Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.62/cwt on 222 head.

Average price

$124.62

222 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$8.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	128.01	667	131
Medium and Large 3	330	122.51	404	10thin
Medium and Large 2	481	119.40	575	81

One grade step is worth $8.61/cwt here — about $92 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 sale222 hd

124.62

—

GA average17 barns · 1,608 hd

120.62

+4.00

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	—	Average	1,508	89.04	1,343	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,040	66.74	694	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	63.50	881	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	913	56.24	513	37

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	569	114.60/cwt	112.00–119.00	652	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	129.12/cwt	126.00–131.00	589	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	117.28/cwt	115.00–120.00	563	4
Bulls	—	—	1,143	82.49/cwt	80.00–85.00	943	2
Bulls	—	—	1,873	95.60/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,791	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	68.00/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	139.55/cwt	134.00–141.00	721	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,256	866.29/cwt	800.00–900.00	10,881	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,259	63.26/cwt	58.00–70.00	796	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	62.79/cwt	54.00–75.00	729	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	117.63/cwt	115.00–120.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.37/cwt	124.00–133.00	668	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	125.26/cwt	118.00–127.00	713	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	141.75/cwt	135.00–144.00	661	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	133.58/cwt	131.00–141.00	751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	126.82/cwt	126.00–130.00	866	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	113.79/cwt	112.00–118.00	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	143.89/cwt	140.00–150.00	527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	129.33/cwt	125.00–131.00	616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	139.35/cwt	135.00–145.00	587	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	128.56/cwt	127.00–131.00	809	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	161.97/cwt	160.00–164.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	113.80/cwt	111.00–116.00	668	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	118.94/cwt	114.00–120.00	564	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	130.16/cwt	125.00–135.00	293	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	114.85/cwt	110.00–116.00	498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	126.91/cwt	122.00–130.00	660	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	126.31/cwt	122.00–128.00	717	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	72.27/cwt	70.00–75.00	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	120.06/cwt	114.00–122.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	135.64/cwt	131.00–136.00	547	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	129.92/cwt	125.00–132.00	625	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	119.29/cwt	119.00–120.00	508	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.79/cwt	131.00–135.00	444	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	60.38/cwt	59.00–63.00	828	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	861	63.60/cwt	60.00–67.00	548	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	54.82/cwt	51.00–58.00	506	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	77.29/cwt	74.00–81.00	810	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	69.02/cwt	66.00–73.00	750	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,014	61.71/cwt	59.00–65.00	626	38

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 Aug 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 697Year ago 333

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 138Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 77Last week 35Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	569	112.00–119.00	114.60
19	—	456	126.00–131.00	129.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	115.00–120.00	117.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	517	134.00–141.00	139.55
10	—	562	131.00–141.00	133.58
11	—	683	126.00–130.00	126.82
34	—	629	127.00–131.00	128.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	115.00–120.00	117.63
13	—	520	124.00–133.00	128.37
14	—	569	118.00–127.00	125.26
24	—	466	135.00–144.00	141.75
2	—	360	160.00–164.00	161.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	366	140.00–150.00	143.89
6	—	476	125.00–131.00	129.33
14	—	421	135.00–145.00	139.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	112.00–118.00	113.79
20	—	587	111.00–116.00	113.80
38	—	474	114.00–120.00	118.94
7	—	426	119.00–120.00	119.29
11	—	332	131.00–135.00	133.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	225	125.00–135.00	130.16
5	—	434	110.00–116.00	114.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	520	122.00–130.00	126.91
44	—	568	122.00–128.00	126.31
4	—	673	114.00–122.00	120.06
14	—	403	131.00–136.00	135.64
25	—	481	125.00–132.00	129.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	80.00–85.00	82.49
2	—	1,873	94.00–97.00	95.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,503	65.00–72.00	68.00
4	—	1,339	70.00–75.00	72.27
17	—	1,371	59.00–63.00	60.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	861	60.00–67.00	63.60
31	—	923	51.00–58.00	54.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,048	74.00–81.00	77.29
19	—	1,087	66.00–73.00	69.02
38	—	1,014	59.00–65.00	61.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,256	800.00–900.00	866.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,259	58.00–70.00	63.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,161	54.00–75.00	62.79

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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Heifers · 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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