Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend Available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.44/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$108.44

50 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$17.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	111.63	658	11thin
Medium and Large 2	492	108.28	532	37
Medium and Large 3	575	94.02	541	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $117 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 sale50 hd

108.44

—

GA average15 barns · 1,007 hd

108.95

−0.51

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	—	Low	1,166	74.22	865	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,124	51.17	575	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	40.40	387	9thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	48.02/cwt	44.00–51.00	521	27
Bulls	—	—	1,166	74.22/cwt	69.00–76.00	865	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	40.40/cwt	36.00–43.00	387	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	54.23/cwt	52.00–59.00	628	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	64.54/cwt	63.00–66.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	112.59/cwt	112.00–115.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	94.02/cwt	92.00–96.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	734	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	102.61/cwt	101.00–105.00	587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	110.29/cwt	110.00–112.00	524	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	98.32/cwt	97.00–99.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	113.46/cwt	110.00–118.00	472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	104.40/cwt	104.00–106.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	110.83/cwt	110.00–111.00	676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	112.82/cwt	111.00–118.00	529	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,251	67.23/cwt	58.00–78.00	841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	120.25/cwt	120.00–122.00	636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	120.10/cwt	120.00–121.00	682	10

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 Oct 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 168Last week 0Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 0Year ago 122

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 34

No Trend Available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,086	44.00–51.00	48.02
19	—	1,158	52.00–59.00	54.23
2	—	1,318	63.00–66.00	64.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	958	36.00–43.00	40.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,166	69.00–76.00	74.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	112.00–115.00	112.59
6	—	610	110.00–111.00	110.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	92.00–96.00	94.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	97.00–99.00	98.32
7	—	416	110.00–118.00	113.46
5	—	521	104.00–106.00	104.40
16	—	469	111.00–118.00	112.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	641	114.00–115.00	114.50
8	—	529	120.00–122.00	120.25
10	—	568	120.00–121.00	120.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	101.00–105.00	102.61
7	—	475	110.00–112.00	110.29

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)	1	—	765	65.00	65.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,251	58.00–78.00	67.23

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle