Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.55/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$159.55

63 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$37.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.50

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	447	170.10	760	12thin
Medium and Large 1	567	160.35	910	45
Medium and Large 3	592	132.50	784	6thin

One grade step is worth $37.60/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale63 hd

159.55

—

GA average16 barns · 1,151 hd

165.06

−5.50

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	1,631	100.24	1,635	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,296	79.96	1,036	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,083	79.19	858	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	68.31	697	19

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	183.17/cwt	180.00–184.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	158.73/cwt	155.00–165.00	514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	158.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	582	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	173.55/cwt	165.00–175.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	152.26/cwt	146.00–156.00	801	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	154.35/cwt	152.00–162.00	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	592	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	784	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	144.47/cwt	140.00–150.00	496	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	121.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	140.52/cwt	135.00–145.00	503	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	152.93/cwt	145.00–155.00	928	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	175.11/cwt	170.00–176.00	744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	173.58/cwt	170.00–175.00	857	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	494	141.78/cwt	140.00–150.00	700	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	147.24/cwt	145.00–150.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	167.50/cwt	160.00–170.00	889	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	147.53/cwt	145.00–150.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	155.05/cwt	150.00–160.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	129.10/cwt	128.00–138.00	822	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,315	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,534	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,075	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,213	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	749	1
Bulls	—	—	1,699	98.99/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,682	5
Bulls	—	—	1,848	107.00/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,977	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	81.39/cwt	80.00–83.00	816	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	59.99/cwt	58.00–65.00	580	7
Bulls	—	—	1,179	88.59/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,044	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	76.79/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,053	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	70.42/cwt	66.00–73.00	753	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	75.84/cwt	73.00–81.00	850	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	84.55/cwt	83.00–88.00	864	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,183	84.72/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,002	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 Apr 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 446Year ago 237

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 130Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 53Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	308	180.00–184.00	183.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	155.00–165.00	158.73
7	—	368	150.00–160.00	158.09
10	—	494	140.00–150.00	141.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	373	165.00–175.00	173.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	526	146.00–156.00	152.26
4	—	388	152.00–162.00	154.35
4	—	430	145.00–150.00	147.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	343	140.00–150.00	144.47
3	—	572	120.00–125.00	121.68
6	—	358	135.00–145.00	140.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	362	145.00–150.00	147.24
10	—	637	128.00–138.00	129.10
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	592	130.00–135.00	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	607	145.00–155.00	152.93
7	—	494	170.00–175.00	173.58
13	—	531	160.00–170.00	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	425	170.00–176.00	175.11
3	—	513	150.00–160.00	155.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	71.00	71.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,699	97.00–102.00	98.99
13	—	1,848	104.00–111.00	107.00
7	—	1,179	85.00–93.00	88.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	80.00–83.00	81.39
7	—	966	58.00–65.00	59.99
9	—	1,069	66.00–73.00	70.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,371	74.00–81.00	76.79
6	—	1,183	83.00–87.00	84.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,121	73.00–81.00	75.84
5	—	1,022	83.00–88.00	84.55

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

Steers · 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