Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady,Feeder steers,bulls,and heifers steady, steer calves steady to 6.00 higher,bull calves steady to 8.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 7.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.86/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$137.86

113 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$0.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.97

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	138.00	674	91
Medium and Large 2	381	137.30	523	22

One grade step is worth $0.70/cwt here — about $151 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 sale113 hd

137.86

—

GA average16 barns · 1,745 hd

125.89

+11.97

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	1,672	80.72	1,350	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	56.26	637	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,521	52.65	801	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	45.53	446	15

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	335	181.39/cwt	179.00–184.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	154.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	128.66/cwt	127.00–130.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	364	173.44/cwt	170.00–175.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	271	187.84/cwt	185.00–193.00	509	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	256	170.09/cwt	165.00–175.00	435	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	785.14/cwt	700.00–850.00	7,263	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	72.53/cwt	64.00–91.00	793	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	78.78/cwt	69.00–88.00	590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	139.60/cwt	138.00–140.00	861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	131.52/cwt	128.00–135.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	162.82/cwt	160.00–164.00	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	182.64/cwt	181.00–183.00	694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	137.91/cwt	137.00–138.00	953	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	939.30/cwt	850.00–1,225.00	10,990	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	132.59/cwt	127.00–137.00	577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	148.97/cwt	148.00–150.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	140.45/cwt	135.00–145.00	483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	153.14/cwt	150.00–156.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	154.20/cwt	154.00–155.00	873	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	145.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	154.77/cwt	150.00–157.00	483	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	126.10/cwt	125.00–127.00	782	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	126.97/cwt	125.00–128.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	133.13/cwt	133.00–135.00	720	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	146.48/cwt	142.00–152.00	618	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	58.01/cwt	55.00–61.00	693	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	52.65/cwt	52.00–55.00	801	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	49.55/cwt	47.00–52.00	498	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	42.02/cwt	38.00–45.00	402	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	160.28/cwt	155.00–163.00	438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	127.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	164.08/cwt	158.00–168.00	620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	153.00/cwt	150.00–155.00	643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	162.16/cwt	158.00–165.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	132.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	684	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	65.60/cwt	63.00–68.00	760	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	51.38/cwt	49.00–53.00	542	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	147.53/cwt	145.00–150.00	531	2
Bulls	—	—	1,538	74.95/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,153	6
Bulls	—	—	1,681	85.65/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,440	10
Bulls	—	—	1,727	79.60/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,375	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	129.66/cwt	125.00–133.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	122.05/cwt	120.00–124.00	762	3

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 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 333Last week 144Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 147Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 28Year 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	—	335	179.00–184.00	181.39
2	—	461	150.00–160.00	154.90
3	—	621	127.00–130.00	128.66
5	—	364	170.00–175.00	173.44
8	—	271	185.00–193.00	187.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	256	165.00–175.00	170.09
5	—	378	158.00–168.00	164.08
5	—	420	150.00–155.00	153.00
3	—	325	158.00–165.00	162.16
3	—	517	130.00–135.00	132.33
3	—	575	125.00–133.00	129.66
3	—	624	120.00–124.00	122.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	145.00–150.00	147.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	138.00–140.00	139.60
6	—	463	160.00–164.00	162.82
11	—	380	181.00–183.00	182.64
11	—	691	137.00–138.00	137.91
15	—	566	154.00–155.00	154.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	128.00–135.00	131.52
5	—	427	150.00–156.00	153.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	127.00–137.00	132.59
4	—	278	148.00–150.00	148.97
7	—	344	135.00–145.00	140.45
3	—	459	125.00–128.00	126.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	130.00–134.00	132.01
7	—	371	140.00–150.00	145.13
10	—	312	150.00–157.00	154.77
27	—	620	125.00–127.00	126.10
16	—	541	133.00–135.00	133.13
17	—	422	142.00–152.00	146.48
5	—	273	155.00–163.00	160.28
5	—	573	120.00–130.00	127.97

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	—	925	700.00–850.00	785.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,170	850.00–1,225.00	939.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	710	70.00	70.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,093	64.00–91.00	72.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	749	69.00–88.00	78.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,195	55.00–61.00	58.01
6	—	1,159	63.00–68.00	65.60
19	—	1,055	49.00–53.00	51.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,521	52.00–55.00	52.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,005	47.00–52.00	49.55
8	—	956	38.00–45.00	42.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,538	71.00–77.00	74.95
10	—	1,681	83.00–90.00	85.65
13	—	1,727	78.00–83.00	79.60

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

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