Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-07-21

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 21
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
662 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 764▼ 117 vs year ago 779 · −15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 71▼ 38 vs year ago 93 · −40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 9▲ 4 vs year ago 20 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower, feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher,feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.53/cwt on 249 head.
Average price
$133.53
249 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$76
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.33
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2507134.99684141
Medium and Large 1577131.61760108
One grade step is worth $3.38/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale249 hd
133.53
—
GA average16 barns · 841 hd
130.20
+3.33
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—Average1,64991.731,5127thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55067.001,0392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16666.9378117
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05054.8557620

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—432117.60/cwt115.00–120.005082
SteersMedium and Large 2—472134.79/cwt130.00–136.006366
SteersMedium and Large 1—569133.46/cwt129.00–134.0075950
SteersMedium and Large 1—620123.28/cwt122.00–127.0076426
SteersMedium and Large 2—527136.52/cwt127.00–137.0071980
SteersMedium and Large 1—367155.13/cwt155.00–156.005698
SteersMedium and Large 2—578122.21/cwt120.00–125.007069
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2171,144.86/cwt1,075.00–1,250.0013,9336
SteersMedium and Large 1—798111.64/cwt111.00–112.0089111
SteersMedium and Large 1—306158.88/cwt158.00–159.004868
SteersMedium and Large 1—724119.20/cwt119.00–120.008635
SteersMedium and Large 2—430137.72/cwt133.00–142.0059240
SteersMedium and Large 2—673115.83/cwt115.00–116.007806
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—96586.00/cwt86.00–86.008301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04366.05/cwt64.00–68.006892
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1251,077.78/cwt950.00–1,200.0012,1254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3501,266.67/cwt1,250.00–1,300.0017,1006
BullsMedium and Large 3—383125.10/cwt122.00–128.004792
BullsMedium and Large 3—325120.75/cwt117.00–125.003922
BullsMedium and Large 2—435130.69/cwt129.00–138.005698
BullsMedium and Large 1—358150.40/cwt146.00–151.005389
BullsMedium and Large 1—325160.62/cwt158.00–163.005222
BullsMedium and Large 1—273164.50/cwt164.00–165.004492
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17961.77/cwt59.00–65.007284
CowsLean 85-90%—97649.83/cwt48.00–52.004864
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0392
Bulls——1,85790.34/cwt89.00–91.001,6783
Bulls——1,43396.69/cwt95.00–99.001,3863
Bulls——1,67081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3531
HeifersMedium and Large 3—245128.00/cwt127.00–129.003142
HeifersMedium and Large 2—316133.55/cwt131.00–135.004224
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13966.06/cwt63.00–70.007529
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25473.31/cwt72.00–79.009195
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10258.91/cwt55.00–62.006493
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03254.22/cwt53.00–57.0056012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—328122.60/cwt120.00–125.004022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371130.08/cwt125.00–133.0048311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515123.46/cwt122.00–125.00636135
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360135.64/cwt134.00–137.0048822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690105.46/cwt105.00–106.0072817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570119.25/cwt119.00–120.0068012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277132.81/cwt130.00–139.0036810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463121.01/cwt119.00–124.005605
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417121.92/cwt120.00–125.005085
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533119.74/cwt119.00–121.006384
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240140.49/cwt140.00–141.003372

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.