Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend Available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.59/cwt on 310 head.

Average price

$124.59

310 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$22.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	126.64	768	266
Medium and Large 2	528	115.79	612	30
Medium and Large 3	526	104.52	549	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $218 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 sale310 hd

124.59

—

GA average15 barns · 2,195 hd

123.49

+1.10

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,563	84.04	1,313	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	57.05	689	103
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,507	54.48	821	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	970	47.81	464	23

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	—	1,995	92.48/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,845	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	47.51/cwt	47.00–48.00	701	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	42.29/cwt	39.00–46.00	427	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	49.89/cwt	47.00–53.00	467	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	57.04/cwt	55.00–62.00	530	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	58.72/cwt	56.00–63.00	717	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	130.60/cwt	130.00–140.00	824	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	140.65/cwt	135.00–143.00	530	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	117.53/cwt	111.00–120.00	785	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	138.29/cwt	138.00–140.00	697	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	140.46/cwt	139.00–143.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	134.63/cwt	132.00–136.00	567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	138.91/cwt	132.00–139.00	932	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	402	155.17/cwt	155.00–156.00	624	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	157.25/cwt	157.00–159.00	555	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	125.72/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,003	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	144.28/cwt	141.00–146.00	776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.47/cwt	155.00–159.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	91.65/cwt	90.00–95.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	121.63/cwt	119.00–127.00	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	112.27/cwt	110.00–116.00	698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	120.94/cwt	119.00–121.00	894	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	452	145.14/cwt	145.00–146.00	656	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	128.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	783	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.50/cwt	113.00–119.00	658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	128.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	106.59/cwt	105.00–110.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	120.94/cwt	120.00–123.00	704	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	154.33/cwt	154.00–155.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	143.37/cwt	140.00–150.00	687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	381	142.49/cwt	138.00–148.00	543	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	111.48/cwt	108.00–115.00	488	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,000	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	129.92/cwt	129.00–130.00	598	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	121.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	118.99/cwt	118.00–122.00	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	134.67/cwt	130.00–140.00	703	9
Bulls	—	—	1,485	84.28/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,252	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	65.36/cwt	65.00–66.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	109.69/cwt	109.00–111.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	97.40/cwt	95.00–105.00	615	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	116.61/cwt	113.00–119.00	779	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	52.10/cwt	48.00–55.00	623	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	126.77/cwt	124.00–128.00	674	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	102.67/cwt	100.00–108.00	508	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	56.22/cwt	55.00–59.00	852	8
Bulls	—	—	1,560	77.54/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,210	3

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 Mar 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 926Last week 339Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 31Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 187Year ago 14

No Trend Available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,995	92.00–93.00	92.48
11	—	1,485	81.00–88.00	84.28
3	—	1,560	73.00–80.00	77.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	47.00–48.00	47.51
8	—	1,515	55.00–59.00	56.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,010	39.00–46.00	42.29
7	—	936	47.00–53.00	49.89
5	—	930	55.00–62.00	57.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,221	56.00–63.00	58.72
3	—	1,043	65.00–66.00	65.36
29	—	1,195	48.00–55.00	52.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	631	130.00–140.00	130.60
4	—	577	139.00–143.00	140.46
77	—	671	132.00–139.00	138.91
69	—	798	116.00–126.00	125.72
10	—	538	141.00–146.00	144.28
5	—	423	155.00–159.00	157.47
3	—	454	154.00–155.00	154.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	119.00–127.00	121.63
6	—	479	140.00–150.00	143.37
9	—	522	130.00–140.00	134.67
3	—	766	109.00–111.00	109.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	138.00–148.00	142.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	377	135.00–143.00	140.65
26	—	668	111.00–120.00	117.53
8	—	421	132.00–136.00	134.63
68	—	739	119.00–121.00	120.94
100	—	610	120.00–130.00	128.39
14	—	460	129.00–130.00	129.92
26	—	532	124.00–128.00	126.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	90.00–95.00	91.65
8	—	622	110.00–116.00	112.27
6	—	570	113.00–119.00	115.50
5	—	380	128.00–130.00	128.98
4	—	429	120.00–127.00	121.67
4	—	458	118.00–122.00	118.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	105.00–110.00	106.59
4	—	438	108.00–115.00	111.48
4	—	631	95.00–105.00	97.40
3	—	495	100.00–108.00	102.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	504	138.00–140.00	138.29
14	—	452	145.00–146.00	145.14
5	—	668	113.00–119.00	116.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	402	155.00–156.00	155.17
8	—	353	157.00–159.00	157.25
16	—	582	120.00–123.00	120.94

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,200	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	67.00	67.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	69.00	69.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	66.00	66.00

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle