Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-03-31

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 31
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
149 vs last sale 110 259 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
147 vs last sale 190 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
2 vs last sale 10 8 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 and bulls sharply lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers steady,steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady,heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.96/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$122.96
93 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.58
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516126.5565357
Medium and Large 2534117.2762636
One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about $27 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 sale93 hd
122.96
GA average13 barns · 734 hd
123.54
−0.58
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
BullsAverage1,78876.951,3763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23447.4958619
CowsLean 85-90%Low98138.443775thin

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 1408153.50/cwt153.00–154.006262
BullsMedium and Large 1482151.40/cwt150.00–159.007306
BullsMedium and Large 2480137.67/cwt135.00–143.006613
BullsMedium and Large 2535129.31/cwt124.00–134.006923
BullsMedium and Large 272491.62/cwt90.00–100.006636
BullsMedium and Large 276284.75/cwt84.00–89.006467
SteersMedium and Large 2528132.97/cwt131.00–135.007022
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,238875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,8334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,68056.00/cwt56.00–56.009411
SteersMedium and Large 2482148.23/cwt148.00–149.007144
SteersMedium and Large 2586131.18/cwt131.00–132.0076921
SteersMedium and Large 1473155.96/cwt155.00–157.007382
SteersMedium and Large 1426157.02/cwt150.00–159.006695
SteersMedium and Large 1510148.90/cwt140.00–150.007599
SteersMedium and Large 2345152.50/cwt150.00–155.005262
HeifersMedium and Large 2425126.54/cwt125.00–128.005382
HeifersMedium and Large 1330150.52/cwt150.00–151.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 1601117.73/cwt110.00–118.0070830
HeifersMedium and Large 2278139.06/cwt138.00–140.003872
SteersMedium and Large 1387156.63/cwt155.00–160.006066
SteersMedium and Large 2605124.50/cwt121.00–128.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 1364144.07/cwt140.00–150.005247
HeifersMedium and Large 1435132.95/cwt129.00–138.005789
HeifersMedium and Large 1472130.59/cwt128.00–134.006169
HeifersMedium and Large 271095.04/cwt90.00–100.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 2576110.44/cwt108.00–112.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 2534119.35/cwt115.00–121.0063721
Bulls1,78876.95/cwt74.00–81.001,3763
BullsMedium and Large 2612114.65/cwt110.00–117.007028
BullsMedium and Large 361199.92/cwt95.00–105.006112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24651.06/cwt50.00–53.006369
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22444.28/cwt42.00–47.0054210
CowsLean 85-90%98138.44/cwt35.00–41.003775

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.