Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-10-27

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 27
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
252 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 168▼ 192 vs year ago 444 · −43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 81▲ 25 vs year ago 31 · +80.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 10▼ 18 vs year ago 26 · −69.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer calves steady to 1.00 lower, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 1.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.19/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$112.19
55 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$582
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2424117.704997thin
Medium and Large 1543111.6460645
Medium and Large 3382107.704113thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $88 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 sale55 hd
112.19
—
GA average15 barns · 891 hd
108.07
+4.13
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—Average1,43372.891,0457thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13754.9862516
CowsLean 85-90%Average94141.3538912

Every lot, as filed

28 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—366150.35/cwt145.00–154.0055013
SteersMedium and Large 1—672117.96/cwt117.00–118.0079323
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—950600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95257.35/cwt52.00–64.005463
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328129.19/cwt129.00–130.004245
BullsMedium and Large 2—387121.91/cwt120.00–126.004723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517110.19/cwt107.00–115.0057014
BullsMedium and Large 3—285118.22/cwt115.00–125.003373
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382107.70/cwt105.00–110.004113
BullsMedium and Large 2—552111.33/cwt111.00–113.006156
BullsMedium and Large 1—409140.20/cwt140.00–142.0057310
SteersMedium and Large 2—516120.82/cwt119.00–121.0062311
BullsMedium and Large 2—481115.02/cwt110.00–118.005537
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424117.70/cwt110.00–119.004997
SteersMedium and Large 2—297151.72/cwt150.00–152.004517
BullsMedium and Large 3—478102.41/cwt100.00–105.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 1—457116.15/cwt116.00–118.0053113
Bulls——1,58378.73/cwt75.00–81.001,2464
CowsLean 85-90%—94546.58/cwt45.00–50.004403
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20456.85/cwt54.00–60.006847
BullsMedium and Large 1—683104.49/cwt104.00–105.007142
BullsMedium and Large 1—329150.04/cwt146.00–155.004949
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17864.45/cwt63.00–66.007592
CowsLean 85-90%—93939.60/cwt36.00–43.003729
Bulls——1,23365.11/cwt60.00–67.008033
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05950.40/cwt46.00–53.005347
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740101.93/cwt101.00–102.0075413
SteersMedium and Large 1—414140.11/cwt140.00–141.005809

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.