Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-04-26

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 26
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
508 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 357▲ 312 vs year ago 196 · +159.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 114▲ 44 vs year ago 40 · +110.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 22▼ 11 vs year ago 30 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.83/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$148.83
119 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.46
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481151.9773188
Medium and Large 2409148.3060621
Medium and Large 3562122.2968710thin
One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $44 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 sale119 hd
148.83
—
GA average16 barns · 1,680 hd
143.36
+5.46
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—Average1,779102.811,82912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08575.018149thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35172.6798112
CowsLean 85-90%Average96462.9160725

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,11563.00/cwt63.00–63.007022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—80065.00/cwt65.00–65.005202
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,6901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438144.98/cwt142.00–148.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 3—608115.06/cwt110.00–120.007002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—524126.45/cwt123.00–130.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 3—576121.74/cwt120.00–125.007014
SteersMedium and Large 1—522164.15/cwt160.00–169.008575
SteersMedium and Large 2—393178.81/cwt170.00–180.0070312
SteersMedium and Large 1—632152.82/cwt150.00–155.0096611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462158.52/cwt150.00–160.0073225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562141.72/cwt136.00–146.0079611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—390158.57/cwt155.00–163.0061826
SteersMedium and Large 3—456143.68/cwt141.00–150.006556
SteersMedium and Large 3—515141.60/cwt138.00–145.007292
SteersMedium and Large 3—593138.01/cwt135.00–141.008182
SteersMedium and Large 2—618137.47/cwt135.00–140.008502
SteersMedium and Large 3—423153.86/cwt152.00–162.0065110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—311158.30/cwt152.00–162.004927
BullsMedium and Large 3—515128.17/cwt125.00–135.006606
BullsMedium and Large 3—421148.45/cwt145.00–155.006257
BullsMedium and Large 3—372160.13/cwt155.00–161.005967
BullsMedium and Large 2—532146.58/cwt140.00–150.007803
BullsMedium and Large 3—465140.57/cwt135.00–145.006545
SteersMedium and Large 2—538151.99/cwt150.00–155.008184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530147.97/cwt145.00–150.0078421
BullsMedium and Large 2—467150.51/cwt145.00–155.007037
BullsMedium and Large 3—327162.59/cwt160.00–165.005323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386153.02/cwt150.00–155.005918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—661124.21/cwt120.00–130.008215
SteersMedium and Large 2—672137.96/cwt132.00–142.009278
HeifersMedium and Large 2—611123.01/cwt121.00–125.007524
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,01568.00/cwt68.00–68.006901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,27580.42/cwt79.00–82.001,0252
Bulls——1,721101.05/cwt98.00–102.001,7394
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01466.43/cwt62.00–69.0067416
Bulls——1,50595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4302
Bulls——1,909106.59/cwt103.00–108.002,0356
CowsLean 85-90%—87656.66/cwt53.00–60.004969
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12781.04/cwt79.00–87.009133
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06471.99/cwt69.00–76.007666
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1951
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34771.46/cwt69.00–76.0096311

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.