Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-02-18

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
9 vs last sale 245 254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
70 vs last sale 168 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
14 vs last sale 22 36 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 3.00 higher,slaughter bulls steady,feeder steers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher,bull calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady Replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.48/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$133.48
67 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.69
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540133.8872361
Medium and Large 2443129.475736thin
One grade step is worth $4.41/cwt here — about $150 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 sale67 hd
133.48
GA average15 barns · 1,348 hd
130.80
+2.69
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
BullsAverage1,74684.131,4696thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19462.7474943
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54661.169467thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96054.0551912

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1282180.35/cwt180.00–181.005093
BullsMedium and Large 2575127.41/cwt124.00–131.007332
BullsMedium and Large 2458142.04/cwt139.00–148.006513
Bulls1,27080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0161
Bulls1,77576.52/cwt75.00–78.001,3582
Bulls1,88590.58/cwt89.00–93.001,7073
SteersMedium and Large 1475167.50/cwt167.00–168.007962
SteersMedium and Large 2592135.67/cwt135.00–137.008033
SteersMedium and Large 3551124.00/cwt123.00–125.006832
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,078851.22/cwt800.00–910.009,17616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01568.11/cwt61.00–73.006915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297261.86/cwt52.00–72.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 1638123.60/cwt122.00–124.0078910
HeifersMedium and Large 1564133.09/cwt127.00–136.0075127
HeifersMedium and Large 2317138.58/cwt135.00–145.004393
SteersMedium and Large 1523149.25/cwt146.00–151.007814
SteersMedium and Large 1583153.09/cwt146.00–154.0089318
SteersMedium and Large 1686138.84/cwt136.00–139.0095219
CowsLean 85-90%95855.80/cwt51.00–58.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 1390149.32/cwt149.00–150.005823
HeifersMedium and Large 1477134.54/cwt132.00–138.006426
HeifersMedium and Large 1536133.41/cwt130.00–135.007157
HeifersMedium and Large 2568120.35/cwt115.00–123.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 1444143.51/cwt141.00–145.006378
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00952.91/cwt50.00–57.005349
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23070.07/cwt68.00–73.0086213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25162.42/cwt60.00–66.0078121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54661.16/cwt59.00–66.009467
CowsLean 85-90%84542.46/cwt40.00–45.003593
CowsLean 85-90%1,07762.15/cwt60.00–65.006693

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.