Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-04-28

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
81 vs last sale 71 61 vs year ago 213 · 28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
112 vs last sale 67 83 vs year ago 96 · +86.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
17 vs last sale 5 2 vs year ago 20 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady,replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.71/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$121.71
46 head · 353 lb average
Value per head Derived
$430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2356121.9643444
Medium and Large 3303116.033522thin
One grade step is worth $5.93/cwt here — about $82 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 sale46 hd
121.71
GA average15 barns · 1,447 hd
114.47
+7.24
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
BullsAverage1,76892.051,6279thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24566.0182266
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56560.729506thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02252.7954016

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 2278148.57/cwt147.00–150.004132
BullsMedium and Large 2620110.00/cwt109.00–111.006822
BullsMedium and Large 2701102.00/cwt100.00–104.007152
BullsMedium and Large 2670109.67/cwt106.00–112.007353
BullsMedium and Large 2509122.20/cwt122.00–123.006225
BullsMedium and Large 278291.36/cwt88.00–97.007145
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19073.39/cwt69.00–77.008733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,47064.03/cwt63.00–65.009412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,18975.48/cwt71.00–80.008977
HeifersMedium and Large 2329130.77/cwt125.00–133.004307
HeifersMedium and Large 2426112.87/cwt110.00–116.0048111
HeifersMedium and Large 2220130.31/cwt130.00–134.0028715
HeifersMedium and Large 3303116.03/cwt112.00–120.003522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,000700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,2882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21960.28/cwt58.00–65.0073531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73363.95/cwt63.00–65.001,1082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48159.10/cwt56.00–61.008754
HeifersMedium and Large 2568104.49/cwt104.00–105.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 2363127.96/cwt124.00–130.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 2522110.32/cwt109.00–111.005766
BullsMedium and Large 3373127.58/cwt125.00–130.004762
CowsLean 85-90%1,02868.42/cwt65.00–72.007032
CowsLean 85-90%1,00645.87/cwt42.00–49.004616
CowsLean 85-90%1,03354.08/cwt50.00–57.005598
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12879.34/cwt75.00–82.008958
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30968.63/cwt67.00–74.0089827
BullsMedium and Large 2423135.71/cwt134.00–136.005747
Bulls1,86393.18/cwt90.00–95.001,7364
Bulls2,00599.78/cwt97.00–103.002,0012
Bulls1,48285.39/cwt83.00–88.001,2653
BullsMedium and Large 2237144.54/cwt140.00–147.003438
BullsMedium and Large 2317147.74/cwt142.00–150.004689

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.