Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.72/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −68.56 against this barn's trailing median of $199.28.

Average price

$130.72

43 head · 406 lb average

Value per head Derived

$530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$4.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	436	133.18	580	18thin
Medium and Large 3	384	128.94	495	25

One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about $85 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.

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 sale43 hd

130.72

—

GA average15 barns · 1,262 hd

127.62

+3.10

This barn, trailing median10 sales

199.28

−68.56

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	1,539	73.54	1,132	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,140	55.58	634	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	43.64	425	5thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2	—	211	144.18/cwt	140.00–148.00	304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	142.60/cwt	140.00–145.00	466	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	119.60/cwt	119.00–122.00	690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	135.34/cwt	135.00–137.00	613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	136.49/cwt	136.00–137.00	427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	130.81/cwt	127.00–135.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	289	137.95/cwt	137.00–140.00	399	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	119.04/cwt	115.00–120.00	577	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	132.34/cwt	131.00–135.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	118.97/cwt	115.00–120.00	665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	118.74/cwt	117.00–124.00	627	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	113.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	124.44/cwt	122.00–125.00	609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	137.02/cwt	136.00–139.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	149.40/cwt	148.00–153.00	707	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	133.33/cwt	132.00–136.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	142.85/cwt	137.00–147.00	674	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	67.68/cwt	62.00–74.00	694	2
Bulls	—	—	1,742	75.40/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,313	6
Bulls	—	—	1,365	71.94/cwt	70.00–74.00	982	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,061	48.67/cwt	45.00–50.00	516	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	60.64/cwt	59.00–66.00	713	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	55.15/cwt	51.00–58.00	635	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	36.89/cwt	36.00–38.00	352	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	48.14/cwt	44.00–51.00	475	3

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 Jun 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 186Last week 67Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 38Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	211	140.00–148.00	144.18
2	—	418	135.00–136.00	135.51
3	—	327	140.00–145.00	142.60
5	—	577	119.00–122.00	119.60
6	—	453	135.00–137.00	135.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	136.00–137.00	136.49
2	—	378	127.00–135.00	130.81
10	—	289	137.00–140.00	137.95
11	—	485	115.00–120.00	119.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	131.00–135.00	132.34
5	—	559	115.00–120.00	118.97
14	—	528	117.00–124.00	118.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	127.00–128.00	127.51
5	—	516	110.00–116.00	113.99
7	—	489	122.00–125.00	124.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	514	136.00–139.00	137.02
10	—	473	148.00–153.00	149.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	132.00–136.00	133.33
5	—	472	137.00–147.00	142.85

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	62.00–74.00	67.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,742	74.00–78.00	75.40
7	—	1,365	70.00–74.00	71.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,061	45.00–50.00	48.67
14	—	1,175	59.00–66.00	60.64
20	—	1,151	51.00–58.00	55.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	36.00–38.00	36.89
3	—	987	44.00–51.00	48.14

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle