Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-02-23

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
620 head
▲ 415 vs last sale 205▲ 239 vs year ago 381 · +62.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 132▼ 106 vs year ago 187 · −56.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 16▼ 11 vs year ago 22 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.25/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$145.25
240 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$855
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.10
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591145.53861231
Medium and Large 2510138.277069thin
One grade step is worth $7.25/cwt here — about $155 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 sale240 hd
145.25
—
GA average11 barns · 468 hd
141.15
+4.10
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—Average1,82998.481,80112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62374.471,2092thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17671.6884332
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02550.825215thin

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%—1,22877.54/cwt76.00–80.009526
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08864.86/cwt60.00–67.007068
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62374.47/cwt74.00–75.001,2092
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02550.82/cwt48.00–55.005215
Bulls——1,81792.22/cwt89.00–95.001,6765
Bulls——1,838102.95/cwt100.00–106.001,8927
HeifersMedium and Large 1—448142.83/cwt138.00–144.0064051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677122.76/cwt116.00–123.0083158
SteersMedium and Large 2—673120.94/cwt116.00–126.008144
SteersMedium and Large 2—380152.14/cwt150.00–154.005785
SteersMedium and Large 1—487149.37/cwt149.00–151.007275
SteersMedium and Large 1—438172.80/cwt170.00–173.0075730
HeifersMedium and Large 3—445114.98/cwt113.00–117.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 3—58596.22/cwt93.00–99.005634
SteersMedium and Large 1—681131.96/cwt130.00–132.0089956
SteersMedium and Large 1—771126.98/cwt126.00–127.0097941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332146.22/cwt140.00–147.0048518
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66896.39/cwt90.00–100.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—545127.41/cwt125.00–129.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615108.00/cwt103.00–113.006644
SteersMedium and Large 1—382172.69/cwt171.00–175.0066018
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19872.75/cwt69.00–75.0087218
SteersMedium and Large 1—545148.63/cwt144.00–149.0081077
HeifersMedium and Large 1—552135.99/cwt135.00–136.0075185
SteersMedium and Large 1—640128.50/cwt128.00–129.008222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4581,074.43/cwt975.00–1,175.0015,6656
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,300650.00/cwt650.00–650.008,4502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98775.38/cwt59.00–86.007443
SteersMedium and Large 1—588140.00/cwt139.00–141.008232

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.