Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2021-09-28

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
373 head
205 vs last sale 578 28 vs year ago 401 · 7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
298 vs last sale 369 141 vs year ago 212 · 66.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
26 vs last sale 26 35 vs year ago 17 · +205.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.41/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$131.41
299 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616140.0386320
Medium and Large 3451135.8361338
Medium and Large 2614130.00799241
One grade step is worth $10.03/cwt here — about $64 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 sale299 hd
131.41
GA average15 barns · 1,029 hd
136.43
−5.01
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
BullsLow1,71078.001,3341thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29659.807759thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18457.8168426
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03053.5355120

Every lot, as filed

38 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 3515117.98/cwt115.00–120.0060810
BullsMedium and Large 3377143.32/cwt140.00–145.005403
BullsMedium and Large 3468121.02/cwt117.00–127.005666
BullsMedium and Large 3570116.39/cwt115.00–118.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 1574128.05/cwt120.00–130.0073514
HeifersMedium and Large 3413120.69/cwt119.00–125.0049812
SteersMedium and Large 1616140.03/cwt131.00–141.0086320
SteersMedium and Large 2685123.97/cwt120.00–128.008494
SteersMedium and Large 3509127.37/cwt122.00–130.006489
SteersMedium and Large 2564134.48/cwt130.00–137.007589
SteersMedium and Large 3372147.62/cwt142.00–150.0054914
SteersMedium and Large 3579119.44/cwt115.00–125.006924
SteersMedium and Large 2615129.93/cwt122.00–132.00799228
SteersMedium and Large 3459133.72/cwt130.00–137.0061411
HeifersMedium and Large 3383125.35/cwt120.00–129.0048023
HeifersMedium and Large 1612121.46/cwt117.00–122.007439
HeifersMedium and Large 3536109.56/cwt106.00–115.005875
HeifersMedium and Large 3318127.79/cwt122.00–132.0040615
HeifersMedium and Large 2618115.05/cwt110.00–118.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 3477115.58/cwt110.00–120.0055110
HeifersMedium and Large 1528131.98/cwt123.00–133.0069725
HeifersMedium and Large 1462131.55/cwt127.00–135.006088
HeifersMedium and Large 2576121.54/cwt120.00–125.0070014
HeifersMedium and Large 2505124.68/cwt120.00–129.006306
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,25859.18/cwt57.00–62.007443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04475.20/cwt70.00–84.007854
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,11860.97/cwt56.00–68.006825
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,45359.93/cwt58.00–62.008712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3901,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,6804
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04287.14/cwt78.00–92.009083
Bulls1,71078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,3341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22863.10/cwt60.00–66.007756
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18654.95/cwt51.00–58.0065218
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43353.19/cwt52.00–56.007623
CowsLean 85-90%1,02853.26/cwt50.00–57.0054813
CowsLean 85-90%1,02859.27/cwt58.00–60.006094
CowsLean 85-90%1,04047.03/cwt45.00–48.004893
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17864.26/cwt61.00–68.007578

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.