Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.28/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$110.28

99 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$23.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.59

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	120.87	663	30
Medium and Large 2	507	106.06	538	66
Medium and Large 3	517	97.35	503	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.52/cwt here — about $159 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

110.28

—

GA average16 barns · 1,495 hd

105.69

+4.59

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	1,674	70.01	1,172	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,112	45.96	511	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	41.60	442	28

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2	—	243	132.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	105.48/cwt	105.00–106.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	99.00/cwt	96.00–102.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	264	127.54/cwt	125.00–131.00	337	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	105.87/cwt	104.00–112.00	548	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	125.37/cwt	119.00–127.00	514	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	130.85/cwt	129.00–136.00	504	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	371	109.74/cwt	105.00–115.00	407	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	105.19/cwt	103.00–108.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	120.75/cwt	120.00–121.00	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	120.91/cwt	120.00–121.00	687	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	110.66/cwt	107.00–114.00	412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	100.34/cwt	100.00–101.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	102.77/cwt	101.00–104.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	105.52/cwt	101.00–110.00	491	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	110.99/cwt	110.00–114.00	377	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	108.04/cwt	105.00–110.00	460	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	99.67/cwt	99.00–100.00	657	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	107.92/cwt	104.00–110.00	572	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	97.35/cwt	95.00–102.00	503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	131.29/cwt	129.00–135.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	126.86/cwt	125.00–127.00	780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	139.03/cwt	137.00–140.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	123.99/cwt	123.00–126.00	598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	125.67/cwt	125.00–126.00	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	114.97/cwt	112.00–116.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	121.27/cwt	114.00–124.00	526	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	122.97/cwt	119.00–125.00	708	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.63/cwt	112.00–119.00	755	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	888.82/cwt	880.00–900.00	11,332	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	44.37/cwt	41.00–54.00	459	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	58.44/cwt	56.00–60.00	656	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	51.29/cwt	45.00–66.00	565	6
Bulls	—	—	1,915	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,593	69.68/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,110	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	49.87/cwt	47.00–53.00	609	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	42.71/cwt	38.00–45.00	436	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	45.73/cwt	43.00–50.00	500	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	38.92/cwt	35.00–41.00	405	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 Oct 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 236Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 146Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 21Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	243	130.00–135.00	132.53
2	—	571	105.00–106.00	105.48
2	—	655	96.00–102.00	99.00
7	—	264	125.00–131.00	127.54
8	—	518	104.00–112.00	105.87
10	—	410	119.00–127.00	125.37
11	—	385	129.00–136.00	130.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	371	105.00–115.00	109.74
5	—	467	103.00–108.00	105.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	494	120.00–121.00	120.75
22	—	568	120.00–121.00	120.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	107.00–114.00	110.66
3	—	620	100.00–101.00	100.34
4	—	581	101.00–104.00	102.77
6	—	465	101.00–110.00	105.52
8	—	340	110.00–114.00	110.99
11	—	426	105.00–110.00	108.04
12	—	659	99.00–100.00	99.67
19	—	530	104.00–110.00	107.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	95.00–102.00	97.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	129.00–135.00	131.29
14	—	615	125.00–127.00	126.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	137.00–140.00	139.03
3	—	482	123.00–126.00	123.99
3	—	513	125.00–126.00	125.67
4	—	607	112.00–116.00	114.97
7	—	434	114.00–124.00	121.27
11	—	576	119.00–125.00	122.97
11	—	670	112.00–119.00	112.63

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	4	—	1,275	880.00–900.00	888.82
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,035	41.00–54.00	44.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,123	56.00–60.00	58.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,102	45.00–66.00	51.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	71.00	71.00
3	—	1,593	69.00–70.00	69.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,222	47.00–53.00	49.87
12	—	1,020	38.00–45.00	42.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,093	43.00–50.00	45.73
17	—	1,041	35.00–41.00	38.92

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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