Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-01-28

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
360 head
▲ 214 vs last sale 146▲ 360 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 135▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 47▲ 30 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 4.00 higher,slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher,feeder steers and heifers steady,feeder bulls lightly tested,steer calves steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower,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 $137.98/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$137.98
144 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.20
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475140.03666111
Medium and Large 2404134.8554424
Medium and Large 3376120.974559thin
One grade step is worth $19.06/cwt here — about $210 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 sale144 hd
137.98
—
GA average16 barns · 1,908 hd
126.77
+11.20
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—Low1,78388.701,58117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22964.1578824
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36563.518674thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01746.334715thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—267177.99/cwt171.00–181.004755
BullsMedium and Large 1—239185.41/cwt181.00–190.004437
BullsMedium and Large 1—309174.38/cwt171.00–175.005397
BullsMedium and Large 2—418157.91/cwt155.00–161.006602
BullsMedium and Large 2—480143.88/cwt140.00–148.006912
BullsMedium and Large 2—519134.06/cwt132.00–136.006963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16068.16/cwt62.00–72.007913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01268.30/cwt64.00–79.006913
SteersMedium and Large 1—378172.38/cwt169.00–176.006522
SteersMedium and Large 1—523153.70/cwt150.00–157.0080434
SteersMedium and Large 2—473146.11/cwt143.00–149.006912
SteersMedium and Large 1—433163.23/cwt160.00–164.0070714
SteersMedium and Large 1—669131.47/cwt127.00–135.0088020
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,260990.05/cwt750.00–1,260.0012,47512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—514107.50/cwt105.00–112.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 3—266131.75/cwt130.00–135.003505
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518135.12/cwt134.00–136.0070025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488135.19/cwt135.00–140.0066045
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565116.65/cwt115.00–119.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 2—489125.74/cwt121.00–131.006154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—337159.99/cwt157.00–166.0053915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370143.75/cwt138.00–148.005325
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270146.94/cwt145.00–150.003976
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395159.84/cwt151.00–161.006318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666119.26/cwt114.00–120.007948
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428130.53/cwt125.00–135.005596
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36563.51/cwt62.00–66.008674
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01839.81/cwt38.00–41.004052
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01750.67/cwt49.00–52.005153
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18056.73/cwt55.00–58.006693
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28368.80/cwt67.00–74.008839
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431144.91/cwt138.00–147.0062510
BullsMedium and Large 2—332162.36/cwt160.00–165.005395
BullsMedium and Large 3—380145.34/cwt145.00–146.005523
Bulls——1,22574.00/cwt74.00–74.009071
Bulls——1,93295.13/cwt93.00–98.001,8386
Bulls——1,74986.32/cwt84.00–90.001,51010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20062.52/cwt59.00–66.0075012

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.