Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to barn closure for Holiday Season.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.36/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$132.36

49 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$20.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.58

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	432	134.30	580	36
Medium and Large 2	337	129.39	436	11thin
Medium and Large 3	423	113.83	482	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $99 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 sale49 hd

132.36

—

GA average8 barns · 899 hd

120.78

+11.58

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	—	Average	1,705	78.43	1,337	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	58.17	708	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	52.48	753	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	45.54	448	17

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	—	573	126.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	145.99/cwt	142.00–149.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	172.43/cwt	170.00–174.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	151.07/cwt	146.00–156.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	160.05/cwt	155.00–165.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	139.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	164.05/cwt	160.00–166.00	632	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	877.06/cwt	800.00–975.00	13,594	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	73.89/cwt	70.00–77.00	794	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	95.05/cwt	87.00–99.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	276	132.33/cwt	125.00–135.00	365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	113.83/cwt	110.00–118.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	158.87/cwt	158.00–159.00	683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	149.41/cwt	147.00–150.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	153.85/cwt	150.00–156.00	720	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	131.99/cwt	131.00–133.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	125.22/cwt	123.00–128.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	128.70/cwt	126.00–131.00	605	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	141.39/cwt	133.00–143.00	525	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	123.86/cwt	120.00–128.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	126.50/cwt	121.00–131.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	133.40/cwt	131.00–136.00	424	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	58.39/cwt	55.00–61.00	693	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	54.67/cwt	54.00–55.00	852	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	51.38/cwt	49.00–54.00	705	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	40.89/cwt	38.00–45.00	405	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	48.80/cwt	47.00–52.00	478	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	144.81/cwt	140.00–146.00	482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	128.20/cwt	125.00–135.00	494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	240	138.19/cwt	135.00–145.00	332	3
Bulls	—	—	1,784	81.35/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,451	9
Bulls	—	—	1,586	74.05/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,174	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	51.12/cwt	47.00–54.00	648	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	63.12/cwt	62.00–66.00	795	14

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 Jan 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 262Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 97Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 34Year ago 0

No trend due to barn closure for Holiday Season.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	125.00–129.00	126.99
4	—	485	142.00–149.00	145.99
5	—	336	170.00–174.00	172.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	146.00–156.00	151.07
3	—	330	155.00–165.00	160.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	135.00–145.00	139.95
3	—	385	125.00–135.00	128.20
3	—	240	135.00–145.00	138.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	160.00–166.00	164.05
2	—	506	131.00–133.00	131.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	430	158.00–159.00	158.87
5	—	516	147.00–150.00	149.41
8	—	468	150.00–156.00	153.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	276	125.00–135.00	132.33
2	—	420	120.00–128.00	123.86
3	—	375	121.00–131.00	126.50
2	—	318	131.00–136.00	133.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	110.00–118.00	113.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	526	123.00–128.00	125.22
10	—	470	126.00–131.00	128.70
12	—	371	133.00–143.00	141.39
5	—	333	140.00–146.00	144.81

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	—	1,550	800.00–975.00	877.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	70.00–77.00	73.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	885	87.00–99.00	95.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,187	55.00–61.00	58.39
11	—	1,268	47.00–54.00	51.12
14	—	1,260	62.00–66.00	63.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	54.00–55.00	54.67
6	—	1,372	49.00–54.00	51.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	990	38.00–45.00	40.89
10	—	979	47.00–52.00	48.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,784	79.00–85.00	81.35
6	—	1,586	71.00–75.00	74.05

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