Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-06-15

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 15
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
896 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 778▲ 337 vs year ago 559 · +60.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 146▲ 61 vs year ago 169 · +36.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 54▲ 32 vs year ago 28 · +114.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 5.00 higher, Steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Bull calves 3.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.59/cwt on 363 head.
Average price
$134.59
363 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512135.77695238
Medium and Large 2460132.9861178
Medium and Large 3362131.2847547
One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about $220 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 sale363 hd
134.59
—
GA average14 barns · 1,709 hd
124.49
+10.09
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—Average1,69494.211,5968thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54073.181,12718
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28572.3292967
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12862.0370061

Every lot, as filed

64 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—427133.91/cwt130.00–139.005725
BullsMedium and Large 2—523124.22/cwt120.00–128.006504
HeifersMedium and Large 2—513131.30/cwt127.00–132.0067414
HeifersMedium and Large 2—389134.71/cwt130.00–140.0052413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—576120.99/cwt118.00–125.006975
BullsMedium and Large 2—363145.00/cwt140.00–147.0052613
BullsMedium and Large 2—581116.48/cwt110.00–119.006777
BullsMedium and Large 2—333163.40/cwt160.00–165.005443
SteersMedium and Large 1—457165.99/cwt164.00–167.007596
SteersMedium and Large 1—354169.63/cwt168.00–172.006005
SteersMedium and Large 1—620147.08/cwt144.00–150.0091234
SteersMedium and Large 1—569148.61/cwt142.00–152.0084627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—407141.28/cwt138.00–145.0057545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570133.06/cwt130.00–135.0075827
SteersMedium and Large 1—525151.50/cwt150.00–159.0079554
SteersMedium and Large 1—428166.65/cwt161.00–168.0071347
BullsMedium and Large 1—566135.38/cwt130.00–137.0076610
BullsMedium and Large 1—320173.13/cwt170.00–180.005546
SteersMedium and Large 1—776125.77/cwt120.00–128.0097616
SteersMedium and Large 1—712130.81/cwt130.00–134.0093111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513134.52/cwt132.00–137.0069068
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474138.24/cwt135.00–142.0065553
BullsMedium and Large 1—505134.90/cwt132.00–138.0068111
BullsMedium and Large 1—415154.72/cwt150.00–157.006423
SteersMedium and Large 1—658143.96/cwt140.00–146.009476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624130.84/cwt124.00–134.0081645
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54583.27/cwt80.00–89.001,2873
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52175.36/cwt70.00–79.001,1469
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56764.87/cwt60.00–69.001,0176
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18065.47/cwt62.00–69.0077321
Bulls——1,77694.01/cwt91.00–99.001,6705
Bulls——1,61386.81/cwt84.00–89.001,4002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—83055.00/cwt55.00–55.004571
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,22972.32/cwt67.00–77.008897
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16764.50/cwt60.00–69.0075331
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11454.90/cwt50.00–59.0061222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31981.94/cwt80.00–88.001,0817
Bulls——1,445110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5901
HeifersMedium and Large 3—358127.25/cwt125.00–132.004566
BullsMedium and Large 3—431134.07/cwt130.00–138.005787
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33574.29/cwt70.00–79.0099239
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01672.10/cwt70.00–76.007338
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,060789.67/cwt600.00–875.008,37110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0601,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,86510
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310138.05/cwt130.00–139.0042825
SteersMedium and Large 3—460142.93/cwt140.00–146.006574
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,22771.22/cwt62.00–82.008745
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04868.89/cwt63.00–75.007224
BullsMedium and Large 3—313154.80/cwt150.00–160.004854
BullsMedium and Large 3—526122.96/cwt120.00–128.006476
SteersMedium and Large 3—432144.78/cwt140.00–148.0062510
HeifersMedium and Large 3—432124.00/cwt120.00–128.0053611
SteersMedium and Large 3—512132.38/cwt130.00–135.006785
SteersMedium and Large 3—583125.04/cwt122.00–128.007294
BullsMedium and Large 3—362144.92/cwt140.00–150.005257
HeifersMedium and Large 3—471118.26/cwt115.00–123.005575
BullsMedium and Large 3—586116.43/cwt110.00–119.006827
SteersMedium and Large 2—460153.34/cwt150.00–157.0070519
SteersMedium and Large 2—576136.47/cwt130.00–140.007865
SteersMedium and Large 2—686130.78/cwt125.00–135.008974
SteersMedium and Large 2—620133.72/cwt128.00–137.008293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470134.16/cwt126.00–136.0063130
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415134.57/cwt130.00–139.0055816
SteersMedium and Large 2—521143.41/cwt140.00–149.0074727

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.