Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves and bull calves 5.00 higher, Heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.82/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$147.82

49 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$9.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.38

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	400	151.51	606	9thin
Medium and Large 1	590	147.50	870	36
Medium and Large 2	510	142.45	726	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale49 hd

147.82

—

GA average14 barns · 761 hd

142.44

+5.38

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	1,579	81.48	1,286	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,409	62.02	874	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,107	60.98	675	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	48.80	493	31

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	413	161.77/cwt	160.00–165.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	170.14/cwt	165.00–175.00	621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	126.70/cwt	122.00–129.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	129.62/cwt	127.00–135.00	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	153.19/cwt	150.00–159.00	490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	156.33/cwt	153.00–160.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	119.60/cwt	115.00–124.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	122.51/cwt	121.00–124.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	162.31/cwt	160.00–167.00	500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	146.77/cwt	145.00–150.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	111.53/cwt	107.00–116.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	131.79/cwt	125.00–135.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	124.10/cwt	120.00–127.00	517	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	175.59/cwt	172.00–180.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	145.46/cwt	140.00–148.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	123.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	131.21/cwt	130.00–135.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	120.71/cwt	115.00–124.00	623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	127.89/cwt	125.00–133.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	117.55/cwt	115.00–120.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	140.27/cwt	140.00–148.00	902	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	42.80/cwt	40.00–47.00	431	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	57.90/cwt	56.00–59.00	595	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	51.17/cwt	48.00–55.00	508	6
Bulls	—	—	1,782	84.65/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,508	9
Bulls	—	—	1,273	75.46/cwt	72.00–79.00	961	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	66.99/cwt	66.00–68.00	833	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	62.35/cwt	58.00–64.00	692	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	54.20/cwt	50.00–56.00	558	4
Bulls	—	—	1,580	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,406	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	61.37/cwt	58.00–64.00	779	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	53.71/cwt	50.00–57.00	833	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	66.75/cwt	66.00–69.00	975	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	63.27/cwt	60.00–66.00	666	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	581	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	456	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	1,305.45/cwt	1,125.00–1,525.00	17,075	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	166.21/cwt	163.00–173.00	524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	143.35/cwt	140.00–145.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	225	169.89/cwt	165.00–175.00	382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	160.19/cwt	157.00–163.00	437	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	111.02/cwt	109.00–113.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	121.84/cwt	115.00–125.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	169.99/cwt	167.00–176.00	724	4

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 Nov 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 308Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 110Year ago 133

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 9Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	160.00–165.00	161.77
4	—	365	165.00–175.00	170.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	122.00–129.00	126.70
3	—	320	150.00–159.00	153.19
3	—	379	140.00–145.00	143.35
2	—	225	165.00–175.00	169.89
2	—	273	157.00–163.00	160.19
2	—	605	109.00–113.00	111.02
3	—	527	115.00–125.00	121.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	510	127.00–135.00	129.62
4	—	368	153.00–160.00	156.33
4	—	315	163.00–173.00	166.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	115.00–124.00	119.60
6	—	417	120.00–127.00	124.10
3	—	367	120.00–130.00	123.45
3	—	313	125.00–133.00	127.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	121.00–124.00	122.51
2	—	705	107.00–116.00	111.53
3	—	530	125.00–135.00	131.79
4	—	668	115.00–120.00	117.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	130.00–135.00	131.21
5	—	516	115.00–124.00	120.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	160.00–167.00	162.31
3	—	413	145.00–150.00	146.77
3	—	478	140.00–148.00	145.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	140.00–145.00	142.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	172.00–180.00	175.59
28	—	643	140.00–148.00	140.27
4	—	426	167.00–176.00	169.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,006	40.00–47.00	42.80
9	—	1,028	56.00–59.00	57.90
6	—	992	48.00–55.00	51.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	66.00–68.00	66.99
11	—	1,110	58.00–64.00	62.35
4	—	1,030	50.00–56.00	54.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,270	58.00–64.00	61.37
4	—	1,550	50.00–57.00	53.71
8	—	1,461	66.00–69.00	66.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,782	80.00–88.00	84.65
6	—	1,273	72.00–79.00	75.46
1	—	1,580	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,053	60.00–66.00	63.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	66.00	66.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	54.00	54.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,308	1,125.00–1,525.00	1,305.45

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

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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle