Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-10-06

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 6
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
377 head
24 vs last sale 401 141 vs year ago 236 · +59.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
120 vs last sale 212 54 vs year ago 146 · 37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
14 vs last sale 17 10 vs year ago 21 · +47.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 lower, feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.66/cwt on 141 head.
Average price
$121.66
141 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463125.5158190
Medium and Large 2439114.8750451
One grade step is worth $10.63/cwt here — about $77 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 sale141 hd
121.66
GA average17 barns · 1,352 hd
112.80
+8.86
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
BullsLow1,57774.341,17211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52057.098684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21352.4463635
CowsLean 85-90%Average94641.6239420

Every lot, as filed

31 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
SteersMedium and Large 1428141.03/cwt137.00–145.0060419
HeifersMedium and Large 1589110.33/cwt105.00–113.006509
HeifersMedium and Large 2458113.97/cwt110.00–117.0052220
HeifersMedium and Large 2515110.69/cwt110.00–113.0057013
SteersMedium and Large 2569120.85/cwt120.00–123.006887
SteersMedium and Large 1678125.06/cwt121.00–127.0084812
Bulls1,50469.07/cwt66.00–72.001,0397
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52057.09/cwt55.00–58.008684
Bulls1,70583.57/cwt82.00–85.001,4254
CowsLean 85-90%97447.48/cwt44.00–51.004628
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23054.61/cwt53.00–57.0067222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18348.76/cwt45.00–52.0057713
CowsLean 85-90%92837.72/cwt35.00–42.0035012
HeifersMedium and Large 1473126.16/cwt118.00–128.0059764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21762.09/cwt56.00–85.0075610
SteersMedium and Large 1483136.63/cwt136.00–140.0066024
SteersMedium and Large 1634126.01/cwt125.00–127.007996
BullsMedium and Large 2524112.67/cwt112.00–113.005906
HeifersMedium and Large 1361130.64/cwt128.00–135.0047215
HeifersMedium and Large 1333134.49/cwt134.00–135.004482
HeifersMedium and Large 2322125.39/cwt120.00–128.004043
SteersMedium and Large 1573126.80/cwt123.00–131.007279
SteersMedium and Large 1382156.25/cwt156.00–157.0059711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,375700.00/cwt700.00–700.009,6252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20561.10/cwt55.00–69.007362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12065.79/cwt58.00–77.007376
HeifersMedium and Large 2376117.57/cwt115.00–125.004427
SteersMedium and Large 2486130.11/cwt128.00–132.006329
BullsMedium and Large 3378117.57/cwt115.00–123.004443
HeifersMedium and Large 2413113.02/cwt112.00–115.004676
HeifersMedium and Large 2225131.47/cwt130.00–133.002962

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.