Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, and replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.66/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$113.66

108 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$20.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.81

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	119.66	591	51
Medium and Large 2	485	111.40	540	42
Medium and Large 3	361	99.58	360	15thin

One grade step is worth $20.08/cwt here — about $231 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 sale108 hd

113.66

—

GA average14 barns · 1,154 hd

109.84

+3.81

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	1,610	73.67	1,186	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,046	48.94	512	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	915	38.70	354	18

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	368	149.40/cwt	148.00–151.00	550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	142.03/cwt	140.00–149.00	595	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	151.48/cwt	150.00–158.00	510	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	118.75/cwt	115.00–122.00	600	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	551	116.75/cwt	116.00–119.00	643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	639	108.24/cwt	101.00–110.00	692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	126.30/cwt	126.00–128.00	592	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	95.11/cwt	95.00–96.00	632	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	143.42/cwt	138.00–145.00	516	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	129.02/cwt	125.00–134.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	406	128.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	110.03/cwt	105.00–115.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	127.87/cwt	121.00–131.00	341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	123.28/cwt	115.00–125.00	528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	128.65/cwt	125.00–129.00	486	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	114.35/cwt	112.00–116.00	762	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	115.56/cwt	115.00–124.00	555	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	261	116.63/cwt	113.00–120.00	304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	116.85/cwt	115.00–120.00	384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	118.20/cwt	115.00–125.00	440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	113.07/cwt	110.00–115.00	475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	111.58/cwt	105.00–113.00	579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	103.51/cwt	101.00–105.00	637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	109.34/cwt	107.00–110.00	627	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	103.28/cwt	95.00–112.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	94.95/cwt	90.00–100.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	99.55/cwt	95.00–104.00	324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	101.37/cwt	98.00–108.00	277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	98.27/cwt	93.00–103.00	409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	151.47/cwt	150.00–154.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	102.95/cwt	101.00–105.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	733	82.46/cwt	80.00–85.00	604	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,488	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	50.38/cwt	45.00–69.00	500	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	51.97/cwt	45.00–58.00	543	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	53.61/cwt	45.00–71.00	542	8
Bulls	—	—	1,710	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,043	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,248	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	57.71/cwt	57.00–58.00	638	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	52.40/cwt	49.00–56.00	562	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,011	44.06/cwt	40.00–47.00	445	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	32.61/cwt	28.00–35.00	288	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	41.74/cwt	39.00–46.00	389	12

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 Nov 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 315Last week 444Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 31Year ago 118

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 26Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	148.00–151.00	149.40
6	—	419	140.00–149.00	142.03
12	—	337	150.00–158.00	151.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	115.00–122.00	118.75
4	—	551	116.00–119.00	116.75
5	—	639	101.00–110.00	108.24
7	—	469	126.00–128.00	126.30
9	—	665	95.00–96.00	95.11
22	—	360	138.00–145.00	143.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	125.00–134.00	129.02
3	—	406	125.00–130.00	128.29
4	—	478	105.00–115.00	110.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	121.00–131.00	127.87
6	—	428	115.00–125.00	123.28
11	—	378	125.00–129.00	128.65
15	—	666	112.00–116.00	114.35
16	—	480	115.00–124.00	115.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	261	113.00–120.00	116.63
5	—	329	115.00–120.00	116.85
5	—	372	115.00–125.00	118.20
5	—	420	110.00–115.00	113.07
8	—	519	105.00–113.00	111.58
8	—	615	101.00–105.00	103.51
9	—	573	107.00–110.00	109.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	95.00–112.00	103.28
2	—	460	90.00–100.00	94.95
3	—	325	95.00–104.00	99.55
4	—	273	98.00–108.00	101.37
4	—	416	93.00–103.00	98.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	150.00–154.00	151.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	101.00–105.00	102.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	80.00–85.00	82.46

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	—	1,265	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	992	45.00–69.00	50.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	45.00–58.00	51.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,011	45.00–71.00	53.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	61.00	61.00
2	—	1,560	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,105	57.00–58.00	57.71
11	—	1,072	49.00–56.00	52.40
15	—	1,011	40.00–47.00	44.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	883	28.00–35.00	32.61
12	—	931	39.00–46.00	41.74

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