Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady to 5.00 lower heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.87/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$124.87

57 head · 434 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	127.66	561	31
Medium and Large 2	427	121.54	519	26

One grade step is worth $6.12/cwt here — about $42 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 sale57 hd

124.87

—

GA average16 barns · 1,111 hd

118.70

+6.16

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	1,457	77.06	1,123	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,483	65.41	970	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,153	56.15	647	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	966	49.88	482	22

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	331	163.35/cwt	159.00–166.00	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	141.91/cwt	140.00–144.00	402	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	312	142.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	444	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	132.76/cwt	130.00–135.00	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	539	121.00/cwt	119.00–124.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	128.21/cwt	128.00–130.00	550	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	108.93/cwt	106.00–115.00	719	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	285	133.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	379	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	118.31/cwt	115.00–120.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	118.25/cwt	118.00–119.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	131.32/cwt	130.00–134.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	130.25/cwt	124.00–132.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	126.73/cwt	125.00–131.00	589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	116.44/cwt	114.00–119.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	102.02/cwt	101.00–103.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	116.33/cwt	115.00–118.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	110.24/cwt	109.00–112.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	129.53/cwt	126.00–135.00	350	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	128.54/cwt	125.00–132.00	470	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	130.73/cwt	130.00–138.00	736	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	136.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	119.33/cwt	119.00–121.00	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	114.67/cwt	114.00–115.00	843	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	974.66/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	11,774	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	60.77/cwt	56.00–66.00	695	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	62.17/cwt	56.00–69.00	704	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	71.24/cwt	63.00–82.00	696	9
Bulls	—	—	1,790	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,504	1
Bulls	—	—	1,290	73.59/cwt	70.00–77.00	949	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	64.91/cwt	62.00–67.00	775	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	48.57/cwt	45.00–51.00	541	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	55.99/cwt	52.00–59.00	646	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	65.41/cwt	63.00–67.00	970	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	45.95/cwt	41.00–48.00	426	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	53.80/cwt	49.00–56.00	540	11

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 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 252Last week 206Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 86Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 34Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	159.00–166.00	163.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	140.00–144.00	141.91
2	—	456	120.00–123.00	121.51
4	—	312	140.00–150.00	142.42
4	—	388	130.00–135.00	132.76
5	—	539	119.00–124.00	121.00
9	—	429	128.00–130.00	128.21
12	—	660	106.00–115.00	108.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	130.00–136.00	133.00
3	—	438	115.00–120.00	118.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	118.00–119.00	118.25
6	—	332	130.00–134.00	131.32
10	—	440	124.00–132.00	130.25
11	—	465	125.00–131.00	126.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	114.00–119.00	116.44
2	—	670	101.00–103.00	102.02
3	—	457	115.00–118.00	116.33
4	—	589	109.00–112.00	110.24
5	—	270	126.00–135.00	129.53
10	—	366	125.00–132.00	128.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	563	130.00–138.00	130.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	130.00–138.00	136.02
6	—	648	119.00–121.00	119.33
6	—	735	114.00–115.00	114.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,208	950.00–1,000.00	974.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,143	56.00–66.00	60.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,132	56.00–69.00	62.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	977	63.00–82.00	71.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	84.00	84.00
2	—	1,290	70.00–77.00	73.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,194	62.00–67.00	64.91
10	—	1,113	45.00–51.00	48.57
18	—	1,154	52.00–59.00	55.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,483	63.00–67.00	65.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	927	41.00–48.00	45.95
11	—	1,004	49.00–56.00	53.80

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

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle