BullsMedium and Large 3376150.25/cwt148.00–151.005654
HeifersMedium and Large 1317155.96/cwt152.00–160.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 1620127.30/cwt125.00–131.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 1680121.13/cwt119.00–126.008245
HeifersMedium and Large 1569140.08/cwt135.00–143.007978
HeifersMedium and Large 1362156.74/cwt153.00–159.0056711
HeifersMedium and Large 1460148.96/cwt144.00–150.0068511
HeifersMedium and Large 1413146.00/cwt143.00–149.0060315
HeifersMedium and Large 2583129.01/cwt127.00–131.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 2675111.48/cwt110.00–113.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 2369142.57/cwt140.00–146.005268
SteersMedium and Large 1403173.49/cwt171.00–176.006992
SteersMedium and Large 2478159.49/cwt158.00–161.007622
SteersMedium and Large 2380169.05/cwt167.00–172.006423
SteersMedium and Large 2569148.01/cwt140.00–150.008425
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,138.24/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0014,5132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298073.00/cwt73.00–73.007151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24062.00/cwt62.00–62.007691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16863.06/cwt62.00–64.007372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07571.00/cwt71.00–71.007631
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09183.48/cwt70.00–90.009115
Bulls1,84584.55/cwt80.00–87.001,5605
Bulls1,69889.81/cwt88.00–93.001,5257
Bulls1,37474.11/cwt71.00–77.001,0188
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03257.93/cwt56.00–60.005985
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13865.16/cwt61.00–68.007428
CowsLean 85-90%1,00740.08/cwt38.00–42.004043

How this sale compares

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.