Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.26/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$126.26

110 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$1.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.62

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	126.76	632	78
Medium and Large 2	426	125.05	533	32

One grade step is worth $1.71/cwt here — about $99 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 sale110 hd

126.26

—

GA average17 barns · 1,459 hd

119.64

+6.62

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	1,613	92.03	1,484	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	68.54	1,106	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,132	59.44	673	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	919	54.22	498	16

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	416	135.64/cwt	135.00–136.00	564	3
Bulls	—	—	1,583	89.89/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,423	3
Bulls	—	—	1,674	80.19/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,342	4
Bulls	—	—	1,582	102.78/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,626	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	53.09/cwt	52.00–54.00	562	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	889	48.51/cwt	45.00–52.00	431	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	69.90/cwt	62.00–85.00	825	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	67.33/cwt	60.00–89.00	751	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	122.75/cwt	121.00–123.00	884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.88/cwt	136.00–138.00	788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	129.70/cwt	128.00–131.00	808	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,060.22/cwt	975.00–1,250.00	13,783	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,185	761.62/cwt	650.00–825.00	9,025	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	120.43/cwt	113.00–123.00	935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	140.80/cwt	140.00–144.00	638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	141.86/cwt	139.00–144.00	741	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	162.58/cwt	162.00–165.00	447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	161.17/cwt	159.00–162.00	542	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	157.62/cwt	153.00–163.00	602	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	140.45/cwt	140.00–142.00	413	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	124.58/cwt	123.00–126.00	664	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	121.44/cwt	115.00–125.00	523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	121.46/cwt	118.00–124.00	590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	129.67/cwt	125.00–134.00	493	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	129.33/cwt	125.00–132.00	563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	131.67/cwt	130.00–135.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	111.21/cwt	110.00–112.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	137.30/cwt	137.00–139.00	537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	123.67/cwt	123.00–125.00	699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	119.46/cwt	118.00–122.00	753	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	126.45/cwt	125.00–129.00	603	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	67.80/cwt	66.00–71.00	795	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	60.95/cwt	58.00–65.00	729	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	54.18/cwt	50.00–57.00	577	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	63.56/cwt	62.00–64.00	1,043	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	73.52/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,165	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	841	66.77/cwt	63.00–69.00	562	4

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 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 368Last week 615Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 169Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 77Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	416	135.00–136.00	135.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	720	121.00–123.00	122.75
11	—	576	136.00–138.00	136.88
13	—	623	128.00–131.00	129.70
4	—	776	113.00–123.00	120.43
5	—	453	140.00–144.00	140.80
16	—	522	139.00–144.00	141.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	275	162.00–165.00	162.58
11	—	336	159.00–162.00	161.17
24	—	382	153.00–163.00	157.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	125.00–132.00	129.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	294	140.00–142.00	140.45
18	—	533	123.00–126.00	124.58
3	—	425	130.00–135.00	131.67
5	—	723	110.00–112.00	111.21
6	—	391	137.00–139.00	137.30
6	—	565	123.00–125.00	123.67
8	—	630	118.00–122.00	119.46
23	—	477	125.00–129.00	126.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	431	115.00–125.00	121.44
10	—	486	118.00–124.00	121.46
14	—	380	125.00–134.00	129.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	86.00–93.00	89.89
4	—	1,674	78.00–81.00	80.19
5	—	1,582	99.00–106.00	102.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,058	52.00–54.00	53.09
8	—	889	45.00–52.00	48.51
4	—	841	63.00–69.00	66.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	66.00–71.00	67.80
13	—	1,196	58.00–65.00	60.95
18	—	1,065	50.00–57.00	54.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,641	62.00–64.00	63.56
4	—	1,585	71.00–76.00	73.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,180	62.00–85.00	69.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,115	60.00–89.00	67.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	58.00	58.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,300	975.00–1,250.00	1,060.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,185	650.00–825.00	761.62

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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