Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	140.03	863	20
Medium and Large 3	451	135.83	613	38
Medium and Large 2	614	130.00	799	241

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,710	78.00	1,334	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,296	59.80	775	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	57.81	684	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	53.53	551	20

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	117.98/cwt	115.00–120.00	608	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	143.32/cwt	140.00–145.00	540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	121.02/cwt	117.00–127.00	566	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	116.39/cwt	115.00–118.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	128.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	735	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	120.69/cwt	119.00–125.00	498	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	140.03/cwt	131.00–141.00	863	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	123.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	509	127.37/cwt	122.00–130.00	648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	134.48/cwt	130.00–137.00	758	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	147.62/cwt	142.00–150.00	549	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	579	119.44/cwt	115.00–125.00	692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	129.93/cwt	122.00–132.00	799	228
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	133.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	125.35/cwt	120.00–129.00	480	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	121.46/cwt	117.00–122.00	743	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	109.56/cwt	106.00–115.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	127.79/cwt	122.00–132.00	406	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	115.05/cwt	110.00–118.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	115.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	551	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	131.98/cwt	123.00–133.00	697	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	131.55/cwt	127.00–135.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	121.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	700	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	124.68/cwt	120.00–129.00	630	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,258	59.18/cwt	57.00–62.00	744	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,044	75.20/cwt	70.00–84.00	785	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	60.97/cwt	56.00–68.00	682	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,453	59.93/cwt	58.00–62.00	871	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	16,680	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	87.14/cwt	78.00–92.00	908	3
Bulls	—	—	1,710	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,334	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,228	63.10/cwt	60.00–66.00	775	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	54.95/cwt	51.00–58.00	652	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	53.19/cwt	52.00–56.00	762	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	53.26/cwt	50.00–57.00	548	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	59.27/cwt	58.00–60.00	609	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	47.03/cwt	45.00–48.00	489	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	64.26/cwt	61.00–68.00	757	8

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 Sep 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 373Last week 578Year ago 401

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 369Year ago 212

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 26Year ago 17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	115.00–120.00	117.98
3	—	377	140.00–145.00	143.32
6	—	468	117.00–127.00	121.02
5	—	570	115.00–118.00	116.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	574	120.00–130.00	128.05
9	—	612	117.00–122.00	121.46
25	—	528	123.00–133.00	131.98
8	—	462	127.00–135.00	131.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	413	119.00–125.00	120.69
23	—	383	120.00–129.00	125.35
5	—	536	106.00–115.00	109.56
15	—	318	122.00–132.00	127.79
10	—	477	110.00–120.00	115.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	110.00–118.00	115.05
14	—	576	120.00–125.00	121.54
6	—	505	120.00–129.00	124.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	616	131.00–141.00	140.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	685	120.00–128.00	123.97
9	—	564	130.00–137.00	134.48
228	—	615	122.00–132.00	129.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	509	122.00–130.00	127.37
14	—	372	142.00–150.00	147.62
4	—	579	115.00–125.00	119.44
11	—	459	130.00–137.00	133.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,258	57.00–62.00	59.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,118	56.00–68.00	60.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,453	58.00–62.00	59.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,044	70.00–84.00	75.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,042	78.00–92.00	87.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,390	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	78.00	78.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,228	60.00–66.00	63.10
3	—	1,433	52.00–56.00	53.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,186	51.00–58.00	54.95
8	—	1,178	61.00–68.00	64.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,028	50.00–57.00	53.26
4	—	1,028	58.00–60.00	59.27
3	—	1,040	45.00–48.00	47.03

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle