Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 5.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.30/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$134.30

97 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$15.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.53

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	137.70	680	76
Medium and Large 2	504	122.01	615	21

One grade step is worth $15.69/cwt here — about $65 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 sale97 hd

134.30

—

GA average15 barns · 1,187 hd

124.77

+9.53

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	1,736	88.00	1,527	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	58.09	847	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	58.05	686	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	50.13	484	16

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	412	161.77/cwt	161.00–163.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.49/cwt	145.00–154.00	705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	132.09/cwt	129.00–138.00	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	619	2
Bulls	—	—	1,880	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,410	1
Bulls	—	—	1,638	95.55/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	146.60/cwt	146.00–152.00	789	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	825.09/cwt	800.00–850.00	11,031	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,790	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	667	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	65.43/cwt	61.00–71.00	694	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	67.16/cwt	66.00–68.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	119.16/cwt	117.00–120.00	744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	158.25/cwt	155.00–164.00	590	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	158.02/cwt	157.00–159.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	160.37/cwt	155.00–165.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	143.16/cwt	141.00–145.00	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	165.40/cwt	164.00–166.00	756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	119.70/cwt	117.00–125.00	640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	148.80/cwt	141.00–151.00	634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	123.38/cwt	119.00–125.00	713	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	139.65/cwt	139.00–141.00	680	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	144.68/cwt	143.00–148.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	110.74/cwt	110.00–111.00	629	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	49.47/cwt	48.00–52.00	474	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	58.96/cwt	57.00–61.00	597	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	44.21/cwt	41.00–46.00	413	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	155.94/cwt	155.00–158.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	129.22/cwt	128.00–130.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	131.02/cwt	130.00–133.00	607	4
Bulls	—	—	1,777	85.13/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,513	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	67.88/cwt	66.00–70.00	821	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	54.50/cwt	50.00–57.00	617	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	60.18/cwt	58.00–64.00	733	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	54.96/cwt	54.00–56.00	810	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	60.04/cwt	58.00–64.00	869	8

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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 377Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 168Last week 181Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	412	161.00–163.00	161.77
5	—	475	145.00–154.00	148.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	129.00–138.00	132.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	118.00–120.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	538	146.00–152.00	146.60
6	—	568	141.00–145.00	143.16
10	—	457	164.00–166.00	165.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	157.00–159.00	158.02
5	—	367	155.00–165.00	160.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	117.00–120.00	119.16
8	—	373	155.00–164.00	158.25
12	—	426	141.00–151.00	148.80
16	—	578	119.00–125.00	123.38
25	—	487	139.00–141.00	139.65
3	—	320	155.00–158.00	155.94
5	—	534	128.00–130.00	129.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	117.00–125.00	119.70
3	—	327	143.00–148.00	144.68
8	—	568	110.00–111.00	110.74
4	—	463	130.00–133.00	131.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,638	94.00–99.00	95.55
6	—	1,777	82.00–89.00	85.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	958	48.00–52.00	49.47
5	—	1,012	57.00–61.00	58.96
7	—	935	41.00–46.00	44.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	66.00–70.00	67.88
37	—	1,132	50.00–57.00	54.50
48	—	1,218	58.00–64.00	60.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,473	54.00–56.00	54.96
8	—	1,448	58.00–64.00	60.04

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	12	—	1,337	800.00–850.00	825.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	62.00	62.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,060	61.00–71.00	65.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	958	66.00–68.00	67.16

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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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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