Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.56/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −68.71 against this barn's trailing median of $199.28.

Average price

$130.56

57 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.66

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	131.24	723	41
Medium and Large 2	477	128.84	615	16thin

One grade step is worth $2.40/cwt here — about $109 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

10 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $211.56, low $184.65, median $199.28 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale57 hd

130.56

—

GA average15 barns · 981 hd

128.90

+1.66

This barn, trailing median10 sales

199.28

−68.71

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	—	High	1,608	85.50	1,374	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	63.51	799	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	49.92	525	5thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	55.38/cwt	54.00–58.00	644	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	41.74/cwt	38.00–45.00	369	2
Bulls	—	—	2,165	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	2,057	1
Bulls	—	—	1,050	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	798	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	59.71/cwt	54.00–61.00	740	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	64.97/cwt	62.00–67.00	823	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	121.95/cwt	120.00–129.00	644	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	115.59/cwt	115.00–118.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	128.10/cwt	127.00–132.00	555	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	684	113.07/cwt	113.00–114.00	773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	124.31/cwt	123.00–125.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	131.09/cwt	129.00–133.00	419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	163.36/cwt	161.00–165.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	155.67/cwt	155.00–156.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	141.44/cwt	140.00–147.00	447	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	70.40/cwt	68.00–73.00	901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	133.34/cwt	132.00–134.00	609	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	159.83/cwt	153.00–163.00	604	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	161.84/cwt	161.00–163.00	521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	110.08/cwt	105.00–115.00	358	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	63.53/cwt	57.00–69.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	140.03/cwt	135.00–145.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	115.91/cwt	115.00–116.00	735	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	144.96/cwt	143.00–149.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	159.00/cwt	155.00–163.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	113.16/cwt	110.00–116.00	424	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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 160Year ago 377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 138Year ago 181

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 75Year ago 29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	54.00–58.00	55.38
2	—	885	38.00–45.00	41.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,239	54.00–61.00	59.71
14	—	1,266	62.00–67.00	64.97
2	—	1,280	68.00–73.00	70.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,165	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,050	76.00	76.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	120.00–129.00	121.95
2	—	378	135.00–145.00	140.03
2	—	270	155.00–163.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	684	113.00–114.00	113.07
8	—	378	153.00–163.00	159.83
5	—	322	161.00–163.00	161.84
11	—	634	115.00–116.00	115.91
3	—	470	143.00–149.00	144.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	115.00–118.00	115.59
9	—	433	127.00–132.00	128.10
3	—	478	123.00–125.00	124.31
2	—	320	129.00–133.00	131.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	316	140.00–147.00	141.44
6	—	457	132.00–134.00	133.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	105.00–115.00	110.08
2	—	375	110.00–116.00	113.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	161.00–165.00	163.36
6	—	461	155.00–156.00	155.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,158	57.00–69.00	63.53

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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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