Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers,bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.85/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −72.43 against this barn's trailing median of $199.28.

Average price

$126.85

58 head · 384 lb average

Value per head Derived

$487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$36.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.48

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	316	149.11	471	10thin
Medium and Large 2	407	125.87	512	35
Medium and Large 3	375	112.37	421	13thin

One grade step is worth $36.74/cwt here — about $50 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $184.65, median $199.28 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale58 hd

126.85

—

GA average16 barns · 1,273 hd

113.37

+13.48

This barn, trailing median10 sales

199.28

−72.43

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	1,784	69.03	1,231	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,424	49.20	701	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,136	46.66	530	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,049	44.75	469	40

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	282	149.73/cwt	148.00–152.00	422	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	143.99/cwt	143.00–146.00	515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	309	152.48/cwt	151.00–154.00	471	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	281	139.48/cwt	135.00–145.00	392	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	132.15/cwt	130.00–134.00	498	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	107.30/cwt	103.00–113.00	561	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	406	127.40/cwt	126.00–136.00	517	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	243	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	261	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	308	118.41/cwt	115.00–125.00	365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	118.55/cwt	115.00–125.00	435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	106.97/cwt	105.00–110.00	505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	112.50/cwt	111.00–114.00	332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	111.99/cwt	111.00–113.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	102.99/cwt	101.00–105.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	103.45/cwt	100.00–110.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	112.64/cwt	111.00–115.00	358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	111.98/cwt	110.00–117.00	458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	113.70/cwt	108.00–118.00	422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	107.37/cwt	105.00–110.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	261	107.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	130.48/cwt	129.00–131.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	123.33/cwt	123.00–125.00	635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	100.51/cwt	100.00–101.00	475	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,631	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	761.76/cwt	725.00–800.00	7,770	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	63.16/cwt	51.00–80.00	662	7
Bulls	—	—	1,465	63.32/cwt	61.00–65.00	928	4
Bulls	—	—	1,996	72.83/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,454	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	52.97/cwt	52.00–54.00	619	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	43.21/cwt	38.00–45.00	463	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	47.90/cwt	45.00–51.00	562	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	49.20/cwt	47.00–52.00	701	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	38.73/cwt	35.00–42.00	377	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	46.76/cwt	43.00–50.00	502	30

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 Oct 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 236Last week 354Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 111Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 32Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	148.00–152.00	149.73
3	—	358	143.00–146.00	143.99
4	—	309	151.00–154.00	152.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	139.00–140.00	139.51
5	—	281	135.00–145.00	139.48
9	—	377	130.00–134.00	132.15
9	—	523	103.00–113.00	107.30
10	—	406	126.00–136.00	127.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	243	105.00–110.00	107.53
3	—	308	115.00–125.00	118.41
3	—	367	115.00–125.00	118.55
5	—	472	105.00–110.00	106.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	111.00–114.00	112.50
2	—	468	111.00–113.00	111.99
2	—	558	101.00–105.00	102.99
3	—	521	100.00–110.00	103.45
6	—	318	111.00–115.00	112.64
6	—	409	110.00–117.00	111.98
9	—	371	108.00–118.00	113.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	105.00–110.00	107.37
4	—	261	105.00–110.00	107.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	129.00–131.00	130.48
6	—	515	123.00–125.00	123.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	100.00–101.00	100.51

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	—	1,215	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,020	725.00–800.00	761.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,048	51.00–80.00	63.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	61.00–65.00	63.32
6	—	1,996	71.00–75.00	72.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	52.00–54.00	52.97
16	—	1,072	38.00–45.00	43.21
24	—	1,173	45.00–51.00	47.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	47.00–52.00	49.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	973	35.00–42.00	38.73
30	—	1,074	43.00–50.00	46.76

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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