Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to holiday.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.01/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −59.27 against this barn's trailing median of $199.28.

Average price

$140.01

81 head · 367 lb average

Value per head Derived

$513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$26.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	350	154.37	540	23
Medium and Large 2	376	136.71	514	42
Medium and Large 3	365	128.04	468	16thin

One grade step is worth $26.33/cwt here — about $72 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $184.65, median $199.28 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale81 hd

140.01

—

GA average8 barns · 1,343 hd

124.17

+15.84

This barn, trailing median10 sales

199.28

−59.27

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	1,622	80.11	1,300	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,081	54.49	589	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,386	54.27	752	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	46.65	455	15

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 1	—	276	160.54/cwt	155.00–164.00	443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	144.36/cwt	140.00–150.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	156.95/cwt	152.00–162.00	512	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	155.40/cwt	150.00–160.00	575	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	223	156.35/cwt	152.00–161.00	349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	144.07/cwt	137.00–147.00	546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	123.01/cwt	117.00–127.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	115.63/cwt	112.00–120.00	605	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	145.29/cwt	142.00–150.00	459	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	282	145.63/cwt	144.00–150.00	411	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	131.98/cwt	129.00–138.00	549	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	116.07/cwt	113.00–119.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	242	145.97/cwt	145.00–148.00	353	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	562	104.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	133.31/cwt	130.00–140.00	431	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	125.08/cwt	121.00–129.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	117.49/cwt	115.00–119.00	492	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	126.53/cwt	124.00–134.00	416	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	126.96/cwt	125.00–129.00	305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	106.95/cwt	100.00–110.00	451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	120.26/cwt	115.00–125.00	320	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	106.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	491	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	155.28/cwt	150.00–160.00	419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.95/cwt	133.00–139.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	127.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	666	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,163	813.54/cwt	650.00–900.00	9,461	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	51.21/cwt	45.00–59.00	561	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	53.09/cwt	50.00–56.00	552	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	53.79/cwt	44.00–58.00	616	7
Bulls	—	—	1,438	72.17/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,038	7
Bulls	—	—	1,712	87.31/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,495	9
Bulls	—	—	1,671	79.19/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,323	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	59.39/cwt	58.00–61.00	630	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	52.61/cwt	50.00–57.00	572	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	54.27/cwt	51.00–56.00	752	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	50.99/cwt	49.00–53.00	476	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	45.57/cwt	41.00–48.00	449	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 Dec 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 294Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend available this week due to holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	276	155.00–164.00	160.54
5	—	413	140.00–150.00	144.36
7	—	326	152.00–162.00	156.95
7	—	370	150.00–160.00	155.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	152.00–161.00	156.35
5	—	379	137.00–147.00	144.07
5	—	470	117.00–127.00	123.01
5	—	523	112.00–120.00	115.63
7	—	316	142.00–150.00	145.29
9	—	282	144.00–150.00	145.63
9	—	416	129.00–138.00	131.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	113.00–119.00	116.07
3	—	242	145.00–148.00	145.97
3	—	562	100.00–107.00	104.02
8	—	323	130.00–140.00	133.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	121.00–129.00	125.08
11	—	419	115.00–119.00	117.49
12	—	329	124.00–134.00	126.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	240	125.00–129.00	126.96
6	—	422	100.00–110.00	106.95
7	—	266	115.00–125.00	120.26
7	—	463	100.00–110.00	106.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	150.00–160.00	155.28
3	—	425	133.00–139.00	134.95
8	—	524	120.00–128.00	127.02

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	6	—	1,163	650.00–900.00	813.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,095	45.00–59.00	51.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,040	50.00–56.00	53.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,145	44.00–58.00	53.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,438	69.00–75.00	72.17
9	—	1,712	85.00–90.00	87.31
10	—	1,671	76.00–83.00	79.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	68.00	68.00
3	—	1,060	58.00–61.00	59.39
15	—	1,088	50.00–57.00	52.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,386	51.00–56.00	54.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	49.00–53.00	50.99
12	—	985	41.00–48.00	45.57

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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