Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady, bulls calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.65/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$142.65

69 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$3.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	444	143.96	639	46
Medium and Large 3	422	140.02	591	23

One grade step is worth $3.95/cwt here — about $48 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 sale69 hd

142.65

—

GA average15 barns · 591 hd

143.97

−1.33

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,550	78.71	1,220	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,654	58.02	959	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	931	52.00	484	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,109	51.09	566	15

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	135.63/cwt	135.00–140.00	685	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	281	150.16/cwt	149.00–152.00	422	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	131.58/cwt	131.00–133.00	637	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	143.58/cwt	140.00–146.00	533	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	143.13/cwt	139.00–144.00	600	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	130.82/cwt	126.00–136.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	286	134.21/cwt	130.00–137.00	384	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	137.20/cwt	136.00–139.00	505	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	141.70/cwt	139.00–143.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	134.39/cwt	134.00–135.00	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	136.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	569	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	128.18/cwt	124.00–129.00	654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	130.70/cwt	128.00–135.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	129.22/cwt	126.00–131.00	602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	129.30/cwt	126.00–133.00	544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	119.87/cwt	116.00–124.00	378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	138.02/cwt	137.00–140.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	138.41/cwt	136.00–140.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	142.13/cwt	141.00–143.00	620	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	145.45/cwt	141.00–150.00	671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	146.50/cwt	144.00–150.00	571	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	143.59/cwt	142.00–146.00	458	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	138.79/cwt	135.00–140.00	593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	139.21/cwt	139.00–141.00	653	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	722	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	62.09/cwt	58.00–68.00	693	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	64.83/cwt	61.00–68.00	677	2
Bulls	—	—	1,550	78.71/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,220	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	55.06/cwt	53.00–57.00	639	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	49.65/cwt	47.00–52.00	541	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	61.52/cwt	59.00–64.00	985	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	54.52/cwt	51.00–58.00	930	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	45.87/cwt	41.00–48.00	425	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	54.38/cwt	51.00–58.00	507	18

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Tue May 21, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 257Last week 202Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	505	135.00–140.00	135.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	116.00–117.00	116.49
7	—	281	149.00–152.00	150.16
7	—	484	131.00–133.00	131.58
11	—	371	140.00–146.00	143.58
12	—	419	139.00–144.00	143.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	126.00–136.00	130.82
5	—	286	130.00–137.00	134.21
6	—	368	136.00–139.00	137.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	139.00–143.00	141.70
5	—	485	134.00–135.00	134.39
10	—	416	130.00–140.00	136.72
10	—	510	124.00–129.00	128.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	130.00–135.00	132.50
2	—	565	119.00–120.00	119.49
3	—	377	128.00–135.00	130.70
7	—	466	126.00–131.00	129.22
10	—	421	126.00–133.00	129.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	116.00–124.00	119.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	137.00–140.00	138.02
5	—	567	136.00–140.00	138.41
9	—	436	141.00–143.00	142.13
11	—	461	141.00–150.00	145.45
18	—	390	144.00–150.00	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	319	142.00–146.00	143.59
8	—	427	135.00–140.00	138.79
10	—	469	139.00–141.00	139.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	65.00	65.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,116	58.00–68.00	62.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,045	61.00–68.00	64.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	76.00–80.00	78.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	53.00–57.00	55.06
11	—	1,090	47.00–52.00	49.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,601	59.00–64.00	61.52
4	—	1,706	51.00–58.00	54.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	927	41.00–48.00	45.87
18	—	932	51.00–58.00	54.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle