Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-08-18

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
356 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 368▲ 74 vs year ago 282 · +26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 97▲ 17 vs year ago 60 · +28.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 49▲ 13 vs year ago 20 · +65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.46/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$116.46
138 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.16
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419121.7751033
Medium and Large 2533114.79612105
One grade step is worth $6.98/cwt here — about −$102 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 sale138 hd
116.46
—
GA average17 barns · 1,593 hd
117.62
−1.16
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—Low1,39280.421,1199thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52462.089465thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19160.2671838
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07852.1056210

Every lot, as filed

34 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—343160.99/cwt160.00–163.005523
BullsMedium and Large 2—385136.37/cwt135.00–139.005253
BullsMedium and Large 2—574113.15/cwt112.00–118.006495
BullsMedium and Large 2—412135.10/cwt130.00–139.005577
BullsMedium and Large 2—657113.30/cwt113.00–115.007447
BullsMedium and Large 2—512119.52/cwt117.00–123.0061213
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,050730.95/cwt600.00–850.007,6754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,05060.18/cwt55.00–71.006323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,22968.35/cwt60.00–91.008405
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06059.30/cwt57.00–61.006293
SteersMedium and Large 1—518135.16/cwt132.00–136.007005
SteersMedium and Large 1—552135.20/cwt133.00–136.0074615
SteersMedium and Large 1—627124.30/cwt123.00–126.0077926
SteersMedium and Large 2—447141.25/cwt141.00–142.006314
SteersMedium and Large 2—484127.86/cwt127.00–130.006197
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2251,032.99/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0012,6546
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520116.58/cwt112.00–119.0060627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—490116.46/cwt115.00–118.0057120
HeifersMedium and Large 2—587112.84/cwt106.00–116.0066226
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578122.99/cwt121.00–125.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—396121.24/cwt121.00–125.0048015
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619113.49/cwt108.00–116.0070319
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07654.22/cwt53.00–57.005836
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33068.29/cwt66.00–70.009089
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15561.06/cwt59.00–66.0070513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420122.12/cwt121.00–124.0051316
HeifersMedium and Large 2—442115.61/cwt114.00–116.005115
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364113.46/cwt112.00–115.004138
Bulls——1,40378.09/cwt75.00–80.001,0964
Bulls——1,38382.28/cwt81.00–84.001,1385
BullsMedium and Large 3—460117.65/cwt117.00–119.005413
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14355.09/cwt51.00–58.0063016
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52462.08/cwt59.00–64.009465
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08148.91/cwt46.00–52.005294

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.