Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.08/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$133.08

140 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.83

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	134.20	743	108
Medium and Large 2	507	131.06	665	26
Medium and Large 3	363	121.61	441	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.59/cwt here — about $301 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 sale140 hd

133.08

—

GA average8 barns · 328 hd

131.25

+1.83

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	1,594	92.65	1,477	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	66.80	835	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	66.76	972	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	942	56.30	530	36

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	280	156.79/cwt	153.00–161.00	439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	389	150.50/cwt	149.00–151.00	585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.46/cwt	133.00–136.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	126.98/cwt	125.00–133.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	124.34/cwt	118.00–128.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	146.30/cwt	146.00–149.00	494	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	128.62/cwt	126.00–129.00	805	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,154.00/cwt	950.00–1,300.00	14,079	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,139	938.40/cwt	850.00–1,050.00	10,688	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,154	79.28/cwt	70.00–94.00	915	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	76.20/cwt	70.00–100.00	1,012	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	71.34/cwt	62.00–77.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	134.24/cwt	132.00–139.00	569	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	304	123.30/cwt	120.00–125.00	375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	119.92/cwt	118.00–124.00	506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	140.73/cwt	140.00–141.00	652	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	136.04/cwt	133.00–138.00	705	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	129.52/cwt	126.00–130.00	639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	114.66/cwt	114.00–118.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	122.38/cwt	120.00–126.00	641	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	112.15/cwt	108.00–113.00	627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	130.83/cwt	130.00–131.00	862	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.94/cwt	130.00–132.00	825	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	130.84/cwt	130.00–131.00	768	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	134.61/cwt	132.00–137.00	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	120.04/cwt	116.00–122.00	557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	116.28/cwt	115.00–119.00	619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	125.45/cwt	120.00–129.00	475	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	120.22/cwt	120.00–122.00	492	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	67.35/cwt	65.00–70.00	633	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	51.44/cwt	48.00–55.00	455	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	59.39/cwt	57.00–63.00	590	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	67.89/cwt	65.00–72.00	857	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	75.10/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	130.18/cwt	123.00–131.00	583	19
Bulls	—	—	1,662	100.87/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,676	3
Bulls	—	—	1,518	84.36/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,281	3
Bulls	—	—	1,601	92.70/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	108.26/cwt	108.00–109.00	610	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	62.59/cwt	58.00–64.00	747	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	66.76/cwt	64.00–70.00	972	20

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 Jul 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 423Last week 361Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 235Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 90Year ago 18

No trends available this week due to market closure last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	153.00–161.00	156.79
4	—	389	149.00–151.00	150.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	133.00–136.00	134.46
6	—	458	125.00–133.00	126.98
6	—	508	118.00–128.00	124.34
10	—	338	146.00–149.00	146.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	108.00–109.00	108.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	126.00–129.00	128.62
10	—	424	132.00–139.00	134.24
8	—	493	126.00–130.00	129.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	304	120.00–125.00	123.30
3	—	422	118.00–124.00	119.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	463	140.00–141.00	140.73
41	—	518	133.00–138.00	136.04
6	—	659	130.00–131.00	130.83
15	—	630	130.00–132.00	130.94
31	—	587	130.00–131.00	130.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	114.00–118.00	114.66
14	—	524	120.00–126.00	122.38
19	—	448	123.00–131.00	130.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	559	108.00–113.00	112.15
2	—	278	132.00–137.00	134.61
3	—	464	116.00–122.00	120.04
10	—	532	115.00–119.00	116.28
9	—	379	120.00–129.00	125.45
9	—	409	120.00–122.00	120.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	107.00–110.00	108.48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,220	950.00–1,300.00	1,154.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,139	850.00–1,050.00	938.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,154	70.00–94.00	79.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,328	70.00–100.00	76.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,043	62.00–77.00	71.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	65.00–70.00	67.35
16	—	884	48.00–55.00	51.44
18	—	994	57.00–63.00	59.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,262	65.00–72.00	67.89
6	—	1,373	73.00–80.00	75.10
24	—	1,194	58.00–64.00	62.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,456	64.00–70.00	66.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,662	98.00–106.00	100.87
3	—	1,518	83.00–85.00	84.36
4	—	1,601	90.00–96.00	92.70

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle