Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-03-08

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
196 head
49 vs last sale 147 143 vs year ago 339 · 42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
47 vs last sale 102 24 vs year ago 31 · +77.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
8 vs last sale 16 163 vs year ago 187 · 87.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves mostly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady 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 $147.99/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$147.99
55 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$104
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.88
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476150.7671711thin
Medium and Large 3421148.0462428
Medium and Large 1562146.0082116thin
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about −$104 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 sale55 hd
147.99
GA average14 barns · 1,966 hd
145.11
+2.88
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
BullsAverage1,38299.021,3684thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30783.241,08821
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12581.7892016
CowsLean 85-90%Average88065.495767thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 2330180.98/cwt177.00–185.005974
BullsMedium and Large 3267168.50/cwt165.00–175.004503
BullsMedium and Large 1662128.49/cwt125.00–130.008516
BullsMedium and Large 3368149.86/cwt145.00–155.005513
BullsMedium and Large 2484156.40/cwt150.00–160.0075719
BullsMedium and Large 2378179.96/cwt178.00–182.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 3462145.15/cwt138.00–148.0067115
HeifersMedium and Large 1585146.61/cwt141.00–149.008585
HeifersMedium and Large 3371154.09/cwt148.00–157.005724
SteersMedium and Large 1659154.63/cwt145.00–155.001,01941
SteersMedium and Large 3318178.19/cwt175.00–180.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 2417157.94/cwt150.00–160.006598
HeifersMedium and Large 1526149.60/cwt147.00–154.007878
HeifersMedium and Large 1622135.40/cwt132.00–142.008423
HeifersMedium and Large 2632131.60/cwt130.00–135.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 3420146.02/cwt140.00–150.006135
HeifersMedium and Large 3320155.33/cwt150.00–157.004974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-399565.00/cwt65.00–65.006472
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10575.25/cwt72.00–79.008325
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,056993.35/cwt925.00–1,125.0010,4905
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,000749.75/cwt725.00–775.007,4982
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15687.72/cwt87.00–89.001,0144
Bulls1,18295.03/cwt92.00–99.001,1233
Bulls1,980111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,1981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14375.46/cwt74.00–77.008635
CowsLean 85-90%90867.40/cwt65.00–71.006126
CowsLean 85-90%71054.00/cwt54.00–54.003831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09482.91/cwt78.00–85.009077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25183.06/cwt79.00–86.001,03911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32190.84/cwt87.00–93.001,2006
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43972.32/cwt70.00–77.001,0414

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.