Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-04-12

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
487 head
▲ 263 vs last sale 224▼ 72 vs year ago 559 · −12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 88▼ 2 vs year ago 101 · −2.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 5▼ 21 vs year ago 36 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves mostly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves steady, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady to 2.00 higher, Replacement Cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.94/cwt on 194 head.
Average price
$145.94
194 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.97
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507148.52752144
Medium and Large 2421142.3859923
Medium and Large 3380135.1651427
One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about $239 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 sale194 hd
145.94
—
GA average15 barns · 1,681 hd
142.97
+2.97
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
Bulls—Low1,623101.821,65215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,29381.191,05023
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12875.6685320
CowsLean 85-90%Low92964.0059414

Every lot, as filed

49 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—618113.26/cwt110.00–115.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575126.46/cwt120.00–128.007275
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531149.22/cwt145.00–151.0079222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359159.34/cwt152.00–162.0057212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328158.79/cwt155.00–163.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558147.34/cwt141.00–150.0082228
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369145.93/cwt140.00–150.005384
SteersMedium and Large 3—337179.90/cwt175.00–185.006063
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235149.10/cwt145.00–152.003503
SteersMedium and Large 2—417178.59/cwt176.00–181.0074518
SteersMedium and Large 2—509155.63/cwt152.00–160.007923
SteersMedium and Large 1—606153.28/cwt149.00–155.0092932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—338142.78/cwt138.00–148.0048311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—408127.46/cwt125.00–135.005207
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328152.76/cwt149.00–155.005015
SteersMedium and Large 1—519169.27/cwt165.00–171.0087931
SteersMedium and Large 1—580160.44/cwt159.00–165.0093112
SteersMedium and Large 2—571152.68/cwt149.00–155.008728
BullsMedium and Large 2—553147.49/cwt145.00–150.008162
BullsMedium and Large 3—478141.35/cwt140.00–150.0067617
BullsMedium and Large 3—332164.14/cwt160.00–170.005457
BullsMedium and Large 3—563130.44/cwt128.00–135.007343
BullsMedium and Large 1—410172.86/cwt170.00–175.007097
BullsMedium and Large 2—668131.63/cwt125.00–135.008793
CowsLean 85-90%—86156.38/cwt54.00–60.004855
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33375.93/cwt72.00–79.001,01211
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26982.02/cwt80.00–87.001,0419
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07882.18/cwt79.00–86.008865
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01665.25/cwt61.00–68.006635
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0051
CowsLean 85-90%—90471.96/cwt70.00–77.006514
Bulls——1,66093.13/cwt89.00–96.001,5465
Bulls——1,578111.21/cwt110.00–113.001,7554
Bulls——1,621102.80/cwt100.00–107.001,6666
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1963
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15371.73/cwt69.00–76.0082714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—88082.00/cwt82.00–82.007221
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—895850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,20065.00/cwt65.00–65.007801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,18076.00/cwt76.00–76.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618138.41/cwt134.00–143.0085529
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464152.82/cwt146.00–154.0070926
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377133.19/cwt130.00–140.005023
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428150.49/cwt148.00–158.0064425
BullsMedium and Large 3—412148.34/cwt145.00–155.006118
BullsMedium and Large 3—377151.59/cwt150.00–155.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—539129.98/cwt125.00–135.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428141.00/cwt138.00–145.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—262160.66/cwt155.00–165.004213

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.