Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2020-12-01

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
87 vs last sale 248 133 vs year ago 294 · 45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
105 vs last sale 161 53 vs year ago 109 · 48.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
26 vs last sale 41 29 vs year ago 44 · 65.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend available due to market being closed the previous week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.17/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$124.17
55 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1366136.0949811thin
Medium and Large 2457122.4156035
Medium and Large 3383116.464469thin
One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $52 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
124.17
GA average9 barns · 779 hd
117.88
+6.29
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
BullsLow1,62880.061,30311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46855.748182thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25052.8566124

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1366136.09/cwt129.00–139.0049811
BullsMedium and Large 1393163.50/cwt163.00–164.006434
BullsMedium and Large 1425155.27/cwt152.00–161.006603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23360.41/cwt57.00–63.007454
HeifersMedium and Large 3432118.82/cwt113.00–120.005136
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,186.96/cwt1,100.00–1,300.0013,6504
HeifersMedium and Large 272388.54/cwt87.00–90.006402
HeifersMedium and Large 2465119.75/cwt119.00–120.005574
BullsMedium and Large 1322164.33/cwt163.00–165.005293
HeifersMedium and Large 2338135.58/cwt135.00–137.004587
SteersMedium and Large 2309167.03/cwt166.00–169.005164
BullsMedium and Large 2493128.50/cwt128.00–129.006342
HeifersMedium and Large 2519115.68/cwt111.00–117.0060012
HeifersMedium and Large 2410129.10/cwt129.00–130.0052910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3800675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,4002
BullsMedium and Large 2580116.54/cwt115.00–118.006764
BullsMedium and Large 1278167.14/cwt162.00–172.004652
HeifersMedium and Large 3285111.73/cwt110.00–115.003183
SteersMedium and Large 2418155.99/cwt155.00–158.006523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20149.81/cwt45.00–52.0059811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46855.74/cwt54.00–58.008182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29255.43/cwt53.00–59.0071613
Bulls1,58274.34/cwt72.00–76.001,1763
Bulls1,57086.92/cwt86.00–89.001,3653
Bulls1,69079.37/cwt78.00–81.001,3415

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.