Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 1.00 higher, bull calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.58/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$117.58

99 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$18.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

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	122.49	539	28
Medium and Large 2	456	118.87	542	56
Medium and Large 3	528	103.57	547	15thin

One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale99 hd

117.58

—

GA average16 barns · 1,574 hd

115.46

+2.11

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	1,613	79.01	1,274	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	63.29	962	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	55.69	633	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	46.96	450	12

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	551	132.00/cwt	130.00–134.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	149.42/cwt	149.00–150.00	472	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	106.96/cwt	105.00–109.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	262	146.62/cwt	145.00–150.00	384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	138.47/cwt	137.00–139.00	518	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	135.97/cwt	130.00–138.00	570	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	121.65/cwt	121.00–123.00	631	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	122.07/cwt	119.00–125.00	581	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	114.05/cwt	111.00–117.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	504	115.02/cwt	113.00–119.00	580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	384	129.48/cwt	124.00–132.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	113.96/cwt	111.00–115.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	128.65/cwt	127.00–133.00	491	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	119.06/cwt	117.00–121.00	562	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	136.64/cwt	136.00–138.00	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	124.73/cwt	123.00–126.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	127.39/cwt	123.00–133.00	411	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	115.83/cwt	114.00–118.00	550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	108.25/cwt	105.00–110.00	622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	111.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	602	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	123.79/cwt	121.00–124.00	530	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	109.94/cwt	105.00–115.00	478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	102.02/cwt	97.00–107.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	93.00/cwt	91.00–95.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	90.00/cwt	85.00–95.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	109.09/cwt	105.00–113.00	514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	141.18/cwt	139.00–144.00	659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	146.00/cwt	142.00–150.00	577	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	124.93/cwt	122.00–129.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	140.08/cwt	135.00–141.00	593	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	126.46/cwt	121.00–131.00	725	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	125.80/cwt	121.00–131.00	460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	122.81/cwt	121.00–128.00	522	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	829	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	60.20/cwt	55.00–65.00	706	2
Bulls	—	—	1,321	76.17/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,006	4
Bulls	—	—	1,904	81.85/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	51.24/cwt	46.00–53.00	576	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	58.04/cwt	55.00–61.00	663	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	63.29/cwt	61.00–65.00	962	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	52.31/cwt	49.00–56.00	512	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	43.13/cwt	38.00–45.00	407	7

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 Aug 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 533Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 84Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	551	130.00–134.00	132.00
5	—	316	149.00–150.00	149.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	105.00–109.00	106.96
3	—	262	145.00–150.00	146.62
8	—	374	137.00–139.00	138.47
8	—	419	130.00–138.00	135.97
9	—	519	121.00–123.00	121.65
11	—	476	119.00–125.00	122.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	111.00–117.00	114.05
3	—	504	113.00–119.00	115.02
4	—	384	124.00–132.00	129.48
4	—	476	111.00–115.00	113.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	382	127.00–133.00	128.65
18	—	472	117.00–121.00	119.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	136.00–138.00	136.64
4	—	368	123.00–126.00	124.73
7	—	323	123.00–133.00	127.39
7	—	475	114.00–118.00	115.83
9	—	575	105.00–110.00	108.25
12	—	540	110.00–112.00	111.51
14	—	428	121.00–124.00	123.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	105.00–115.00	109.94
2	—	528	97.00–107.00	102.02
2	—	645	91.00–95.00	93.00
2	—	705	85.00–95.00	90.00
7	—	471	105.00–113.00	109.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	139.00–144.00	141.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	142.00–150.00	146.00
3	—	624	122.00–129.00	124.93
13	—	423	135.00–141.00	140.08
18	—	573	121.00–131.00	126.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	366	121.00–131.00	125.80
4	—	425	121.00–128.00	122.81

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	75.00	75.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,173	55.00–65.00	60.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,321	75.00–79.00	76.17
4	—	1,904	81.00–83.00	81.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,124	46.00–53.00	51.24
17	—	1,143	55.00–61.00	58.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,520	61.00–65.00	63.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	978	49.00–56.00	52.31
7	—	943	38.00–45.00	43.13

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

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