Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-03-01

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
115 vs last sale 262 760 vs year ago 907 · 83.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
30 vs last sale 132 8 vs year ago 94 · +8.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
11 vs last sale 27 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows mostly steady, Slaughter Bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves unevenly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement Cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.20/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$150.20
53 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2344156.615387thin
Medium and Large 1473152.6072235
Medium and Large 3369138.4751111thin
One grade step is worth $18.13/cwt here — about $27 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 sale53 hd
150.20
GA average15 barns · 1,256 hd
146.89
+3.31
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
BullsHigh1,506101.991,53522
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18277.7791922
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48975.991,13123
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04468.1871225

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1482163.69/cwt160.00–169.007893
BullsMedium and Large 1419172.48/cwt165.00–174.007236
BullsMedium and Large 2342169.95/cwt165.00–175.005813
BullsMedium and Large 2465145.07/cwt140.00–150.006753
BullsMedium and Large 3423135.16/cwt130.00–140.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 1376159.90/cwt155.00–165.0060117
HeifersMedium and Large 3438128.38/cwt125.00–135.005623
SteersMedium and Large 2437178.99/cwt177.00–180.007823
SteersMedium and Large 3330173.16/cwt170.00–177.005715
SteersMedium and Large 1574160.34/cwt155.00–162.009208
HeifersMedium and Large 3283150.00/cwt147.00–153.004253
HeifersMedium and Large 1579144.83/cwt140.00–147.0083913
HeifersMedium and Large 1527148.00/cwt145.00–149.007805
HeifersMedium and Large 2375150.60/cwt149.00–153.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 2320161.11/cwt157.00–165.005164
HeifersMedium and Large 3380137.61/cwt135.00–140.005235
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,8131
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3974663.67/cwt600.00–725.006,4644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296083.00/cwt83.00–83.007971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-387070.00/cwt70.00–70.006091
Bulls1,540113.68/cwt110.00–117.001,7513
CowsLean 85-90%1,08470.07/cwt67.00–74.0076017
CowsLean 85-90%97276.30/cwt75.00–79.007423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28879.19/cwt76.00–83.001,0208
Bulls1,38994.91/cwt92.00–99.001,3189
Bulls1,600104.86/cwt101.00–109.001,67810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08278.74/cwt76.00–83.008529
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45588.45/cwt87.00–91.001,2874
CowsLean 85-90%94956.89/cwt54.00–60.005405
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15987.44/cwt85.00–91.001,0136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33068.22/cwt65.00–72.009077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64769.13/cwt65.00–72.001,13911

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.