Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.90/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$119.90

134 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$20.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	122.29	559	100
Medium and Large 2	399	114.76	458	29
Medium and Large 3	463	102.01	473	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $87 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 sale134 hd

119.90

—

GA average17 barns · 2,285 hd

117.83

+2.07

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	—	High	1,808	88.97	1,609	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,456	63.31	922	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,048	55.64	583	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	928	44.89	417	20

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	—	333	166.56/cwt	165.00–168.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	123.71/cwt	122.00–132.00	595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	135.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	566	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	391	134.40/cwt	126.00–136.00	526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	127.47/cwt	126.00–129.00	461	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	114.84/cwt	108.00–116.00	723	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	128.65/cwt	126.00–129.00	421	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	120.93/cwt	116.00–125.00	647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	122.06/cwt	119.00–127.00	527	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	120.28/cwt	116.00–126.00	562	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	123.55/cwt	121.00–131.00	361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	116.74/cwt	112.00–120.00	393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	113.36/cwt	110.00–117.00	423	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	107.83/cwt	100.00–109.00	603	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	99.59/cwt	95.00–104.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	103.62/cwt	100.00–106.00	437	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	176.03/cwt	172.00–182.00	493	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	120.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	773	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	170.51/cwt	170.00–176.00	530	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	717	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	164.38/cwt	156.00–166.00	531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	145.45/cwt	145.00–151.00	557	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	133.37/cwt	129.00–136.00	707	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,196	816.68/cwt	700.00–950.00	9,767	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	52.03/cwt	50.00–54.00	502	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	58.69/cwt	56.00–65.00	671	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	58.16/cwt	52.00–72.00	572	13
Bulls	—	—	1,808	88.97/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,609	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	997	48.46/cwt	44.00–51.00	483	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	62.06/cwt	60.00–67.00	727	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,014	55.77/cwt	52.00–59.00	566	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	58.07/cwt	56.00–60.00	850	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	65.27/cwt	62.00–68.00	948	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	50.81/cwt	46.00–53.00	464	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	42.92/cwt	40.00–45.00	400	15

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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 413Last week 331Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 175Last week 117Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	165.00–168.00	166.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	122.00–132.00	123.71
16	—	418	130.00–137.00	135.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	391	126.00–136.00	134.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	362	126.00–129.00	127.47
14	—	630	108.00–116.00	114.84
16	—	327	126.00–129.00	128.65
16	—	535	116.00–125.00	120.93
18	—	432	119.00–127.00	122.06
22	—	467	116.00–126.00	120.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	292	121.00–131.00	123.55
7	—	337	112.00–120.00	116.74
8	—	373	110.00–117.00	113.36
8	—	559	100.00–109.00	107.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	95.00–104.00	99.59
3	—	422	100.00–106.00	103.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	280	172.00–182.00	176.03
10	—	644	115.00–125.00	120.02
12	—	311	170.00–176.00	170.51
15	—	527	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	156.00–166.00	164.38
13	—	383	145.00–151.00	145.45
26	—	530	129.00–136.00	133.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,196	700.00–950.00	816.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	965	50.00–54.00	52.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,143	56.00–65.00	58.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	984	52.00–72.00	58.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,808	87.00–91.00	88.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	997	44.00–51.00	48.46
30	—	1,172	60.00–67.00	62.06
67	—	1,014	52.00–59.00	55.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	56.00–60.00	58.07
8	—	1,453	62.00–68.00	65.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	914	46.00–53.00	50.81
15	—	933	40.00–45.00	42.92

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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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