Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves and heifer calves steady, 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 $126.98/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$126.98

95 head · 441 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.01/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 1	494	130.17	644	29
Medium and Large 2	433	127.54	552	42
Medium and Large 3	389	122.16	476	24

One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $168 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 sale95 hd

126.98

—

GA average16 barns · 2,180 hd

127.04

−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	—	Average	2,010	81.00	1,628	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,481	62.39	924	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	57.48	728	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	45.44	465	15

Every lot, as filed

36 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 2	—	382	154.34/cwt	150.00–157.00	590	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	146.02/cwt	145.00–147.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	162.47/cwt	160.00–165.00	513	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	133.39/cwt	130.00–135.00	574	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	487	127.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	281	156.04/cwt	150.00–158.00	438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	122.04/cwt	120.00–124.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	152.18/cwt	150.00–157.00	650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	154.64/cwt	150.00–157.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	403	119.71/cwt	117.00–125.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	486	114.27/cwt	110.00–118.00	555	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	126.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	116.41/cwt	112.00–119.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	144.58/cwt	138.00–148.00	824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	491	146.80/cwt	140.00–149.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	134.06/cwt	130.00–136.00	448	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	134.70/cwt	130.00–136.00	492	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	134.78/cwt	130.00–136.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	133.99/cwt	130.00–137.00	559	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	125.15/cwt	120.00–127.00	461	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	307	124.78/cwt	122.00–130.00	383	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	143.71/cwt	140.00–147.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	132.73/cwt	130.00–134.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	114.65/cwt	110.00–120.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	120.75/cwt	118.00–124.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	123.89/cwt	120.00–127.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	122.34/cwt	118.00–125.00	621	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	1,038.38/cwt	1,025.00–1,050.00	11,734	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,073	876.57/cwt	850.00–900.00	9,406	4
Bulls	—	—	2,010	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,628	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	61.81/cwt	58.00–65.00	831	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	54.01/cwt	50.00–57.00	650	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	61.49/cwt	58.00–64.00	903	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,010	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	51.53/cwt	49.00–54.00	543	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	43.23/cwt	41.00–48.00	437	11

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 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 278Last week 266Year ago 248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 101Year ago 161

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 17Year ago 41

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	382	150.00–157.00	154.34
4	—	414	145.00–147.00	146.02
5	—	316	160.00–165.00	162.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	130.00–135.00	133.39
5	—	487	120.00–130.00	127.39
4	—	281	150.00–158.00	156.04
4	—	373	140.00–147.00	143.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	120.00–124.00	122.04
6	—	427	150.00–157.00	152.18
4	—	491	140.00–149.00	146.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	150.00–157.00	154.64
6	—	570	138.00–148.00	144.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	117.00–125.00	119.71
5	—	486	110.00–118.00	114.27
13	—	368	120.00–127.00	125.15
3	—	307	122.00–130.00	124.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	120.00–130.00	126.11
7	—	579	112.00–119.00	116.41
8	—	334	130.00–136.00	134.06
11	—	365	130.00–136.00	134.70
5	—	472	120.00–127.00	123.89
5	—	508	118.00–125.00	122.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	130.00–136.00	134.78
14	—	417	130.00–137.00	133.99
3	—	523	130.00–134.00	132.73
3	—	673	110.00–120.00	114.65
4	—	626	118.00–124.00	120.75

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	—	1,130	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,038.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,073	850.00–900.00	876.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,010	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	58.00–65.00	61.81
5	—	1,204	50.00–57.00	54.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,469	58.00–64.00	61.49
1	—	1,530	66.00	66.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,053	49.00–54.00	51.53
11	—	1,011	41.00–48.00	43.23

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