Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to holiday's.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.41/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$149.41

38 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$21.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.32

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	385	159.58	614	13thin
Medium and Large 2	464	145.69	675	20
Medium and Large 3	337	137.86	465	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.72/cwt here — about $149 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 sale38 hd

149.41

—

GA average7 barns · 233 hd

140.09

+9.32

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	—	Low	1,483	74.20	1,100	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,391	55.94	778	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,069	54.41	581	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	46.72	441	8thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,399	70.43/cwt	69.00–73.00	985	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	50.55/cwt	49.00–53.00	459	4
Bulls	—	—	1,530	78.24/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,197	5
Bulls	—	—	2,000	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,760	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	42.88/cwt	41.00–46.00	421	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	58.64/cwt	58.00–60.00	629	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	158.64/cwt	156.00–161.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.92/cwt	109.00–113.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	117.30/cwt	116.00–120.00	567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	122.79/cwt	120.00–130.00	526	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	137.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	129.54/cwt	128.00–131.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	147.03/cwt	145.00–149.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	159.86/cwt	158.00–161.00	604	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	66.08/cwt	60.00–72.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	109.65/cwt	105.00–114.00	512	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,239	58.89/cwt	57.00–62.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	120.33/cwt	118.00–124.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	115.93/cwt	113.00–119.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	131.65/cwt	130.00–133.00	412	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	53.62/cwt	50.00–57.00	573	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	150.58/cwt	145.00–151.00	651	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	56.31/cwt	53.00–60.00	783	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	50.93/cwt	49.00–52.00	702	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	64.35/cwt	61.00–67.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	138.27/cwt	133.00–140.00	519	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,472	1,231.14/cwt	1,050.00–1,325.00	18,122	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	91.16/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,001	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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 156Last week 313Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 198Year ago 147

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 13Year ago 28

No trend available this week due to holiday's.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,399	69.00–73.00	70.43
5	—	1,530	75.00–81.00	78.24
1	—	2,000	88.00	88.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	909	49.00–53.00	50.55
4	—	981	41.00–46.00	42.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,073	58.00–60.00	58.64
43	—	1,068	50.00–57.00	53.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,390	53.00–60.00	56.31
5	—	1,378	49.00–52.00	50.93
2	—	1,430	61.00–67.00	64.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	156.00–161.00	158.64
10	—	378	158.00–161.00	159.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	135.00–145.00	137.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	145.00–149.00	147.03
3	—	612	118.00–124.00	120.33
15	—	432	145.00–151.00	150.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	109.00–113.00	110.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	105.00–108.00	106.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	116.00–120.00	117.30
7	—	428	120.00–130.00	122.79
2	—	375	128.00–131.00	129.54
3	—	313	130.00–133.00	131.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	105.00–114.00	109.65
2	—	420	113.00–119.00	115.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	133.00–140.00	138.27

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)	2	—	1,125	60.00–72.00	66.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,098	89.00–94.00	91.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,239	57.00–62.00	58.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,472	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,231.14

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

Steers · 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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle