Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.27/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$122.27

99 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$271

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$11.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	445	123.81	551	55
Medium and Large 3	364	120.92	440	41
Medium and Large 1	732	112.34	822	3thin

One grade step is worth $11.47/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale99 hd

122.27

—

GA average15 barns · 1,634 hd

117.76

+4.50

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	—	Average	1,708	83.43	1,425	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,462	58.08	849	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	57.54	702	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	51.44	508	29

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	535	113.96/cwt	110.00–118.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	586	113.05/cwt	110.00–115.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	120.40/cwt	115.00–125.00	574	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	124.85/cwt	120.00–130.00	534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	113.92/cwt	110.00–117.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	127.05/cwt	125.00–130.00	473	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	123.76/cwt	120.00–127.00	604	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	274	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	349	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	139.62/cwt	132.00–142.00	733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	123.39/cwt	120.00–125.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	112.34/cwt	110.00–114.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	269	133.98/cwt	130.00–137.00	360	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	114.60/cwt	110.00–119.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	132.69/cwt	129.00–139.00	612	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	144.13/cwt	140.00–146.00	693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	124.12/cwt	120.00–128.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	492	116.01/cwt	115.00–118.00	571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	119.47/cwt	115.00–122.00	626	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	122.61/cwt	117.00–127.00	402	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	527	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	115.71/cwt	112.00–122.00	483	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	128.40/cwt	125.00–132.00	860	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	689.46/cwt	600.00–775.00	7,687	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	58.31/cwt	55.00–61.00	573	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	553	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	75.81/cwt	70.00–83.00	642	3
Bulls	—	—	1,708	83.43/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,425	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	62.99/cwt	60.00–66.00	733	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	55.64/cwt	54.00–57.00	816	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	55.32/cwt	52.00–59.00	557	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	561	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	46.89/cwt	43.00–49.00	460	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	55.09/cwt	52.00–59.00	686	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	65.40/cwt	62.00–69.00	947	2

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 Oct 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 373Year ago 377

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 71Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 52Year ago 31

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	110.00–118.00	113.96
5	—	586	110.00–115.00	113.05
6	—	477	115.00–125.00	120.40
4	—	428	120.00–130.00	124.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	110.00–117.00	113.92
9	—	372	125.00–130.00	127.05
10	—	488	120.00–127.00	123.76
5	—	269	130.00–137.00	133.98
9	—	524	115.00–122.00	119.47
16	—	422	120.00–130.00	124.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	274	125.00–130.00	127.45
6	—	492	115.00–118.00	116.01
12	—	328	117.00–127.00	122.61
12	—	417	112.00–122.00	115.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	110.00–114.00	112.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	525	132.00–142.00	139.62
3	—	633	120.00–125.00	123.39
6	—	481	140.00–146.00	144.13
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	110.00–119.00	114.60
9	—	461	129.00–139.00	132.69
4	—	568	120.00–128.00	124.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	125.00–132.00	128.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,115	600.00–775.00	689.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	983	55.00–61.00	58.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	55.00	55.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	847	70.00–83.00	75.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,708	82.00–85.00	83.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,164	60.00–66.00	62.99
29	—	1,245	52.00–59.00	55.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,467	54.00–57.00	55.64
2	—	1,448	62.00–69.00	65.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,007	52.00–59.00	55.32
3	—	935	60.00	60.00
15	—	982	43.00–49.00	46.89

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle