Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-04-21

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 21
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
384 vs last sale 455 111 vs year ago 182 · 61.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
27 vs last sale 94 21 vs year ago 46 · +45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 15 · 66.7%
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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 3.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, steer and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.52/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$114.52
13 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468123.485782thin
Medium and Large 2487112.8954911thin
One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $29 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 sale13 hd
114.52
GA average15 barns · 900 hd
114.90
−0.38
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22466.7181624
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56864.931,0182thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00144.614469thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1358153.52/cwt150.00–157.005502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24968.76/cwt66.00–73.008597
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30175.24/cwt74.00–78.009798
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13657.53/cwt54.00–61.006549
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56864.93/cwt63.00–67.001,0182
CowsLean 85-90%1,04552.62/cwt50.00–54.005504
HeifersMedium and Large 2537109.98/cwt107.00–112.005913
SteersMedium and Large 1730110.32/cwt108.00–113.008053
SteersMedium and Large 2351153.00/cwt149.00–157.005372
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,000650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5002
CowsLean 85-90%96538.21/cwt35.00–42.003695
HeifersMedium and Large 1468123.48/cwt122.00–125.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 2285130.52/cwt130.00–131.003722
HeifersMedium and Large 2415123.46/cwt120.00–127.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 2556102.52/cwt100.00–105.005702
HeifersMedium and Large 261599.43/cwt95.00–104.006112

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.