Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer, bull, and heifer calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.89/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −59.39 against this barn's trailing median of $199.28.

Average price

$139.89

14 head · 414 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.02

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	414	139.89	578	14thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $184.65, median $199.28 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

139.89

—

GA average16 barns · 1,070 hd

128.87

+11.02

This barn, trailing median10 sales

199.28

−59.39

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	—	Low	1,328	70.00	929	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	54.66	645	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	42.71	436	8thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,480	2
Bulls	—	—	1,000	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	640	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	149.47/cwt	149.00–150.00	475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	133.84/cwt	129.00–139.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	140.99/cwt	138.00–143.00	526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	138.40/cwt	138.00–141.00	612	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	812.50/cwt	800.00–825.00	7,922	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	63.28/cwt	62.00–65.00	881	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	57.37/cwt	54.00–61.00	710	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	49.33/cwt	47.00–52.00	519	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	57.96/cwt	57.00–59.00	530	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	37.62/cwt	35.00–42.00	397	6

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 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 257Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 62Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	975	800.00–825.00	812.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,655	76.00	76.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	62.00–65.00	63.28
5	—	1,238	54.00–61.00	57.37
9	—	1,053	47.00–52.00	49.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	57.00–59.00	57.96
6	—	1,056	35.00–42.00	37.62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	149.00–150.00	149.47
2	—	470	129.00–139.00	133.84
3	—	373	138.00–143.00	140.99
7	—	442	138.00–141.00	138.40

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle