Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-01-21

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 333▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 124▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 61▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher,slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady,heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.62/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$151.62
44 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$242
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.06
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2365164.976022thin
Medium and Large 1559150.9884442
One grade step is worth $13.99/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale44 hd
151.62
—
GA average14 barns · 581 hd
157.67
−6.06
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,43581.501,1702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14956.2664662
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58854.9487211
CowsLean 85-90%Average87542.2536912

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—280182.49/cwt178.00–188.005113
BullsMedium and Large 1—322181.96/cwt180.00–186.005863
BullsMedium and Large 1—420163.94/cwt162.00–165.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1—465154.66/cwt151.00–160.007193
BullsMedium and Large 2—315168.42/cwt166.00–171.005312
BullsMedium and Large 2—375166.00/cwt164.00–168.006232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—81373.58/cwt66.00–82.005982
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,11069.09/cwt59.00–89.007673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,02580.64/cwt77.00–85.008273
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511121.51/cwt120.00–122.006214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361146.73/cwt145.00–148.005307
HeifersMedium and Large 3—262119.84/cwt115.00–125.003143
SteersMedium and Large 1—559150.98/cwt150.00–151.0084442
SteersMedium and Large 2—365164.97/cwt163.00–167.006022
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,193962.74/cwt800.00–1,175.0011,48516
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58854.94/cwt52.00–58.0087211
CowsLean 85-90%—88850.52/cwt47.00–54.004495
CowsLean 85-90%—86536.34/cwt34.00–41.003147
HeifersMedium and Large 2—262135.06/cwt130.00–140.003543
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528112.38/cwt111.00–115.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415126.53/cwt126.00–128.005254
BullsMedium and Large 2—435156.06/cwt151.00–161.006792
BullsMedium and Large 2—453141.52/cwt138.00–145.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2—235169.96/cwt165.00–175.003993
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23865.02/cwt64.00–67.008053
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14051.97/cwt48.00–55.0059226
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14858.84/cwt56.00–63.0067533
BullsMedium and Large 3—517119.97/cwt115.00–125.006203
Bulls——1,43077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1011
Bulls——1,44086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2381
BullsMedium and Large 2—558116.69/cwt115.00–120.006513
BullsMedium and Large 3—228137.47/cwt135.00–140.003132
BullsMedium and Large 3—440145.06/cwt140.00–150.006382

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.