Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-01-04

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 456 vs last sale 620▲ 8 vs year ago 156 · +5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 69▼ 132 vs year ago 215 · −61.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▼ 18 vs year ago 36 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend Available due to barn closures during the Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.27/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$161.27
65 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.63
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457173.7279513thin
Medium and Large 2451160.7672530
Medium and Large 3442154.6268322
One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $112 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 sale65 hd
161.27
—
GA average6 barns · 263 hd
164.91
−3.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,54680.681,24725
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08765.8171513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32463.9184611
CowsLean 85-90%Average98646.2245634

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3—323159.36/cwt155.00–165.005154
BullsMedium and Large 3—360152.01/cwt150.00–155.005474
BullsMedium and Large 2—371165.05/cwt160.00–170.006124
HeifersMedium and Large 1—407154.58/cwt151.00–160.006299
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421145.67/cwt140.00–150.006138
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380134.41/cwt130.00–138.005113
SteersMedium and Large 2—429165.85/cwt162.00–172.0071122
SteersMedium and Large 3—466154.30/cwt150.00–160.007195
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319137.66/cwt135.00–140.004395
HeifersMedium and Large 3—413132.61/cwt128.00–138.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383151.64/cwt147.00–155.0058115
SteersMedium and Large 2—512146.77/cwt145.00–150.007518
SteersMedium and Large 3—668127.67/cwt125.00–129.008533
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535135.97/cwt130.00–140.007273
SteersMedium and Large 1—437177.59/cwt175.00–185.007766
SteersMedium and Large 1—475170.41/cwt165.00–173.008097
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474151.90/cwt145.00–155.007205
SteersMedium and Large 3—417155.56/cwt153.00–160.006495
SteersMedium and Large 3—366163.25/cwt160.00–170.005979
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,062947.25/cwt700.00–1,125.0010,0603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—88581.55/cwt71.00–88.007223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,03555.00/cwt55.00–55.005691
Bulls——1,75882.28/cwt80.00–87.001,4467
Bulls——1,43389.72/cwt89.00–91.001,2866
Bulls——1,47875.23/cwt73.00–79.001,11212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01154.41/cwt51.00–58.005505
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07060.00/cwt60.00–60.006421
CowsLean 85-90%—97944.26/cwt40.00–47.0043328
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08865.34/cwt63.00–68.007114
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26475.02/cwt71.00–78.009486
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39550.57/cwt50.00–52.007055
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08873.15/cwt70.00–77.007966
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08251.74/cwt50.00–53.005603

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.