Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-05-14

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 295 vs last sale 497▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 104▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 24▲ 9 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 to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.44/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$128.44
59 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2393132.6952118thin
Medium and Large 1530126.8567336
Medium and Large 3306124.593815thin
One grade step is worth $8.11/cwt here — about $139 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 sale59 hd
128.44
—
GA average16 barns · 1,157 hd
124.70
+3.75
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
Bulls—Average1,70272.561,2358thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20751.5362221
CowsLean 85-90%Average98844.844439thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1—569130.94/cwt129.00–134.007455
BullsMedium and Large 2—418143.43/cwt141.00–150.006004
BullsMedium and Large 2—457141.40/cwt140.00–146.006465
BullsMedium and Large 2—374148.75/cwt145.00–151.005566
BullsMedium and Large 2—524131.54/cwt131.00–132.006899
BullsMedium and Large 3—505129.67/cwt129.00–130.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525127.49/cwt127.00–128.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481132.59/cwt130.00–136.0063811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557123.73/cwt120.00–130.0068921
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483124.62/cwt120.00–129.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608116.99/cwt116.00–118.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330135.42/cwt133.00–137.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 2—354136.27/cwt135.00–137.0048211
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275125.00/cwt120.00–130.003442
HeifersMedium and Large 3—327124.31/cwt120.00–128.004063
SteersMedium and Large 1—435151.71/cwt148.00–154.006605
SteersMedium and Large 1—486150.24/cwt150.00–151.007308
SteersMedium and Large 1—580145.33/cwt143.00–149.008439
SteersMedium and Large 1—531149.38/cwt146.00–151.0079311
SteersMedium and Large 2—524136.38/cwt134.00–139.007158
SteersMedium and Large 3—352142.36/cwt139.00–149.005013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,200887.50/cwt850.00–925.0010,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,27350.00/cwt50.00–50.006372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,29052.43/cwt51.00–54.006762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,24555.06/cwt53.00–58.006853
Bulls——2,02078.40/cwt77.00–80.001,5843
Bulls——1,51169.05/cwt67.00–71.001,0435
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16646.98/cwt43.00–50.005488
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23254.33/cwt51.00–58.0066913
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05149.20/cwt46.00–53.005174
CowsLean 85-90%—93741.35/cwt38.00–45.003875

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.