Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 1.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves sharply lower, bull calves steady,heifer calves sharply lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.83/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$130.83

166 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$12.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	140.17	640	39
Medium and Large 2	521	127.97	666	127

One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale166 hd

130.83

—

GA average9 barns · 404 hd

122.69

+8.14

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	—	Average	1,534	86.01	1,320	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,175	59.72	702	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	47.58	479	19

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	430	135.91/cwt	133.00–140.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	147.07/cwt	145.00–149.00	534	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	117.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	219	154.66/cwt	150.00–157.00	339	11
Bulls	—	—	1,593	85.06/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,355	2
Bulls	—	—	1,678	95.46/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.68/cwt	125.00–128.00	591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	116.57/cwt	115.00–122.00	803	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	404	137.92/cwt	136.00–138.00	557	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	125.05/cwt	124.00–126.00	709	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	149.62/cwt	145.00–150.00	666	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	135.44/cwt	132.00–137.00	626	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	103.60/cwt	103.00–104.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	105.10/cwt	102.00–110.00	556	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	133.42/cwt	127.00–137.00	483	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	136.50/cwt	131.00–137.00	388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	122.08/cwt	120.00–123.00	519	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	143.95/cwt	140.00–145.00	474	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	126.15/cwt	126.00–128.00	657	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	114.52/cwt	112.00–120.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	138.35/cwt	135.00–139.00	458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	98.98/cwt	98.00–100.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	97.67/cwt	95.00–100.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	106.25/cwt	105.00–110.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	102.25/cwt	101.00–105.00	589	8
Bulls	—	—	1,130	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	780	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	50.49/cwt	48.00–55.00	533	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	68.92/cwt	68.00–70.00	867	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	62.33/cwt	61.00–66.00	750	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	57.60/cwt	53.00–60.00	664	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	43.57/cwt	40.00–47.00	410	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 Apr 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 408Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 106Year 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	—	430	133.00–140.00	135.91
8	—	363	145.00–149.00	147.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	115.00–120.00	117.40
11	—	219	150.00–157.00	154.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	463	125.00–128.00	127.68
17	—	689	115.00–122.00	116.57
29	—	404	136.00–138.00	137.92
42	—	567	124.00–126.00	125.05
5	—	768	103.00–104.00	103.60
11	—	329	140.00–145.00	143.95
13	—	521	126.00–128.00	126.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	445	145.00–150.00	149.62
26	—	462	132.00–137.00	135.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	529	102.00–110.00	105.10
11	—	284	131.00–137.00	136.50
46	—	425	120.00–123.00	122.08
2	—	625	98.00–100.00	98.98
3	—	673	95.00–100.00	97.67
4	—	482	105.00–110.00	106.25
8	—	576	101.00–105.00	102.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	362	127.00–137.00	133.42
5	—	476	112.00–120.00	114.52
6	—	331	135.00–139.00	138.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	83.00–86.00	85.06
2	—	1,678	93.00–98.00	95.46
1	—	1,130	69.00	69.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,056	48.00–55.00	50.49
8	—	941	40.00–47.00	43.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	68.00–70.00	68.92
10	—	1,204	61.00–66.00	62.33
21	—	1,153	53.00–60.00	57.60

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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