Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves mostly steady, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.84/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$144.84

87 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$13.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.97

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	150.73	668	32
Medium and Large 2	472	143.31	677	38
Medium and Large 3	372	137.16	510	17thin

One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $158 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 sale87 hd

144.84

—

GA average16 barns · 2,177 hd

141.86

+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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,574	93.95	1,479	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,431	78.37	1,121	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	78.17	924	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	64.55	664	14

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2	—	374	161.30/cwt	158.00–163.00	603	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	121.04/cwt	119.00–125.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	371	148.40/cwt	143.00–153.00	551	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	149.55/cwt	147.00–152.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	142.63/cwt	140.00–145.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	138.74/cwt	135.00–140.00	613	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	152.74/cwt	149.00–155.00	878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	152.54/cwt	150.00–155.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	158.88/cwt	155.00–165.00	570	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	166.75/cwt	165.00–170.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	153.93/cwt	146.00–156.00	559	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	135.22/cwt	130.00–138.00	484	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	143.97/cwt	139.00–149.00	764	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	165.90/cwt	160.00–168.00	783	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	147.45/cwt	142.00–149.00	473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	122.31/cwt	119.00–129.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	155.42/cwt	148.00–158.00	580	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	140.40/cwt	135.00–145.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	149.99/cwt	145.00–155.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	160.05/cwt	155.00–165.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	160.22/cwt	155.00–163.00	509	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	469	128.97/cwt	125.00–135.00	605	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	152.49/cwt	146.00–156.00	654	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	115.04/cwt	110.00–120.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	122.02/cwt	120.00–124.00	833	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	801	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	993	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	606	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	104.25/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,994	4
Bulls	—	—	1,131	83.44/cwt	82.00–84.00	944	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,114	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	68.29/cwt	66.00–70.00	738	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	60.82/cwt	58.00–65.00	595	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	83.05/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,048	3
Bulls	—	—	1,681	95.37/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,603	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	75.13/cwt	71.00–78.00	870	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	84.29/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,171	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	76.19/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,102	19

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 May 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 182Year ago 461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 250Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 16Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	374	158.00–163.00	161.30
3	—	470	140.00–145.00	142.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	119.00–125.00	121.04
7	—	371	143.00–153.00	148.40
15	—	442	135.00–140.00	138.74
4	—	318	155.00–163.00	160.22
10	—	469	125.00–135.00	128.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	147.00–152.00	149.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	149.00–155.00	152.74
11	—	472	160.00–168.00	165.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	150.00–155.00	152.54
8	—	359	155.00–165.00	158.88
2	—	580	130.00–140.00	135.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	165.00–170.00	166.75
3	—	480	155.00–165.00	160.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	363	146.00–156.00	153.93
11	—	531	139.00–149.00	143.97
3	—	620	119.00–129.00	122.31
3	—	428	135.00–145.00	140.40
6	—	585	125.00–130.00	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	358	130.00–138.00	135.22
6	—	321	142.00–149.00	147.45
2	—	585	110.00–120.00	115.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	148.00–158.00	155.42
4	—	484	145.00–155.00	149.99
21	—	429	146.00–156.00	152.49
2	—	683	120.00–124.00	122.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,068	75.00	75.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	993	61.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,913	101.00–107.00	104.25
5	—	1,131	82.00–84.00	83.44
8	—	1,681	93.00–97.00	95.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,262	81.00–85.00	83.05
10	—	1,158	71.00–78.00	75.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,080	66.00–70.00	68.29
7	—	978	58.00–65.00	60.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,389	81.00–88.00	84.29
19	—	1,446	73.00–79.00	76.19

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle