Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady to 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves steady, Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.89/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$122.89

33 head · 387 lb average

Value per head Derived

$475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$5.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.05

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	423	125.04	529	19thin
Medium and Large 3	338	119.98	405	14thin

One grade step is worth $5.06/cwt here — about $124 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 sale33 hd

122.89

—

GA average17 barns · 1,992 hd

122.94

−0.05

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	1,695	80.50	1,364	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,424	60.79	866	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	60.74	753	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	49.46	526	37

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1	—	430	146.14/cwt	142.00–150.00	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	151.91/cwt	150.00–156.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	157.54/cwt	155.00–160.00	528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	132.22/cwt	125.00–135.00	480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	116.00/cwt	113.00–120.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	126.08/cwt	122.00–130.00	470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	147.81/cwt	142.00–155.00	461	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	134.08/cwt	130.00–136.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	119.31/cwt	115.00–123.00	444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	113.18/cwt	110.00–120.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	264	124.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	157.17/cwt	152.00–162.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	143.35/cwt	140.00–145.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	122.33/cwt	120.00–128.00	525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	128.43/cwt	125.00–135.00	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	120.68/cwt	117.00–125.00	381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	124.93/cwt	122.00–126.00	606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	151.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	143.86/cwt	140.00–150.00	551	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,358	987.89/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	13,416	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	63.05/cwt	61.00–64.00	661	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	845	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	637	2
Bulls	—	—	1,905	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,486	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	57.03/cwt	54.00–59.00	831	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	52.66/cwt	50.00–56.00	524	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,231	58.49/cwt	57.00–60.00	720	4
Bulls	—	—	1,485	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,233	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	62.27/cwt	60.00–64.00	765	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	63.61/cwt	60.00–65.00	890	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	45.92/cwt	42.00–49.00	491	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	56.27/cwt	53.00–59.00	707	3

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 715Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 176Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 22Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	142.00–150.00	146.14
3	—	372	150.00–156.00	151.91
4	—	335	155.00–160.00	157.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	125.00–135.00	132.22
3	—	513	113.00–120.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	122.00–130.00	126.08
5	—	429	120.00–128.00	122.33
3	—	335	125.00–135.00	128.43
7	—	485	122.00–126.00	124.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	115.00–123.00	119.31
3	—	430	110.00–120.00	113.18
4	—	264	120.00–130.00	124.88
4	—	316	117.00–125.00	120.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	312	142.00–155.00	147.81
3	—	443	140.00–145.00	143.35
5	—	383	140.00–150.00	143.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	130.00–136.00	134.08
4	—	430	152.00–162.00	157.17
3	—	463	150.00–155.00	151.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,358	975.00–1,000.00	987.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,048	61.00–64.00	63.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,385	61.00	61.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,180	54.00	54.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,485	83.00	83.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	54.00–59.00	57.03
4	—	1,399	60.00–65.00	63.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	995	50.00–56.00	52.66
4	—	1,231	57.00–60.00	58.49
21	—	1,069	42.00–49.00	45.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,229	60.00–64.00	62.27
1	—	1,235	68.00	68.00
3	—	1,257	53.00–59.00	56.27

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