Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to market being closed for previous week 4th of July Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.14/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$133.14

80 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$8.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	394	140.46	553	6thin
Medium and Large 1	574	132.56	761	72
Medium and Large 3	280	132.11	370	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.35/cwt here — about $184 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 sale80 hd

133.14

—

GA average8 barns · 277 hd

132.01

+1.14

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	1,712	82.32	1,409	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	57.09	678	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	976	48.36	472	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	322	146.01/cwt	145.00–150.00	470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	114.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	121.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	111.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	116.94/cwt	115.00–118.00	544	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	115.53/cwt	111.00–120.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	111.49/cwt	110.00–113.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	126.70/cwt	120.00–130.00	397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	116.18/cwt	114.00–119.00	660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	115.89/cwt	115.00–118.00	770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	117.09/cwt	116.00–120.00	562	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	109.99/cwt	109.00–111.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	112.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	402	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	108.67/cwt	108.00–110.00	366	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	137.58/cwt	137.00–140.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	125.64/cwt	123.00–129.00	838	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.78/cwt	131.00–135.00	769	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	135.20/cwt	131.00–138.00	722	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	128.45/cwt	127.00–130.00	599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	146.47/cwt	142.00–148.00	524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	132.11/cwt	130.00–134.00	370	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	879.40/cwt	750.00–985.00	9,928	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	605	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	661	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,024	1
Bulls	—	—	1,903	84.98/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,617	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	64.07/cwt	63.00–65.00	862	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	52.63/cwt	50.00–54.00	600	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	58.91/cwt	55.00–62.00	708	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	48.36/cwt	46.00–50.00	472	2

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 Jul 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 204Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend due to market being closed for previous week 4th of July Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	145.00–150.00	146.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	110.00–120.00	114.88
3	—	387	120.00–125.00	121.64
3	—	582	110.00–112.00	111.34
6	—	465	115.00–118.00	116.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	111.00–120.00	115.53
2	—	463	110.00–113.00	111.49
3	—	313	120.00–130.00	126.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	114.00–119.00	116.18
10	—	664	115.00–118.00	115.89
14	—	480	116.00–120.00	117.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	109.00–111.00	109.99
8	—	356	110.00–120.00	112.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	108.00–110.00	108.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	137.00–140.00	137.58
18	—	667	123.00–129.00	125.64
21	—	575	131.00–135.00	133.78
28	—	534	131.00–138.00	135.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	466	127.00–130.00	128.45
4	—	358	142.00–148.00	146.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	130.00–134.00	132.11

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	8	—	1,129	750.00–985.00	879.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	68.00	68.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	57.00	57.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	77.00	77.00
2	—	1,903	83.00–87.00	84.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	63.00–65.00	64.07
17	—	1,140	50.00–54.00	52.63
34	—	1,201	55.00–62.00	58.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	976	46.00–50.00	48.36

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

Steers · 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