Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady, steer calves lightly tested, bull and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.90/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$109.90

59 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$10.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.80

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	112.15	614	26
Medium and Large 2	501	110.83	555	23
Medium and Large 3	353	101.94	360	10thin

One grade step is worth $10.22/cwt here — about $254 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 sale59 hd

109.90

—

GA average16 barns · 1,401 hd

106.10

+3.80

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	1,676	74.32	1,246	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,658	49.10	814	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	47.47	624	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	42.66	462	53

Every lot, as filed

33 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 3	—	512	105.13/cwt	100.00–108.00	538	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	105.75/cwt	105.00–107.00	450	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	123.67/cwt	123.00–124.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	110.65/cwt	109.00–111.00	624	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	116.69/cwt	116.00–118.00	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	110.67/cwt	110.00–112.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	112.26/cwt	110.00–115.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	114.02/cwt	112.00–115.00	526	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	677	90.48/cwt	90.00–91.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	105.98/cwt	105.00–108.00	593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	646	90.33/cwt	88.00–95.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	129.48/cwt	127.00–131.00	474	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	113.39/cwt	111.00–117.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	358	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	119.03/cwt	115.00–125.00	387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	104.82/cwt	101.00–107.00	669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	105.10/cwt	102.00–112.00	350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	100.58/cwt	100.00–102.00	364	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	120.05/cwt	120.00–121.00	651	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	113.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	713	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	126.79/cwt	121.00–131.00	609	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,795	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,360	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	52.38/cwt	47.00–58.00	493	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	61.04/cwt	56.00–66.00	778	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	65.10/cwt	55.00–75.00	708	17
Bulls	—	—	1,676	74.32/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,246	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	50.69/cwt	49.00–56.00	689	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	45.44/cwt	41.00–48.00	585	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,689	46.44/cwt	45.00–48.00	784	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	50.77/cwt	49.00–53.00	832	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	46.75/cwt	44.00–51.00	493	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	40.38/cwt	36.00–43.00	443	34

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 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 496Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 228Last week 149Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 98Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	100.00–108.00	105.13
8	—	426	105.00–107.00	105.75
2	—	358	117.00–118.00	117.51
4	—	325	115.00–125.00	119.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	677	90.00–91.00	90.48
3	—	560	105.00–108.00	105.98
3	—	646	88.00–95.00	90.33
4	—	366	127.00–131.00	129.48
5	—	497	111.00–117.00	113.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	123.00–124.00	123.67
23	—	564	109.00–111.00	110.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	409	116.00–118.00	116.69
3	—	510	110.00–112.00	110.67
4	—	381	110.00–115.00	112.26
6	—	461	112.00–115.00	114.02
7	—	638	101.00–107.00	104.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	102.00–112.00	105.10
7	—	362	100.00–102.00	100.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	542	120.00–121.00	120.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	628	110.00–115.00	113.52
17	—	480	121.00–131.00	126.79

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	2	—	1,345	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	920	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	942	47.00–58.00	52.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	56.00–66.00	61.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,087	55.00–75.00	65.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,676	71.00–78.00	74.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,359	49.00–56.00	50.69
62	—	1,288	41.00–48.00	45.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,689	45.00–48.00	46.44
8	—	1,638	49.00–53.00	50.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,054	44.00–51.00	46.75
34	—	1,098	36.00–43.00	40.38

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