Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-01-12

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 156▼ 65 vs year ago 333 · −19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 215▼ 87 vs year ago 124 · −70.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 36▼ 32 vs year ago 61 · −52.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.80/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$122.80
63 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.37
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1473123.7358540
Medium and Large 2399121.1948423
One grade step is worth $2.54/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 sale63 hd
122.80
—
GA average17 barns · 1,259 hd
114.44
+8.37
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
Bulls—Low1,71878.541,3494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25558.6073516
CowsLean 85-90%Average99251.775143thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10649.24/cwt46.00–52.005455
CowsLean 85-90%—99251.77/cwt50.00–53.005143
Bulls——1,69072.02/cwt69.00–74.001,2172
Bulls——1,74585.07/cwt84.00–86.001,4842
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35260.04/cwt57.00–64.008126
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28766.23/cwt65.00–67.008525
BullsMedium and Large 1—367152.87/cwt150.00–154.0056110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—393135.34/cwt135.00–136.005326
SteersMedium and Large 1—402164.40/cwt163.00–165.0066110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419124.33/cwt124.00–125.005216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—502118.40/cwt118.00–120.0059410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565117.11/cwt115.00–118.006627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461121.28/cwt119.00–123.0055912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—283129.53/cwt128.00–133.003678
BullsMedium and Large 1—330163.32/cwt163.00–164.005393
BullsMedium and Large 2—635112.32/cwt112.00–113.007133
BullsMedium and Large 1—257166.20/cwt165.00–170.004275
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467111.69/cwt110.00–118.005226
SteersMedium and Large 2—473145.25/cwt144.00–146.006878
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535111.67/cwt109.00–113.005973
BullsMedium and Large 1—462150.06/cwt144.00–154.006935
SteersMedium and Large 1—613121.11/cwt120.00–124.0074218
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412135.60/cwt135.00–136.005595
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,345930.95/cwt850.00–1,125.0012,52110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—88373.03/cwt70.00–75.006452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13068.95/cwt60.00–82.007798
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,11468.37/cwt59.00–85.007624
SteersMedium and Large 1—559132.50/cwt132.00–133.007414
BullsMedium and Large 2—488134.19/cwt131.00–141.006556

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.