Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-11-03

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
72 vs last sale 252 135 vs year ago 315 · 42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
72 vs last sale 56 25 vs year ago 103 · +24.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
57 vs last sale 8 28 vs year ago 37 · +75.7%
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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 3.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.08/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$121.08
53 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$489
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.16
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412123.4550837
Medium and Large 2384115.6044416thin
One grade step is worth $7.84/cwt here — about $65 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 sale53 hd
121.08
GA average14 barns · 895 hd
110.92
+10.16
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
BullsAverage1,36175.221,0239thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43061.288764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08959.3964741
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01245.164579thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20058.00/cwt58.00–58.006961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296263.81/cwt57.00–78.006148
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08361.53/cwt54.00–71.006663
BullsMedium and Large 1367156.17/cwt154.00–160.005735
BullsMedium and Large 1516121.41/cwt120.00–122.006265
BullsMedium and Large 1313159.74/cwt159.00–164.005008
HeifersMedium and Large 1364127.88/cwt127.00–128.004658
HeifersMedium and Large 1337129.09/cwt128.00–132.004358
SteersMedium and Large 1581121.19/cwt120.00–123.0070410
HeifersMedium and Large 2466114.24/cwt113.00–117.005324
BullsMedium and Large 1421144.72/cwt142.00–149.0060913
HeifersMedium and Large 1507111.49/cwt111.00–113.005658
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,200600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3421,115.14/cwt825.00–1,425.0014,96518
HeifersMedium and Large 1429124.60/cwt124.00–126.0053513
BullsMedium and Large 3263126.71/cwt125.00–130.003333
SteersMedium and Large 1528125.67/cwt125.00–126.006646
SteersMedium and Large 1375145.13/cwt143.00–147.005442
BullsMedium and Large 2580109.29/cwt108.00–112.006343
HeifersMedium and Large 2437112.95/cwt110.00–119.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 2228125.77/cwt124.00–131.002874
Bulls1,34476.29/cwt73.00–80.001,0254
Bulls1,245102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11965.04/cwt63.00–67.0072811
HeifersMedium and Large 2571101.38/cwt98.00–105.005792
HeifersMedium and Large 2305116.00/cwt115.00–118.003543
SteersMedium and Large 2277150.80/cwt150.00–151.004185
CowsLean 85-90%96338.93/cwt35.00–42.003755
CowsBoner 80-85%98553.13/cwt52.00–54.005235
Bulls1,40667.45/cwt65.00–71.009484
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43061.28/cwt60.00–64.008764
CowsLean 85-90%1,07452.95/cwt51.00–55.005694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09658.16/cwt55.00–62.0063725

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.