Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer and heifer calves steady to 7.00 higher, bull calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.75/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$134.75

86 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$1.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.38

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	134.85	660	80
Medium and Large 2	392	133.48	523	6thin

One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about $137 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 sale86 hd

134.75

—

GA average15 barns · 1,391 hd

127.37

+7.38

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	1,560	93.26	1,455	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	65.31	785	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	61.86	911	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	833	42.49	354	3thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,753	99.36/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,742	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	67.24/cwt	64.00–71.00	832	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	74.29/cwt	73.00–76.00	992	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	58.37/cwt	55.00–62.00	636	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	61.86/cwt	58.00–65.00	911	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	42.49/cwt	39.00–45.00	354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	120.30/cwt	120.00–121.00	746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	140.49/cwt	139.00–147.00	601	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	128.58/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,007	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	162.65/cwt	162.00–164.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	146.00/cwt	144.00–148.00	837	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	165.58/cwt	164.00–169.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.79/cwt	148.00–155.00	558	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	131.53/cwt	129.00–135.00	684	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	144.40/cwt	142.00–145.00	897	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	150.29/cwt	149.00–155.00	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	768	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	137.33/cwt	137.00–138.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	129.63/cwt	128.00–133.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	137.42/cwt	136.00–138.00	908	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	153.09/cwt	148.00–157.00	795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	163.58/cwt	163.00–165.00	685	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	155.67/cwt	155.00–157.00	553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	552	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	75.61/cwt	60.00–89.00	594	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	73.74/cwt	64.00–81.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	131.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	124.60/cwt	121.00–127.00	709	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	226	169.35/cwt	168.00–173.00	383	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	151.67/cwt	150.00–155.00	513	3
Bulls	—	—	1,386	82.48/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,143	4
Bulls	—	—	1,330	96.50/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	124.87/cwt	122.00–130.00	772	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	156.29/cwt	150.00–159.00	610	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	136.21/cwt	135.00–139.00	642	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	14,350	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 Mar 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 343Last week 293Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 38Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 17Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,753	98.00–100.00	99.36
4	—	1,386	81.00–85.00	82.48
2	—	1,330	96.00–97.00	96.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,237	64.00–71.00	67.24
4	—	1,335	73.00–76.00	74.29
11	—	1,089	55.00–62.00	58.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	58.00–65.00	61.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	833	39.00–45.00	42.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	620	120.00–121.00	120.30
12	—	428	139.00–147.00	140.49
20	—	370	148.00–155.00	150.79
8	—	520	129.00–135.00	131.53
22	—	569	121.00–127.00	124.60
8	—	471	135.00–139.00	136.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	319	137.00–138.00	137.33
3	—	465	128.00–133.00	129.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	783	128.00–129.00	128.58
10	—	573	144.00–148.00	146.00
3	—	375	164.00–169.00	165.58
5	—	621	142.00–145.00	144.40
7	—	463	149.00–155.00	150.29
14	—	661	136.00–138.00	137.42
9	—	519	148.00–157.00	153.09
7	—	419	163.00–165.00	163.58
4	—	226	168.00–173.00	169.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	142.00–143.00	142.51
6	—	355	155.00–157.00	155.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	105.00–108.00	106.49
3	—	425	130.00–135.00	131.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	162.00–164.00	162.65
6	—	618	122.00–130.00	124.87
17	—	390	150.00–159.00	156.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	150.00–155.00	151.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	785	60.00–89.00	75.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	855	64.00–81.00	73.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,400	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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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

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