Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher,feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, Replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.80/cwt on 263 head.

Average price

$139.80

263 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$1.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.95

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	140.13	765	193
Medium and Large 2	489	138.90	679	70

One grade step is worth $1.23/cwt here — about $86 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 sale263 hd

139.80

—

GA average16 barns · 1,486 hd

134.85

+4.95

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	—	High	1,672	92.86	1,553	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	76.82	1,157	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	74.11	922	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	58.04	546	25

Every lot, as filed

37 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 2	—	485	129.39/cwt	128.00–135.00	628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	136.58/cwt	136.00–140.00	590	7
Bulls	—	—	1,965	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,965	1
Bulls	—	—	1,501	88.40/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,327	5
Bulls	—	—	1,753	95.02/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,666	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	53.08/cwt	49.00–56.00	494	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	80.83/cwt	74.00–94.00	924	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	144.85/cwt	144.00–145.00	692	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	133.63/cwt	130.00–136.00	841	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	159.50/cwt	158.00–160.00	549	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,021.67/cwt	975.00–1,050.00	11,494	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,275	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,838	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	81.37/cwt	71.00–91.00	893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	134.98/cwt	131.00–136.00	717	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	139.38/cwt	139.00–140.00	669	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	143.29/cwt	143.00–144.00	619	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	127.57/cwt	125.00–135.00	750	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	138.21/cwt	138.00–139.00	788	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	141.40/cwt	141.00–143.00	734	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	114.98/cwt	114.00–116.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	112.23/cwt	106.00–116.00	692	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	123.61/cwt	120.00–127.00	640	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	123.76/cwt	118.00–126.00	549	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	130.60/cwt	129.00–132.00	875	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	155.72/cwt	152.00–160.00	575	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	84.26/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,000	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	136.78/cwt	132.00–139.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	133.80/cwt	130.00–135.00	488	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	131.54/cwt	130.00–132.00	541	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	127.77/cwt	125.00–129.00	604	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	115.52/cwt	113.00–118.00	630	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	66.13/cwt	63.00–70.00	805	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	76.05/cwt	73.00–80.00	970	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	80.63/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,196	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	73.96/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,127	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	71.29/cwt	68.00–74.00	690	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	60.39/cwt	57.00–64.00	571	7

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 Jun 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 559Last week 300Year ago 252

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 99Year ago 93

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 23Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	128.00–135.00	129.39
7	—	432	136.00–140.00	136.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	478	144.00–145.00	144.85
58	—	629	130.00–136.00	133.63
19	—	570	138.00–139.00	138.21
30	—	519	141.00–143.00	141.40
22	—	670	129.00–132.00	130.60
26	—	369	152.00–160.00	155.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	344	158.00–160.00	159.50
11	—	531	131.00–136.00	134.98
16	—	480	139.00–140.00	139.38
17	—	432	143.00–144.00	143.29
18	—	588	125.00–135.00	127.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	561	114.00–116.00	114.98
7	—	444	118.00–126.00	123.76
2	—	545	113.00–118.00	115.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	617	106.00–116.00	112.23
47	—	518	120.00–127.00	123.61
6	—	317	132.00–139.00	136.78
9	—	365	130.00–135.00	133.80
9	—	411	130.00–132.00	131.54
14	—	473	125.00–129.00	127.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	100.00	100.00
5	—	1,501	85.00–92.00	88.40
7	—	1,753	93.00–97.00	95.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	931	49.00–56.00	53.08
4	—	968	68.00–74.00	71.29
7	—	946	57.00–64.00	60.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,187	81.00–88.00	84.26
21	—	1,218	63.00–70.00	66.13
34	—	1,276	73.00–80.00	76.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,483	78.00–85.00	80.63
8	—	1,524	69.00–76.00	73.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,143	74.00–94.00	80.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,098	71.00–91.00	81.37
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,125	975.00–1,050.00	1,021.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,275	850.00	850.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle