Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, bull calves lightly tested , heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.56/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$132.56

166 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$15.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.99

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	134.73	657	116
Medium and Large 2	402	129.32	520	41
Medium and Large 3	407	119.35	486	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.38/cwt here — about $171 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 sale166 hd

132.56

—

GA average17 barns · 2,539 hd

131.56

+0.99

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,121	66.56	746	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	64.55	972	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	905	51.22	464	9thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	54.91/cwt	53.00–57.00	449	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	49.38/cwt	47.00–52.00	469	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	62.27/cwt	57.00–64.00	674	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	75.96/cwt	73.00–80.00	865	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	67.77/cwt	65.00–72.00	776	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	66.91/cwt	64.00–71.00	1,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	130.38/cwt	130.00–133.00	662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	122.93/cwt	121.00–129.00	709	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.23/cwt	122.00–132.00	583	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	148.50/cwt	148.00–149.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	136.00/cwt	134.00–137.00	842	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	147.39/cwt	145.00–151.00	609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	113.69/cwt	113.00–115.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	142.22/cwt	140.00–146.00	687	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	121.33/cwt	121.00–122.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	134.31/cwt	131.00–139.00	416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	114.87/cwt	114.00–118.00	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	164.12/cwt	164.00–165.00	538	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	157.03/cwt	153.00–159.00	479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	136.11/cwt	136.00–137.00	800	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	142.98/cwt	141.00–148.00	539	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	131.89/cwt	131.00–134.00	555	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	153.85/cwt	149.00–154.00	775	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	286	136.71/cwt	133.00–139.00	391	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	143.29/cwt	143.00–144.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	122.18/cwt	121.00–128.00	463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	118.34/cwt	118.00–120.00	618	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	61.41/cwt	60.00–63.00	925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	126.50/cwt	124.00–128.00	922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	137.18/cwt	134.00–138.00	653	68
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	1,151.94/cwt	900.00–1,325.00	14,883	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	848.44/cwt	775.00–925.00	9,503	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,254	66.03/cwt	64.00–69.00	828	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,363	55.52/cwt	55.00–56.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	153.14/cwt	151.00–158.00	639	13

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 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 559Last week 237Year ago 455

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 140Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 36Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	53.00–57.00	54.91
6	—	949	47.00–52.00	49.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,082	57.00–64.00	62.27
4	—	1,139	73.00–80.00	75.96
22	—	1,145	65.00–72.00	67.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,505	64.00–71.00	66.91
3	—	1,507	60.00–63.00	61.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	508	130.00–133.00	130.38
10	—	577	121.00–129.00	122.93
3	—	630	121.00–122.00	121.33
7	—	704	114.00–118.00	114.87
20	—	377	141.00–148.00	142.98
68	—	476	134.00–138.00	137.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	469	122.00–132.00	124.23
5	—	310	131.00–139.00	134.31
9	—	421	131.00–134.00	131.89
10	—	286	133.00–139.00	136.71
6	—	522	118.00–120.00	118.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	113.00–115.00	113.69
6	—	379	121.00–128.00	122.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	148.00–149.00	148.50
6	—	619	134.00–137.00	136.00
71	—	504	149.00–154.00	153.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	483	140.00–146.00	142.22
8	—	328	164.00–165.00	164.12
9	—	588	136.00–137.00	136.11
7	—	546	143.00–144.00	143.29
4	—	729	124.00–128.00	126.50
13	—	417	151.00–158.00	153.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	305	153.00–159.00	157.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	145.00–151.00	147.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,292	900.00–1,325.00	1,151.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,120	775.00–925.00	848.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,254	64.00–69.00	66.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,363	55.00–56.00	55.52

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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle