Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer and bull calves steady, 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 $131.47/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$131.47

62 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$9.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.70

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	132.40	668	49
Medium and Large 2	421	129.37	545	10thin
Medium and Large 3	325	123.33	401	3thin

One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $267 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 sale62 hd

131.47

—

GA average13 barns · 1,077 hd

128.78

+2.70

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	1,657	90.10	1,493	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,188	65.03	773	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	64.18	931	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	50.60	492	20

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,922	99.82/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,919	5
Bulls	—	—	1,487	76.96/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,144	5
Bulls	—	—	1,562	93.52/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,461	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	60.95/cwt	57.00–64.00	694	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	66.90/cwt	65.00–72.00	810	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	66.31/cwt	62.00–69.00	964	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	130.98/cwt	128.00–138.00	694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	132.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,018	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	165.50/cwt	165.00–166.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	139.50/cwt	139.00–141.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	137.97/cwt	132.00–139.00	924	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	134.41/cwt	131.00–138.00	625	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	138.73/cwt	135.00–141.00	512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	120.32/cwt	119.00–122.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.75/cwt	126.00–131.00	715	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	133.68/cwt	133.00–135.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	167.13/cwt	165.00–169.00	689	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	411	123.88/cwt	119.00–129.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	136.79/cwt	136.00–138.00	443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	133.28/cwt	130.00–137.00	837	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	129.73/cwt	124.00–131.00	754	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	452	163.60/cwt	162.00–164.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	150.63/cwt	145.00–152.00	560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	123.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	161.07/cwt	160.00–163.00	593	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	53.54/cwt	51.00–56.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	153.70/cwt	151.00–159.00	667	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	45.15/cwt	40.00–47.00	438	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	53.54/cwt	50.00–57.00	522	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	1,107.56/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	14,188	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,185	788.92/cwt	700.00–875.00	9,349	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	63.75/cwt	59.00–72.00	701	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	69.08/cwt	68.00–70.00	790	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 Apr 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 237Last week 343Year ago 408

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 72Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 7Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,922	98.00–103.00	99.82
5	—	1,487	75.00–81.00	76.96
5	—	1,562	91.00–96.00	93.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,139	57.00–64.00	60.95
35	—	1,211	65.00–72.00	66.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,454	62.00–69.00	66.31
2	—	1,430	51.00–56.00	53.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	970	40.00–47.00	45.15
13	—	975	50.00–57.00	53.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	530	128.00–138.00	130.98
4	—	411	139.00–141.00	139.50
12	—	465	131.00–138.00	134.41
5	—	369	135.00–141.00	138.73
3	—	633	119.00–122.00	120.32
10	—	581	124.00–131.00	129.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	411	119.00–129.00	123.88
5	—	324	136.00–138.00	136.79
3	—	590	120.00–122.00	120.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	120.00–125.00	123.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	767	130.00–133.00	132.75
2	—	433	165.00–166.00	165.50
14	—	670	132.00–139.00	137.97
4	—	628	130.00–137.00	133.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	145.00–152.00	150.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	555	126.00–131.00	128.75
9	—	412	165.00–169.00	167.13
5	—	452	162.00–164.00	163.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	133.00–135.00	133.68
3	—	368	160.00–163.00	161.07
6	—	434	151.00–159.00	153.70

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)	1	—	1,270	63.00	63.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,099	59.00–72.00	63.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	68.00–70.00	69.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,281	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,107.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,185	700.00–875.00	788.92

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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