Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-05-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, May 10
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 357▼ 66 vs year ago 248 · −26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 183▲ 207 vs year ago 43 · +481.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 60▼ 108 vs year ago 124 · −87.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves steady, Replacement Cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.44/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$147.44
43 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.87
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2324149.974864thin
Medium and Large 1465149.8169730
Medium and Large 3343138.444759thin
One grade step is worth $11.53/cwt here — about $11 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 sale43 hd
147.44
—
GA average15 barns · 1,343 hd
141.57
+5.87
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—High1,68096.021,61310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33381.051,08036
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13679.3190155
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00069.8569891

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2—482152.79/cwt148.00–156.0073612
BullsMedium and Large 1—620129.56/cwt125.00–134.008034
BullsMedium and Large 3—419148.77/cwt142.00–152.006234
BullsMedium and Large 3—393150.66/cwt150.00–155.005927
BullsMedium and Large 2—358158.30/cwt155.00–165.005673
BullsMedium and Large 3—537124.95/cwt120.00–130.006713
SteersMedium and Large 3—434148.01/cwt145.00–152.006424
SteersMedium and Large 1—543155.83/cwt151.00–160.008465
HeifersMedium and Large 3—231152.16/cwt151.00–158.003516
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324149.97/cwt149.00–153.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313165.11/cwt160.00–168.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377151.46/cwt150.00–155.005719
HeifersMedium and Large 3—567110.99/cwt110.00–113.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535146.43/cwt142.00–150.0078318
SteersMedium and Large 2—454154.48/cwt150.00–156.007014
SteersMedium and Large 3—372162.08/cwt155.00–165.006037
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9931,123.87/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0011,1602
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—845450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,8031
Bulls——1,828107.51/cwt106.00–109.001,9652
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16983.58/cwt81.00–88.0097721
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11576.68/cwt73.00–80.0085534
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36984.55/cwt82.00–89.001,15717
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01768.62/cwt65.00–72.0069853
CowsLean 85-90%—98876.12/cwt73.00–80.0075227
Bulls——1,52089.26/cwt85.00–91.001,3574
Bulls——1,76597.03/cwt95.00–100.001,7134
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30177.92/cwt74.00–81.001,01419
CowsLean 85-90%—94660.42/cwt59.00–64.0057211

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.