Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	173.72	795	13thin
Medium and Large 2	451	160.76	725	30
Medium and Large 3	442	154.62	683	22

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,546	80.68	1,247	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	65.81	715	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,324	63.91	846	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	46.22	456	34

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 3	—	323	159.36/cwt	155.00–165.00	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	152.01/cwt	150.00–155.00	547	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	165.05/cwt	160.00–170.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	154.58/cwt	151.00–160.00	629	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	145.67/cwt	140.00–150.00	613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	134.41/cwt	130.00–138.00	511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	165.85/cwt	162.00–172.00	711	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	154.30/cwt	150.00–160.00	719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	137.66/cwt	135.00–140.00	439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	132.61/cwt	128.00–138.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	151.64/cwt	147.00–155.00	581	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	146.77/cwt	145.00–150.00	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	127.67/cwt	125.00–129.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	135.97/cwt	130.00–140.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	177.59/cwt	175.00–185.00	776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.41/cwt	165.00–173.00	809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	151.90/cwt	145.00–155.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	155.56/cwt	153.00–160.00	649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	163.25/cwt	160.00–170.00	597	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	947.25/cwt	700.00–1,125.00	10,060	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	81.55/cwt	71.00–88.00	722	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	569	1
Bulls	—	—	1,758	82.28/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,446	7
Bulls	—	—	1,433	89.72/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,286	6
Bulls	—	—	1,478	75.23/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,112	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	54.41/cwt	51.00–58.00	550	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	642	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	44.26/cwt	40.00–47.00	433	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	65.34/cwt	63.00–68.00	711	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,264	75.02/cwt	71.00–78.00	948	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	50.57/cwt	50.00–52.00	705	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	73.15/cwt	70.00–77.00	796	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	51.74/cwt	50.00–53.00	560	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 Jan 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 620Year ago 156

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 69Year ago 215

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 36

No Trend Available due to barn closures during the Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	155.00–165.00	159.36
4	—	360	150.00–155.00	152.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	160.00–170.00	165.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	407	151.00–160.00	154.58
5	—	474	145.00–155.00	151.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	140.00–150.00	145.67
15	—	383	147.00–155.00	151.64
3	—	535	130.00–140.00	135.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	130.00–138.00	134.41
5	—	319	135.00–140.00	137.66
3	—	413	128.00–138.00	132.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	429	162.00–172.00	165.85
8	—	512	145.00–150.00	146.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	150.00–160.00	154.30
3	—	668	125.00–129.00	127.67
5	—	417	153.00–160.00	155.56
9	—	366	160.00–170.00	163.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	175.00–185.00	177.59
7	—	475	165.00–173.00	170.41

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,062	700.00–1,125.00	947.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	885	71.00–88.00	81.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	55.00	55.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,758	80.00–87.00	82.28
6	—	1,433	89.00–91.00	89.72
12	—	1,478	73.00–79.00	75.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,011	51.00–58.00	54.41
1	—	1,070	60.00	60.00
28	—	979	40.00–47.00	44.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	63.00–68.00	65.34
6	—	1,088	70.00–77.00	73.15
3	—	1,082	50.00–53.00	51.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,264	71.00–78.00	75.02
5	—	1,395	50.00–52.00	50.57

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle