Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-06-11

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
20 vs last sale 186 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
0 vs last sale 86 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
24 vs last sale 10 34 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 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.98/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$123.98
63 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.36
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445129.6457713thin
Medium and Large 2400122.5149050
One grade step is worth $7.14/cwt here — about $87 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 sale63 hd
123.98
GA average15 barns · 1,262 hd
116.62
+7.36
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
BullsLow1,54983.561,2944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06458.1161827
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62956.989287thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86753.6546519

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1434142.97/cwt142.00–146.006204
BullsMedium and Large 1376154.53/cwt151.00–158.005818
BullsMedium and Large 2411134.91/cwt131.00–139.005542
BullsMedium and Large 2326148.34/cwt145.00–155.004844
BullsMedium and Large 2388142.54/cwt137.00–146.005535
BullsMedium and Large 2464123.71/cwt123.00–125.005747
BullsMedium and Large 3370131.92/cwt129.00–135.004882
BullsMedium and Large 3325136.58/cwt134.00–138.004443
HeifersMedium and Large 1455123.68/cwt122.00–125.005633
HeifersMedium and Large 1442131.43/cwt128.00–132.0058110
HeifersMedium and Large 2233125.01/cwt124.00–126.002912
HeifersMedium and Large 2285126.54/cwt124.00–129.003612
HeifersMedium and Large 2475116.50/cwt115.00–118.005532
HeifersMedium and Large 2578112.02/cwt110.00–114.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 2430121.37/cwt116.00–125.005226
HeifersMedium and Large 2516118.10/cwt118.00–119.0060910
HeifersMedium and Large 2374122.61/cwt120.00–128.0045912
HeifersMedium and Large 2312128.66/cwt126.00–133.0040113
SteersMedium and Large 1423146.50/cwt146.00–147.006202
SteersMedium and Large 1463145.55/cwt139.00–149.006743
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1581,003.24/cwt875.00–1,075.0011,6186
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,201956.69/cwt875.00–1,075.0011,4908
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3950850.88/cwt700.00–1,050.008,0836
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21764.27/cwt62.00–67.007823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-299167.80/cwt63.00–77.006726
Bulls1,14575.00/cwt75.00–75.008591
Bulls1,68386.41/cwt85.00–88.001,4543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15963.97/cwt60.00–67.007416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03756.43/cwt52.00–59.0058521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62956.98/cwt52.00–59.009287
CowsLean 85-90%84142.79/cwt40.00–45.003604
CowsLean 85-90%91761.60/cwt60.00–65.005657
CowsLean 85-90%83752.13/cwt48.00–55.004368

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.