Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves lightly tested, 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 $114.20/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$114.20

116 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$22.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.28

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	126.85	714	7thin
Medium and Large 2	472	114.10	539	101
Medium and Large 3	473	104.27	493	8thin

One grade step is worth $22.58/cwt here — about $221 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 sale116 hd

114.20

—

GA average16 barns · 1,445 hd

112.91

+1.28

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	1,635	88.01	1,439	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	66.43	919	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,152	62.69	722	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	924	50.56	467	10

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	369	152.76/cwt	150.00–155.00	564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	218	158.07/cwt	155.00–160.00	345	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	157.67/cwt	156.00–161.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	117.56/cwt	115.00–124.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	111.67/cwt	111.00–115.00	718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	130.37/cwt	125.00–135.00	601	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,051	62.97/cwt	58.00–80.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	139.99/cwt	139.00–142.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	162.35/cwt	162.00–163.00	455	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,158	795.50/cwt	725.00–900.00	9,212	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,051.31/cwt	950.00–1,300.00	13,036	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	64.30/cwt	59.00–71.00	501	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	70.22/cwt	59.00–94.00	824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	113.06/cwt	111.00–118.00	520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	99.21/cwt	95.00–104.00	719	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	123.24/cwt	122.00–125.00	401	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	100.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	129.67/cwt	128.00–130.00	879	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	129.89/cwt	128.00–134.00	348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	123.65/cwt	123.00–124.00	461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	111.77/cwt	110.00–114.00	571	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	97.05/cwt	95.00–102.00	608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	117.68/cwt	116.00–119.00	518	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	71.55/cwt	70.00–74.00	894	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	57.57/cwt	54.00–61.00	645	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	64.75/cwt	62.00–69.00	748	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	66.43/cwt	63.00–68.00	919	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	56.01/cwt	53.00–59.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	126.85/cwt	124.00–128.00	714	7
Bulls	—	—	1,736	91.67/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,591	5
Bulls	—	—	1,870	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,833	1
Bulls	—	—	1,388	78.59/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,091	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	125.74/cwt	121.00–129.00	645	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	135.78/cwt	134.00–138.00	574	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	45.11/cwt	42.00–49.00	427	5

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 411Last week 378Year ago 317

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 128Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 45Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	150.00–155.00	152.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	218	155.00–160.00	158.07
3	—	315	156.00–161.00	157.67
5	—	574	115.00–124.00	117.56
6	—	643	111.00–115.00	111.67
8	—	461	125.00–135.00	130.37
12	—	513	121.00–129.00	125.74
10	—	423	134.00–138.00	135.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	139.00–142.00	139.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	162.00–163.00	162.35
12	—	678	128.00–130.00	129.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	460	111.00–118.00	113.06
14	—	725	95.00–104.00	99.21
24	—	325	122.00–125.00	123.24
6	—	268	128.00–134.00	129.89
6	—	584	110.00–112.00	110.66
9	—	373	123.00–124.00	123.65
10	—	511	110.00–114.00	111.77
10	—	626	95.00–102.00	97.05
10	—	440	116.00–119.00	117.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	105.00–110.00	107.54
4	—	538	100.00–104.00	100.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	563	124.00–128.00	126.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,051	58.00–80.00	62.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	779	59.00–71.00	64.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,173	59.00–94.00	70.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,158	725.00–900.00	795.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,240	950.00–1,300.00	1,051.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,250	70.00–74.00	71.55
20	—	1,120	54.00–61.00	57.57
24	—	1,155	62.00–69.00	64.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	63.00–68.00	66.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	900	53.00–59.00	56.01
5	—	947	42.00–49.00	45.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,736	88.00–95.00	91.67
1	—	1,870	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,388	75.00–82.00	78.59

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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Reporter comment USDA

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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