Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-01-26

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
361 vs last sale 521 200 vs year ago 360 · 55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
13 vs last sale 151 83 vs year ago 55 · +150.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
23 vs last sale 98 45 vs year ago 30 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.33/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$126.33
39 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.94
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460128.1859027
Medium and Large 2421122.1551412thin
One grade step is worth $6.03/cwt here — about $76 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 sale39 hd
126.33
GA average17 barns · 1,608 hd
115.39
+10.94
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
BullsLow1,78781.351,45417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48763.739486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11661.0168184
CowsLean 85-90%Low95244.124208thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,50573.88/cwt71.00–75.001,1126
Bulls1,89383.82/cwt80.00–87.001,5878
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12362.05/cwt58.00–65.0069755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23666.58/cwt66.00–68.0082312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54362.31/cwt61.00–64.009614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37566.56/cwt66.00–67.009152
HeifersMedium and Large 2329130.50/cwt130.00–132.004294
SteersMedium and Large 2488141.19/cwt139.00–142.006896
BullsMedium and Large 1331162.72/cwt160.00–165.005395
HeifersMedium and Large 1512120.14/cwt120.00–121.006157
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,113100.89/cwt94.00–110.001,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 1421132.63/cwt130.00–136.0055816
HeifersMedium and Large 1685110.96/cwt108.00–114.007602
SteersMedium and Large 1512138.85/cwt138.00–139.007117
HeifersMedium and Large 2482115.38/cwt115.00–116.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 2442122.31/cwt121.00–125.005413
BullsMedium and Large 1426146.78/cwt146.00–148.0062510
HeifersMedium and Large 1368137.99/cwt136.00–140.005082
SteersMedium and Large 1676126.82/cwt125.00–127.0085711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01287.54/cwt70.00–118.0088615
SteersMedium and Large 2383152.35/cwt151.00–155.0058413
BullsMedium and Large 1375154.87/cwt150.00–160.005812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2631,232.51/cwt1,000.00–1,400.0015,56724
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,155805.41/cwt725.00–950.009,30210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-293586.99/cwt71.00–108.008135
BullsMedium and Large 1230166.61/cwt164.00–169.003832
BullsMedium and Large 2314150.26/cwt148.00–151.004724
Bulls2,06889.68/cwt88.00–91.001,8553
CowsLean 85-90%94339.79/cwt36.00–43.003756
CowsLean 85-90%97857.11/cwt56.00–58.005592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00853.73/cwt50.00–57.0054217

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.