Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.41/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$150.41

97 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$21.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.07

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	157.37	785	50
Medium and Large 2	433	150.64	652	23
Medium and Large 3	406	135.68	550	24

One grade step is worth $21.69/cwt here — about $234 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 sale97 hd

150.41

—

GA average15 barns · 1,743 hd

143.34

+7.07

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	1,651	99.70	1,646	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,372	76.61	1,051	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,060	74.75	792	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	952	64.16	611	31

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	535	150.44/cwt	148.00–157.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	226	152.03/cwt	150.00–158.00	344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	119.73/cwt	117.00–125.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	166.20/cwt	162.00–170.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	167.10/cwt	165.00–172.00	615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	153.40/cwt	149.00–158.00	874	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	168.03/cwt	165.00–175.00	726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	167.68/cwt	159.00–169.00	962	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	165.84/cwt	162.00–170.00	542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	676	121.28/cwt	115.00–125.00	820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	154.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	161.23/cwt	160.00–165.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	151.88/cwt	147.00–157.00	422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	151.61/cwt	145.00–155.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	134.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	151.36/cwt	147.00–155.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	157.15/cwt	155.00–165.00	745	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	139.53/cwt	137.00–147.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	154.18/cwt	151.00–161.00	811	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	139.34/cwt	135.00–145.00	584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	148.44/cwt	141.00–151.00	993	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,349	72.95/cwt	70.00–76.00	984	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,338	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	79.86/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,105	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	997	78.47/cwt	76.00–82.00	782	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	73.38/cwt	70.00–76.00	703	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	55.32/cwt	51.00–58.00	467	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	65.94/cwt	62.00–69.00	657	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	72.34/cwt	69.00–75.00	796	17
Bulls	—	—	1,554	99.47/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,546	8
Bulls	—	—	1,372	86.79/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,191	6
Bulls	—	—	1,923	108.51/cwt	106.00–110.00	2,087	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	640	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,002	60.60/cwt	58.00–65.00	607	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	961	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	75.35/cwt	74.00–79.00	891	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	978	710.74/cwt	650.00–775.00	6,951	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,136	70.94/cwt	70.00–73.00	806	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	734	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	1,065.91/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	10,947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	163.28/cwt	160.00–170.00	536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	141.93/cwt	137.00–147.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	662	99.95/cwt	95.00–105.00	662	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 Feb 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 262Last week 272Year ago 620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 73Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 11Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	148.00–157.00	150.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	226	150.00–158.00	152.03
3	—	532	117.00–125.00	119.73
3	—	278	147.00–157.00	151.88
4	—	371	137.00–147.00	139.53
7	—	419	135.00–145.00	139.34
3	—	662	95.00–105.00	99.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	162.00–170.00	166.20
7	—	368	165.00–172.00	167.10
15	—	570	149.00–158.00	153.40
7	—	474	155.00–165.00	157.15
16	—	526	151.00–161.00	154.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	145.00–155.00	151.61
4	—	570	130.00–138.00	134.98
3	—	375	147.00–155.00	151.36
8	—	328	160.00–170.00	163.28
5	—	529	137.00–147.00	141.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	432	165.00–175.00	168.03
15	—	574	159.00–169.00	167.68
4	—	669	141.00–151.00	148.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	162.00–170.00	165.84
4	—	378	160.00–165.00	161.23
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	115.00–125.00	121.28
5	—	345	150.00–160.00	154.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,349	70.00–76.00	72.95
1	—	1,520	88.00	88.00
10	—	1,384	77.00–83.00	79.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	997	76.00–82.00	78.47
17	—	1,100	69.00–75.00	72.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	958	70.00–76.00	73.38
8	—	845	51.00–58.00	55.32
19	—	996	62.00–69.00	65.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,554	97.00–103.00	99.47
6	—	1,372	84.00–91.00	86.79
9	—	1,923	106.00–110.00	108.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	64.00	64.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,002	58.00–65.00	60.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,136	70.00–73.00	70.94
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,130	85.00	85.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,183	74.00–79.00	75.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	89.00	89.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	650.00–775.00	710.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,027	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,065.91

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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