Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.93/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$119.93

140 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$28.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.70

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	128.94	713	78
Medium and Large 2	453	111.17	503	47
Medium and Large 3	432	100.51	435	15thin

One grade step is worth $28.43/cwt here — about $278 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 sale140 hd

119.93

—

GA average16 barns · 1,627 hd

110.23

+9.70

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	1,490	81.26	1,211	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,054	55.58	586	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	45.19	418	28

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	260	151.54/cwt	145.00–155.00	394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	110.67/cwt	110.00–112.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	143.53/cwt	140.00–148.00	477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	140.28/cwt	138.00–148.00	513	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	117.40/cwt	116.00–118.00	625	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	117.10/cwt	114.00–124.00	441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	95.67/cwt	95.00–97.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	128.94/cwt	124.00–129.00	713	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	112.22/cwt	110.00–115.00	345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	107.56/cwt	105.00–110.00	392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	115.39/cwt	111.00–118.00	528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	111.40/cwt	111.00–113.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	107.83/cwt	106.00–116.00	574	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	112.84/cwt	110.00–120.00	485	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	103.27/cwt	100.00–105.00	284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	92.31/cwt	90.00–94.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	102.51/cwt	101.00–105.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	102.18/cwt	96.00–106.00	432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	170.34/cwt	170.00–171.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	166.00/cwt	160.00–168.00	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	141.26/cwt	138.00–145.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	141.52/cwt	140.00–143.00	538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	121.76/cwt	118.00–126.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	132.29/cwt	130.00–133.00	710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	132.45/cwt	132.00–138.00	562	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	726.67/cwt	700.00–750.00	8,684	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	61.41/cwt	55.00–64.00	600	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	57.63/cwt	50.00–67.00	515	7
Bulls	—	—	1,105	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	829	1
Bulls	—	—	1,618	83.35/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,349	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	63.62/cwt	60.00–67.00	764	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,016	50.35/cwt	45.00–52.00	512	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	55.85/cwt	53.00–59.00	576	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	43.44/cwt	40.00–47.00	384	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	37.64/cwt	35.00–41.00	359	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	52.63/cwt	49.00–56.00	489	11

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 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 331Last week 315Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 103Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 37Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	260	145.00–155.00	151.54
3	—	577	110.00–112.00	110.67
4	—	420	138.00–140.00	139.01
5	—	332	140.00–148.00	143.53
7	—	366	138.00–148.00	140.28
13	—	532	116.00–118.00	117.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	114.00–124.00	117.10
3	—	532	95.00–97.00	95.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	553	124.00–129.00	128.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	307	110.00–115.00	112.22
5	—	364	105.00–110.00	107.56
5	—	458	111.00–118.00	115.39
5	—	557	111.00–113.00	111.40
11	—	532	106.00–116.00	107.83
17	—	430	110.00–120.00	112.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	100.00–105.00	103.27
3	—	483	90.00–94.00	92.31
4	—	524	101.00–105.00	102.51
5	—	423	96.00–106.00	102.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	170.00–171.00	170.34
4	—	366	160.00–168.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	327	138.00–145.00	141.26
2	—	380	140.00–143.00	141.52
4	—	461	118.00–126.00	121.76
8	—	537	130.00–133.00	132.29
13	—	424	132.00–138.00	132.45

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	4	—	1,195	700.00–750.00	726.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	977	55.00–64.00	61.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	893	50.00–67.00	57.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,618	79.00–86.00	83.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	60.00–67.00	63.62
19	—	1,016	45.00–52.00	50.35
40	—	1,031	53.00–59.00	55.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	884	40.00–47.00	43.44
9	—	955	35.00–41.00	37.64
11	—	929	49.00–56.00	52.63

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