Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.28/cwt on 217 head.

Average price

$139.28

217 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$10.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	142.28	786	106
Medium and Large 2	555	139.64	775	65
Medium and Large 3	452	131.84	595	46

One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $191 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 sale217 hd

139.28

—

GA average15 barns · 1,793 hd

140.53

−1.25

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	1,598	107.60	1,719	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,304	80.47	1,049	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,065	80.19	854	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	61.51	590	23

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	415	167.38/cwt	165.00–170.00	695	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	334	170.06/cwt	165.00–171.00	568	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	150.94/cwt	148.00–155.00	645	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	128.74/cwt	125.00–135.00	855	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	148.92/cwt	143.00–152.00	792	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	147.58/cwt	143.00–150.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	154.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	633	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	149.48/cwt	140.00–150.00	870	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	155.56/cwt	150.00–160.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	179.70/cwt	173.00–183.00	954	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	130.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	548	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	148.28/cwt	140.00–150.00	491	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	113.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	194.80/cwt	190.00–199.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	157.14/cwt	153.00–160.00	979	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	170.57/cwt	163.00–172.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.87/cwt	145.00–155.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	123.99/cwt	119.00–128.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	122.45/cwt	120.00–127.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	139.98/cwt	135.00–144.00	858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	119.52/cwt	115.00–125.00	697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	138.68/cwt	130.00–139.00	818	47
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	675	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	960.32/cwt	925.00–1,000.00	8,672	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	793.96/cwt	725.00–875.00	6,947	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,029	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	52.49/cwt	50.00–55.00	436	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	82.08/cwt	81.00–84.00	704	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	392	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	783	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	394	1
Bulls	—	—	1,582	105.85/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,675	6
Bulls	—	—	1,730	113.64/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,966	8
Bulls	—	—	1,356	98.13/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,331	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	87.04/cwt	85.00–89.00	977	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	994	72.74/cwt	70.00–75.00	723	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	79.89/cwt	77.00–84.00	853	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,277	74.45/cwt	72.00–77.00	951	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,269	80.66/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,024	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	87.86/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,232	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	66.25/cwt	63.00–70.00	655	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	56.34/cwt	54.00–61.00	523	11

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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 547Last week 196Year ago 926

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 55Year ago 198

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 24Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	415	165.00–170.00	167.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	334	165.00–171.00	170.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	427	148.00–155.00	150.94
35	—	664	125.00–135.00	128.74
37	—	532	143.00–152.00	148.92
6	—	613	135.00–144.00	139.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	143.00–150.00	147.58
9	—	375	145.00–155.00	147.87
4	—	636	120.00–127.00	122.45
47	—	590	130.00–139.00	138.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	420	125.00–135.00	130.55
15	—	331	140.00–150.00	148.28
5	—	613	110.00–120.00	113.04
3	—	540	119.00–128.00	123.99
9	—	583	115.00–125.00	119.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	150.00–155.00	154.46
6	—	378	163.00–172.00	170.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	582	140.00–150.00	149.48
3	—	528	150.00–160.00	155.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	531	173.00–183.00	179.70
3	—	322	190.00–199.00	194.80
20	—	623	153.00–160.00	157.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	925.00–1,000.00	960.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	875	725.00–875.00	793.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	98.00	98.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	858	81.00–84.00	82.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	870	90.00	90.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	830	50.00–55.00	52.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	53.00	53.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	54.00	54.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,582	102.00–109.00	105.85
8	—	1,730	110.00–117.00	113.64
4	—	1,356	95.00–101.00	98.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,123	85.00–89.00	87.04
7	—	994	70.00–75.00	72.74
9	—	1,068	77.00–84.00	79.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,277	72.00–77.00	74.45
13	—	1,269	78.00–85.00	80.66
7	—	1,402	86.00–91.00	87.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	988	63.00–70.00	66.25
11	—	928	54.00–61.00	56.34

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle