Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-03-24

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
34 vs last sale 76 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
114 vs last sale 76 190 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
4 vs last sale 14 10 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 2.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer , bull and heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.88/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$131.88
39 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$304
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2368143.145272thin
Medium and Large 1633131.2783037
One grade step is worth $11.87/cwt here — about −$304 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 sale39 hd
131.88
GA average9 barns · 174 hd
131.47
+0.40
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
BullsLow1,71189.151,5258thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19974.1988987
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45972.861,06319
CowsLean 85-90%Average95458.5155817

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 1518132.03/cwt131.00–133.006842
BullsMedium and Large 1670114.99/cwt114.00–116.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1427150.63/cwt149.00–153.006433
BullsMedium and Large 1623123.96/cwt122.00–128.007723
BullsMedium and Large 1369157.57/cwt153.00–159.005814
BullsMedium and Large 2288155.50/cwt155.00–156.004482
SteersMedium and Large 1734119.07/cwt119.00–120.0087414
SteersMedium and Large 1620133.66/cwt133.00–134.0082918
SteersMedium and Large 2368143.14/cwt140.00–146.005272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11166.50/cwt62.00–73.007394
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298070.00/cwt70.00–70.006861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12563.28/cwt59.00–66.007122
HeifersMedium and Large 1564124.40/cwt123.00–125.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 1605116.23/cwt116.00–118.007039
HeifersMedium and Large 1380135.88/cwt133.00–139.005162
HeifersMedium and Large 1428132.98/cwt132.00–134.005692
SteersMedium and Large 1408154.47/cwt150.00–159.006302
SteersMedium and Large 1385158.39/cwt154.00–162.006103
CowsLean 85-90%97357.73/cwt55.00–62.005623
CowsLean 85-90%90867.36/cwt64.00–70.006126
CowsLean 85-90%98252.17/cwt48.00–55.005128
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20281.96/cwt79.00–86.0098523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17967.12/cwt63.00–70.0079129
HeifersMedium and Large 1525124.56/cwt120.00–129.006545
Bulls1,61083.02/cwt81.00–85.001,3372
Bulls2,02096.53/cwt93.00–100.001,9502
Bulls1,60688.52/cwt87.00–90.001,4224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21374.93/cwt71.00–78.0090935
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51879.83/cwt78.00–84.001,2126
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43269.64/cwt67.00–74.0099713

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.