Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-03-23

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 633 vs last sale 926▲ 183 vs year ago 110 · +166.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 198▼ 152 vs year ago 190 · −80.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 9▲ 7 vs year ago 10 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers lightly tested. steer calves steady , bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.40/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$129.40
85 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.32
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459131.7060568
Medium and Large 2427120.1851417thin
One grade step is worth $11.52/cwt here — about $91 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 sale85 hd
129.40
—
GA average17 barns · 1,619 hd
125.08
+4.32
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—Average1,83086.061,5755thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13959.2367420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46757.178396thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls——1,84387.32/cwt84.00–90.001,6094
Bulls——1,78081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,4421
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22062.30/cwt59.00–66.0076013
CowsBoner 80-85%—98853.52/cwt49.00–56.005297
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46757.17/cwt54.00–60.008396
BullsMedium and Large 1—663121.51/cwt121.00–122.008062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—89572.47/cwt63.00–81.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474131.93/cwt128.00–134.0062518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422133.56/cwt132.00–136.005647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326139.43/cwt138.00–140.004557
SteersMedium and Large 1—564139.36/cwt137.00–140.0078611
BullsMedium and Large 1—323165.32/cwt165.00–166.005343
BullsMedium and Large 1—480147.67/cwt145.00–153.007093
BullsMedium and Large 2—588123.30/cwt122.00–126.007253
BullsMedium and Large 2—613123.00/cwt122.00–124.007546
BullsMedium and Large 2—515130.52/cwt128.00–133.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588115.02/cwt113.00–119.006763
SteersMedium and Large 1—542145.75/cwt145.00–146.007908
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567124.49/cwt124.00–125.0070616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426119.65/cwt119.00–120.005106
SteersMedium and Large 2—465135.33/cwt135.00–136.006296
SteersMedium and Large 2—685129.19/cwt128.00–132.0088510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368122.52/cwt120.00–128.004518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528124.82/cwt124.00–126.006596
BullsMedium and Large 1—441154.25/cwt154.00–155.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1—511139.43/cwt136.00–143.007124
BullsMedium and Large 1—368156.60/cwt156.00–159.005765
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373137.82/cwt134.00–141.0051414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13872.30/cwt61.00–82.008234
BullsMedium and Large 2—706112.49/cwt111.00–114.007942

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.