Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2019-06-25

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 252▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 93▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 34▲ 18 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 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher,feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifers calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.19/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$128.19
58 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.55
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577135.4078110thin
Medium and Large 2636126.6980648
One grade step is worth $8.71/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale58 hd
128.19
—
GA average14 barns · 489 hd
128.74
−0.55
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
Bulls—Average1,76183.751,4754thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09957.6263341
CowsLean 85-90%Average99842.7042611

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1—368143.97/cwt143.00–145.005302
BullsMedium and Large 2—315144.19/cwt140.00–150.004543
BullsMedium and Large 2—373135.85/cwt131.00–141.005074
BullsMedium and Large 2—578115.74/cwt110.00–120.006694
BullsMedium and Large 3—678100.00/cwt99.00–101.006782
BullsMedium and Large 3—432114.68/cwt110.00–119.004953
BullsMedium and Large 3—472115.70/cwt111.00–119.0054611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—507116.85/cwt116.00–118.005927
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480119.03/cwt118.00–121.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329123.17/cwt122.00–126.004054
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376121.78/cwt119.00–125.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534112.24/cwt111.00–116.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423119.84/cwt115.00–125.005079
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620106.54/cwt105.00–113.0066114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265109.81/cwt105.00–115.002912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322111.16/cwt105.00–115.003584
SteersMedium and Large 1—577135.40/cwt135.00–137.0078110
SteersMedium and Large 2—447137.25/cwt136.00–143.006148
SteersMedium and Large 2—644121.84/cwt120.00–123.0078513
SteersMedium and Large 2—688125.89/cwt124.00–127.0086627
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,123763.41/cwt740.00–790.008,5736
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—980850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,3302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—950700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,02060.74/cwt57.00–67.006203
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,20057.00/cwt57.00–57.006841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,11059.87/cwt56.00–64.006653
Bulls——1,76183.75/cwt81.00–88.001,4754
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08664.70/cwt63.00–70.0070310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07751.98/cwt49.00–54.0056010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11656.94/cwt55.00–62.0063521
CowsLean 85-90%—93847.73/cwt45.00–51.004484
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03339.83/cwt36.00–42.004117

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.