Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher,steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $115.90/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$115.90

191 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$13.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.70

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	118.87	700	137
Medium and Large 2	453	109.83	498	38
Medium and Large 3	362	104.92	380	16thin

One grade step is worth $13.95/cwt here — about $320 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 sale191 hd

115.90

—

GA average16 barns · 1,510 hd

109.20

+6.70

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	1,612	67.66	1,091	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,108	45.39	503	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,159	37.81	438	8thin

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 2	—	443	117.49/cwt	116.00–119.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	264	141.83/cwt	140.00–145.00	374	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	133.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	134.17/cwt	130.00–140.00	435	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	112.62/cwt	110.00–115.00	420	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	120.07/cwt	111.00–121.00	442	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	107.38/cwt	107.00–113.00	592	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	114.95/cwt	114.00–115.00	570	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	113.21/cwt	108.00–117.00	772	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	124.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	788	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	261	115.04/cwt	114.00–116.00	300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	114.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	110.29/cwt	103.00–112.00	519	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	105.40/cwt	102.00–106.00	568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	110.28/cwt	110.00–112.00	485	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	284	108.36/cwt	105.00–109.00	308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	101.17/cwt	95.00–105.00	437	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	134.09/cwt	126.00–135.00	610	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	133.89/cwt	125.00–134.00	830	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	140.58/cwt	135.00–142.00	512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	127.45/cwt	123.00–128.00	617	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,282	715.39/cwt	700.00–750.00	9,171	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	57.82/cwt	54.00–61.00	669	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	60.85/cwt	52.00–70.00	613	7
Bulls	—	—	1,612	67.66/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,091	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	41.89/cwt	39.00–44.00	455	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	47.49/cwt	46.00–49.00	533	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	33.47/cwt	31.00–35.00	330	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,262	40.42/cwt	38.00–44.00	510	5

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 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 444Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 122Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 34Year 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	—	443	116.00–119.00	117.49
2	—	575	112.00–113.00	112.50
3	—	264	140.00–145.00	141.83
3	—	362	130.00–140.00	133.27
6	—	324	130.00–140.00	134.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	110.00–115.00	112.62
2	—	570	104.00–105.00	104.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	368	111.00–121.00	120.07
16	—	551	107.00–113.00	107.38
21	—	496	114.00–115.00	114.95
24	—	682	108.00–117.00	113.21
65	—	631	115.00–125.00	124.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	261	114.00–116.00	115.04
3	—	378	110.00–120.00	114.37
8	—	471	103.00–112.00	110.29
8	—	539	102.00–106.00	105.40
17	—	440	110.00–112.00	110.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	105.00–107.00	106.00
7	—	284	105.00–109.00	108.36
7	—	432	95.00–105.00	101.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	455	126.00–135.00	134.09
81	—	620	125.00–134.00	133.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	135.00–142.00	140.58
27	—	484	123.00–128.00	127.45

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	10	—	1,282	700.00–750.00	715.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,157	54.00–61.00	57.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,008	52.00–70.00	60.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	67.00–69.00	67.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	39.00–44.00	41.89
5	—	1,122	46.00–49.00	47.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	987	31.00–35.00	33.47
5	—	1,262	38.00–44.00	40.42

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