Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 6.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer, bull, and heifer calves sharply higher, Replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.23/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$123.23

54 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.69

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	125.16	635	35
Medium and Large 2	446	119.67	533	19thin

One grade step is worth $5.50/cwt here — about $101 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 sale54 hd

123.23

—

GA average16 barns · 1,422 hd

113.54

+9.69

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	—	High	1,395	87.68	1,223	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,119	60.98	682	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	973	48.95	476	18

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,169	72.41/cwt	59.00–89.00	846	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	86.80/cwt	63.00–106.00	828	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	114.03/cwt	113.00–115.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	130.10/cwt	127.00–135.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	128.05/cwt	126.00–132.00	729	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	128.81/cwt	128.00–129.00	562	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	167.05/cwt	165.00–169.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	122.28/cwt	122.00–124.00	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	134.71/cwt	128.00–137.00	760	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,063	879.43/cwt	725.00–975.00	9,348	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	85.45/cwt	79.00–97.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	145.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	119.39/cwt	115.00–120.00	752	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	140.90/cwt	135.00–143.00	747	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	165.34/cwt	165.00–166.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	127.85/cwt	125.00–133.00	483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	141.81/cwt	138.00–148.00	471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	159.48/cwt	159.00–160.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	444	163.70/cwt	162.00–168.00	727	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	138.68/cwt	138.00–140.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	263	164.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	122.70/cwt	122.00–125.00	598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	108.32/cwt	105.00–110.00	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	146.99/cwt	145.00–149.00	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	122.98/cwt	121.00–125.00	647	7
Bulls	—	—	1,361	93.14/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,268	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	56.82/cwt	55.00–61.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	122.64/cwt	120.00–128.00	378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	120.31/cwt	115.00–125.00	521	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	136.86/cwt	133.00–141.00	504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	155.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	669	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	41.80/cwt	38.00–45.00	398	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,049	55.95/cwt	52.00–59.00	587	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	63.46/cwt	60.00–67.00	728	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	50.74/cwt	47.00–54.00	522	6
Bulls	—	—	1,417	84.04/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,191	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	70.79/cwt	68.00–75.00	912	6

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 Nov 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 180Year ago 331

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 128Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 65Year ago 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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,169	59.00–89.00	72.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	954	63.00–106.00	86.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	780	79.00–97.00	85.45
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,063	725.00–975.00	879.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	621	113.00–115.00	114.03
5	—	525	127.00–135.00	130.10
5	—	569	126.00–132.00	128.05
2	—	318	165.00–169.00	167.05
7	—	444	162.00–168.00	163.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	159.00–160.00	159.48
3	—	478	138.00–140.00	138.68
4	—	263	160.00–170.00	164.97
6	—	430	150.00–160.00	155.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	133.00–141.00	136.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	128.00–129.00	128.81
7	—	566	122.00–124.00	122.28
8	—	630	115.00–120.00	119.39
5	—	378	125.00–133.00	127.85
3	—	332	138.00–148.00	141.81
7	—	526	121.00–125.00	122.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	487	122.00–125.00	122.70
3	—	512	105.00–110.00	108.32
3	—	308	120.00–128.00	122.64
6	—	433	115.00–125.00	120.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	128.00–137.00	134.71
5	—	470	140.00–150.00	145.13
15	—	530	135.00–143.00	140.90
3	—	422	165.00–166.00	165.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	145.00–149.00	146.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,361	89.00–96.00	93.14
6	—	1,417	82.00–86.00	84.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	936	55.00–61.00	56.82
7	—	952	38.00–45.00	41.80
6	—	1,029	47.00–54.00	50.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,049	52.00–59.00	55.95
29	—	1,147	60.00–67.00	63.46
6	—	1,288	68.00–75.00	70.79

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle