Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-06-07

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 232▼ 374 vs year ago 598 · −62.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 24▼ 20 vs year ago 84 · −23.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 36 · −44.4%
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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 higher, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Replacement Cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.65/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$168.65
66 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$55
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.16
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2384170.9065610thin
Medium and Large 1497168.3383650
Medium and Large 3424167.567106thin
One grade step is worth $3.34/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale66 hd
168.65
—
GA average12 barns · 613 hd
159.49
+9.16
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—Low1,22086.211,0522thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42380.521,14620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13579.2489914
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04766.6869814

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,086$9737

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—432148.97/cwt145.00–155.006443
BullsMedium and Large 3—372138.41/cwt135.00–140.005153
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425145.66/cwt142.00–148.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512152.15/cwt145.00–155.007795
SteersMedium and Large 2—467165.88/cwt160.00–168.007754
SteersMedium and Large 2—328174.25/cwt168.00–178.005726
SteersMedium and Large 1—629156.74/cwt150.00–159.009864
SteersMedium and Large 1—466177.82/cwt173.00–179.008296
SteersMedium and Large 3—424167.56/cwt162.00–169.007106
SteersMedium and Large 1—538165.97/cwt160.00–168.0089318
SteersMedium and Large 1—577158.37/cwt155.00–160.009148
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465157.87/cwt150.00–159.0073410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413158.78/cwt157.00–160.0065610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364159.30/cwt155.00–160.005807
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570124.07/cwt122.00–128.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373146.76/cwt140.00–149.005478
SteersMedium and Large 1—373176.30/cwt175.00–180.0065814
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—842609.31/head550.00–700.006093
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—975925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00583.00/cwt83.00–83.008341
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,28584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0791
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3671,352.44/head1,000.00–1,850.001,3523
Bulls——1,22086.21/cwt85.00–87.001,0522
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1531
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48474.43/cwt70.00–76.001,1055
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00974.53/cwt71.00–78.007524
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35679.74/cwt77.00–84.001,08110
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49688.17/cwt85.00–91.001,3195
CowsLean 85-90%—94258.81/cwt58.00–60.005543
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11465.56/cwt63.00–70.007307
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17370.94/cwt69.00–72.008323
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10480.95/cwt78.00–85.0089410

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.