Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.37/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$117.37

160 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$5.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.64

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	119.44	658	33
Medium and Large 2	494	117.00	578	120
Medium and Large 3	418	114.05	477	7thin

One grade step is worth $5.39/cwt here — about $181 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 sale160 hd

117.37

—

GA average16 barns · 1,438 hd

115.74

+1.64

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	1,545	82.97	1,282	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	62.08	742	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,459	59.93	874	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,030	59.43	612	35

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	432	153.67/cwt	153.00–155.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	151.10/cwt	148.00–158.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	143.98/cwt	140.00–150.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	125.96/cwt	123.00–133.00	600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	159.82/cwt	158.00–162.00	527	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	109.83/cwt	109.00–112.00	630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	150.20/cwt	150.00–152.00	562	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	76.67/cwt	63.00–91.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	126.40/cwt	120.00–128.00	837	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	124.43/cwt	124.00–125.00	774	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	143.19/cwt	140.00–149.00	633	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	128.00/cwt	126.00–132.00	736	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	117.83/cwt	117.00–118.00	846	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	132.98/cwt	132.00–137.00	691	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	113.83/cwt	109.00–115.00	636	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	121.09/cwt	118.00–123.00	397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	116.87/cwt	115.00–117.00	763	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	121.58/cwt	119.00–124.00	567	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	114.96/cwt	111.00–118.00	550	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	672	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	109.78/cwt	109.00–116.00	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	121.62/cwt	118.00–123.00	479	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	116.47/cwt	111.00–119.00	610	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	119.08/cwt	115.00–121.00	500	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	104.67/cwt	104.00–105.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	112.91/cwt	110.00–115.00	708	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	68.46/cwt	68.00–69.00	874	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	57.20/cwt	53.00–59.00	650	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	63.00/cwt	60.00–67.00	759	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	56.84/cwt	55.00–58.00	829	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	61.23/cwt	59.00–64.00	893	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	131.22/cwt	124.00–134.00	374	5
Bulls	—	—	1,617	88.01/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,423	3
Bulls	—	—	1,473	77.93/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	101.83/cwt	101.00–102.00	624	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	68.32/cwt	67.00–70.00	700	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	53.82/cwt	50.00–57.00	534	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	62.63/cwt	59.00–66.00	662	19

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 Sep 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 537Last week 315Year ago 124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 70Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 7Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	153.00–155.00	153.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	148.00–158.00	151.10
4	—	419	140.00–150.00	143.98
9	—	476	123.00–133.00	125.96
11	—	330	158.00–162.00	159.82
12	—	574	109.00–112.00	109.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	101.00–102.00	101.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	374	150.00–152.00	150.20
14	—	622	124.00–125.00	124.43
22	—	442	140.00–149.00	143.19
37	—	575	126.00–132.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	662	120.00–128.00	126.40
12	—	718	117.00–118.00	117.83
31	—	520	132.00–137.00	132.98
10	—	439	152.00–154.00	152.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	559	109.00–115.00	113.83
12	—	478	111.00–118.00	114.96
9	—	681	109.00–116.00	109.78
12	—	394	118.00–123.00	121.62
23	—	524	111.00–119.00	116.47
33	—	420	115.00–121.00	119.08
12	—	627	110.00–115.00	112.91
5	—	285	124.00–134.00	131.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	118.00–123.00	121.09
3	—	538	104.00–105.00	104.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	653	115.00–117.00	116.87
18	—	466	119.00–124.00	121.58

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	4	—	1,300	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	860	63.00–91.00	76.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,276	68.00–69.00	68.46
16	—	1,137	53.00–59.00	57.20
57	—	1,205	60.00–67.00	63.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,458	55.00–58.00	56.84
19	—	1,459	59.00–64.00	61.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	67.00–70.00	68.32
14	—	993	50.00–57.00	53.82
19	—	1,057	59.00–66.00	62.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,617	85.00–91.00	88.01
3	—	1,473	75.00–81.00	77.93

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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Replacement Cattle

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