Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-05-12

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 285 vs last sale 402▼ 85 vs year ago 202 · −42.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 84▲ 35 vs year ago 56 · +62.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 42▲ 3 vs year ago 9 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.22/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$113.22
56 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$269
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.37
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2382120.2445915thin
Medium and Large 1658110.6572841
One grade step is worth $9.59/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale56 hd
113.22
—
GA average16 barns · 898 hd
114.59
−1.37
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
Bulls—Average1,61488.491,42813
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16363.3773745
CowsLean 85-90%Low96554.575279thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2—443131.51/cwt130.00–133.005832
BullsMedium and Large 2—573120.50/cwt120.00–121.006902
BullsMedium and Large 2—76394.00/cwt93.00–95.007172
Bulls——1,69187.37/cwt85.00–92.001,4774
Bulls——1,64897.88/cwt95.00–101.001,6134
Bulls——1,52481.88/cwt78.00–84.001,2485
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,200737.50/cwt725.00–750.008,8504
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321123.86/cwt120.00–126.003988
SteersMedium and Large 1—481140.80/cwt140.00–141.006775
SteersMedium and Large 1—532135.56/cwt135.00–136.007219
SteersMedium and Large 2—628116.01/cwt114.00–118.007292
SteersMedium and Large 1—421145.80/cwt145.00–146.006145
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,213950.52/cwt900.00–1,000.0011,5304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465126.72/cwt125.00–127.005897
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616103.32/cwt101.00–106.006369
HeifersMedium and Large 1—707106.98/cwt98.00–108.0075610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—798106.62/cwt102.00–107.0085113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270122.41/cwt120.00–125.003312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524113.59/cwt111.00–117.005955
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24372.69/cwt71.00–74.009043
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15559.52/cwt56.00–63.0068721
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16065.88/cwt64.00–69.0076421
CowsLean 85-90%—82549.46/cwt49.00–50.004082
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00556.03/cwt52.00–58.005637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363131.94/cwt129.00–135.004792

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.