Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 5.00 higher, Bulls 4.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 higher, Steer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Heifer calves 1.00 higher, Bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.12/cwt on 232 head.

Average price

$143.12

232 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$190

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$29.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.12

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	391	154.09	603	48
Medium and Large 1	571	142.68	815	159
Medium and Large 2	636	124.80	793	25

One grade step is worth $29.29/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale232 hd

143.12

—

GA average14 barns · 733 hd

138.99

+4.12

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	—	Low	1,530	87.21	1,335	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	78.00	1,229	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	70.46	874	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	935	51.01	477	37

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,183	77.08/cwt	75.00–79.00	912	2
Bulls	—	—	1,412	84.11/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,188	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	81.53/cwt	80.00–84.00	951	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	63.86/cwt	61.00–69.00	835	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,229	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	44.38/cwt	40.00–48.00	407	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	132.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	112.70/cwt	110.00–116.00	602	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	123.91/cwt	120.00–125.00	883	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	716	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	61.90/cwt	60.00–64.00	622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	150.24/cwt	142.00–152.00	771	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	134.98/cwt	132.00–138.00	648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	124.60/cwt	120.00–129.00	538	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	114.95/cwt	112.00–118.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	142.50/cwt	138.00–148.00	534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	144.04/cwt	140.00–147.00	807	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	118.56/cwt	116.00–124.00	727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	135.39/cwt	130.00–136.00	852	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	123.72/cwt	120.00–126.00	646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	135.88/cwt	135.00–139.00	658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	120.36/cwt	115.00–125.00	558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	124.51/cwt	121.00–129.00	642	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	139.77/cwt	133.00–143.00	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	120.07/cwt	115.00–121.00	804	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	58.07/cwt	57.00–59.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	158.29/cwt	150.00–159.00	586	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	130.16/cwt	130.00–135.00	694	61
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,046	703.78/cwt	650.00–750.00	7,362	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	523	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	62.78/cwt	60.00–65.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	141.77/cwt	135.00–142.00	617	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	124.38/cwt	120.00–129.00	576	12
Bulls	—	—	1,731	92.77/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,606	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	54.30/cwt	51.00–58.00	516	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	62.82/cwt	60.00–65.00	604	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	74.29/cwt	70.00–79.00	886	12

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 Jun 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 598Last week 484Year ago 417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 71Year ago 132

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 40Year ago 33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	75.00–79.00	77.08
6	—	1,412	81.00–88.00	84.11
7	—	1,731	90.00–99.00	92.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	80.00–84.00	81.53
12	—	1,307	61.00–69.00	63.86
12	—	1,192	70.00–79.00	74.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	78.00	78.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	916	40.00–48.00	44.38
8	—	951	51.00–58.00	54.30
9	—	962	60.00–65.00	62.82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	130.00–135.00	132.56
4	—	585	112.00–118.00	114.95
5	—	375	138.00–148.00	142.50
6	—	522	120.00–126.00	123.72
12	—	463	120.00–129.00	124.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	584	120.00–125.00	122.55
6	—	480	132.00–138.00	134.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	534	110.00–116.00	112.70
10	—	432	120.00–129.00	124.60
5	—	464	115.00–125.00	120.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	116.00–124.00	118.56
61	—	533	130.00–135.00	130.16
61	—	435	135.00–142.00	141.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	121.00–129.00	124.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	713	120.00–125.00	123.91
67	—	513	142.00–152.00	150.24
31	—	560	140.00–147.00	144.04
52	—	629	130.00–136.00	135.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	484	135.00–139.00	135.88
39	—	370	150.00–159.00	158.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	133.00–143.00	139.77
19	—	670	115.00–121.00	120.07

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,005	60.00–64.00	61.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	670	78.00	78.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	970	60.00–65.00	62.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	57.00–59.00	58.07
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,046	650.00–750.00	703.78

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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Steers · 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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Replacement Cattle