Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher,feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves steady, bull and heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.49/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$102.49

130 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$5.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.64

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	103.63	550	101
Medium and Large 3	396	98.54	390	29

One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about $160 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 sale130 hd

102.49

—

GA average15 barns · 1,253 hd

109.13

−6.64

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	1,335	74.02	988	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	55.10	629	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	46.61	464	32

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	406	128.49/cwt	128.00–129.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	96.02/cwt	95.00–98.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	126.94/cwt	120.00–130.00	465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	99.60/cwt	97.00–101.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	102.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	495	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	105.11/cwt	100.00–110.00	553	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	90.62/cwt	85.00–95.00	473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	102.34/cwt	101.00–104.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	114.38/cwt	111.00–115.00	408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	101.31/cwt	100.00–102.00	430	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	101.40/cwt	98.00–105.00	483	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	644	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	106.86/cwt	105.00–110.00	577	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	90.08/cwt	85.00–95.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	104.12/cwt	101.00–111.00	336	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	96.25/cwt	92.00–97.00	413	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	124.12/cwt	122.00–127.00	525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	114.36/cwt	114.00–115.00	541	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	134.90/cwt	134.00–135.00	457	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.65/cwt	111.00–115.00	642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	110.11/cwt	108.00–111.00	791	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	111.84/cwt	109.00–112.00	678	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	112.69/cwt	111.00–114.00	581	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	105.84/cwt	105.00–106.00	574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	111.67/cwt	111.00–119.00	488	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,254	917.80/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	11,509	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,431	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	57.40/cwt	51.00–68.00	589	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	78.56/cwt	71.00–90.00	886	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	74.53/cwt	70.00–89.00	722	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,136	58.78/cwt	55.00–63.00	668	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,092	60.77/cwt	53.00–69.00	664	21
Bulls	—	—	1,790	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,278	73.15/cwt	71.00–76.00	935	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	51.54/cwt	47.00–53.00	579	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	56.95/cwt	54.00–61.00	655	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	50.11/cwt	47.00–54.00	504	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	43.52/cwt	39.00–46.00	430	17

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 Sep 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 496Last week 124Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 149Last week 89Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 98Last week 12Year 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	—	406	128.00–129.00	128.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	95.00–98.00	96.02
4	—	366	120.00–130.00	126.94
5	—	566	97.00–101.00	99.60
7	—	481	100.00–110.00	102.94
9	—	526	100.00–110.00	105.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	85.00–95.00	90.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	101.00–104.00	102.34
7	—	357	111.00–115.00	114.38
10	—	424	100.00–102.00	101.31
19	—	476	98.00–105.00	101.40
22	—	661	95.00–100.00	97.48
40	—	540	105.00–110.00	106.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	85.00–95.00	90.08
10	—	323	101.00–111.00	104.12
17	—	429	92.00–97.00	96.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	122.00–127.00	124.12
8	—	473	114.00–115.00	114.36
10	—	339	134.00–135.00	134.90
13	—	565	111.00–115.00	113.65
15	—	718	108.00–111.00	110.11
19	—	606	109.00–112.00	111.84
23	—	516	111.00–114.00	112.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	105.00–106.00	105.84
12	—	437	111.00–119.00	111.67

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	14	—	1,254	800.00–1,050.00	917.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,027	51.00–68.00	57.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,128	71.00–90.00	78.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	969	70.00–89.00	74.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,136	55.00–63.00	58.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,092	53.00–69.00	60.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	81.00	81.00
8	—	1,278	71.00–76.00	73.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,124	47.00–53.00	51.54
50	—	1,150	54.00–61.00	56.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,005	47.00–54.00	50.11
17	—	987	39.00–46.00	43.52

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

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle