Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago. slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.64/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$121.64

78 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$27.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.60

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	125.52	561	54
Medium and Large 2	460	115.10	529	21
Medium and Large 3	435	97.67	425	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.85/cwt here — about $136 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 sale78 hd

121.64

—

GA average17 barns · 2,120 hd

117.05

+4.60

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	—	Average	1,561	83.76	1,308	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	59.28	709	100
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	59.12	837	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	44.61	427	12

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	137.66/cwt	135.00–139.00	694	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	165.97/cwt	165.00–167.00	556	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	72.88/cwt	61.00–92.00	916	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,067	542.19/cwt	525.00–550.00	5,785	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	59.12/cwt	56.00–63.00	837	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	97.67/cwt	95.00–103.00	425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	163.50/cwt	163.00–165.00	556	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	43.32/cwt	39.00–46.00	410	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	51.07/cwt	48.00–54.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	108.33/cwt	105.00–115.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	102.59/cwt	101.00–105.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	103.84/cwt	102.00–105.00	590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	287	167.34/cwt	167.00–168.00	480	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	66.70/cwt	58.00–76.00	844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	131.49/cwt	124.00–134.00	906	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	169.34/cwt	169.00–170.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	134.33/cwt	133.00–135.00	446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	125.41/cwt	121.00–128.00	613	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	125.80/cwt	125.00–127.00	352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	146.33/cwt	146.00–147.00	720	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,018.56/cwt	950.00–1,100.00	13,445	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	162.53/cwt	160.00–164.00	678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	150.84/cwt	150.00–153.00	653	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	782	91.49/cwt	91.00–92.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	126.86/cwt	126.00–128.00	535	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	132.43/cwt	132.00–133.00	383	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	66.27/cwt	65.00–69.00	791	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	60.39/cwt	57.00–64.00	734	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	53.90/cwt	49.00–56.00	621	27
Bulls	—	—	1,560	87.69/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,368	3
Bulls	—	—	1,431	76.11/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,089	5
Bulls	—	—	1,888	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,831	2

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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 248Last week 187Year ago 413

Slaughter CattleReceipts 161Last week 133Year ago 175

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 69Year ago 60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	135.00–139.00	137.66
32	—	689	124.00–134.00	131.49
3	—	362	169.00–170.00	169.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	340	163.00–165.00	163.50
3	—	492	146.00–147.00	146.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	165.00–167.00	165.97
6	—	287	167.00–168.00	167.34
8	—	417	160.00–164.00	162.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	433	150.00–153.00	150.84
2	—	782	91.00–92.00	91.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	95.00–103.00	97.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	105.00–115.00	108.33
8	—	482	117.00–119.00	118.00
5	—	568	102.00–105.00	103.84
5	—	280	125.00–127.00	125.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	101.00–105.00	102.59
6	—	332	133.00–135.00	134.33
24	—	489	121.00–128.00	125.41
12	—	422	126.00–128.00	126.86
7	—	289	132.00–133.00	132.43

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)	11	—	1,257	61.00–92.00	72.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	50.00	50.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,266	58.00–76.00	66.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,067	525.00–550.00	542.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,320	950.00–1,100.00	1,018.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,416	56.00–63.00	59.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	946	39.00–46.00	43.32
2	—	1,015	48.00–54.00	51.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,193	65.00–69.00	66.27
62	—	1,215	57.00–64.00	60.39
27	—	1,152	49.00–56.00	53.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	85.00–89.00	87.69
5	—	1,431	72.00–79.00	76.11
2	—	1,888	97.00	97.00

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

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