Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 5.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder Steers and Steer calves mostly steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Bulls and Bull calves mostly steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.63/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$146.63

87 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$11.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.61

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	147.51	790	78
Medium and Large 2	422	144.38	609	3thin
Medium and Large 3	395	136.42	539	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.09/cwt here — about $251 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 sale87 hd

146.63

—

GA average14 barns · 1,607 hd

142.02

+4.61

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	—	High	1,581	90.12	1,425	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	82.97	1,139	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	79.63	927	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	53.95	535	22

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	418	177.00/cwt	172.00–180.00	740	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	168.80/cwt	164.00–173.00	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	141.00/cwt	139.00–149.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	154.01/cwt	145.00–155.00	747	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	131.03/cwt	125.00–135.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	152.46/cwt	150.00–157.00	637	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	160.01/cwt	156.00–164.00	918	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	179.50/cwt	177.00–187.00	759	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	617	120.55/cwt	117.00–124.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	174.98/cwt	170.00–180.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	170.05/cwt	165.00–175.00	745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	147.83/cwt	145.00–155.00	939	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	145.94/cwt	140.00–150.00	792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	144.38/cwt	140.00–148.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.80/cwt	135.00–145.00	896	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	141.80/cwt	138.00–147.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	187.61/cwt	185.00–190.00	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	167.66/cwt	165.00–170.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	172.75/cwt	170.00–180.00	843	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,188	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,302	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	78.68/cwt	76.00–83.00	842	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	77.26/cwt	73.00–80.00	831	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,149	69.72/cwt	69.00–71.00	801	4
Bulls	—	—	1,955	102.08/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,996	4
Bulls	—	—	1,208	73.80/cwt	71.00–76.00	892	2
Bulls	—	—	1,332	85.06/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,133	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	76.27/cwt	73.00–79.00	925	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	71.02/cwt	70.00–72.00	822	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	77.72/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,082	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	85.18/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,163	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	46.13/cwt	42.00–49.00	449	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	56.42/cwt	52.00–60.00	574	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	85.32/cwt	82.00–90.00	972	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	64.53/cwt	61.00–69.00	641	6

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 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 311Last week 187Year ago 521

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 61Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 14Year ago 98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	418	172.00–180.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	386	164.00–173.00	168.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	556	139.00–149.00	141.00
20	—	485	145.00–155.00	154.01
13	—	418	150.00–157.00	152.46
16	—	543	140.00–150.00	145.94
24	—	632	135.00–145.00	141.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	125.00–135.00	131.03
3	—	380	138.00–147.00	141.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	140.00–148.00	144.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	574	156.00–164.00	160.01
5	—	423	177.00–187.00	179.50
22	—	635	145.00–155.00	147.83
3	—	365	185.00–190.00	187.61
5	—	519	165.00–170.00	167.66
12	—	488	170.00–180.00	172.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	117.00–124.00	120.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	170.00–180.00	174.98
3	—	438	165.00–175.00	170.05

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	1	—	1,050	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,385	94.00	94.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,070	76.00–83.00	78.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,075	73.00–80.00	77.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,149	69.00–71.00	69.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,955	97.00–105.00	102.08
2	—	1,208	71.00–76.00	73.80
3	—	1,332	80.00–91.00	85.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,213	73.00–79.00	76.27
4	—	1,158	70.00–72.00	71.02
9	—	1,139	82.00–90.00	85.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,392	73.00–79.00	77.72
19	—	1,365	82.00–90.00	85.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	973	42.00–49.00	46.13
6	—	1,018	52.00–60.00	56.42
6	—	994	61.00–69.00	64.53

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