Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.58/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$138.58

47 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$1.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	139.17	746	29
Medium and Large 2	517	137.62	711	18thin

One grade step is worth $1.55/cwt here — about $34 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 sale47 hd

138.58

—

GA average9 barns · 807 hd

137.84

+0.74

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	—	Average	1,835	96.35	1,768	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	75.12	875	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,507	73.20	1,103	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	61.26	616	23

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,338	$1,239	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,333	$1,183	2thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 3	—	363	153.96/cwt	150.00–158.00	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	612	129.13/cwt	123.00–130.00	790	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	145.20/cwt	140.00–150.00	690	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	138.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	743	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	134.94/cwt	130.00–140.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	133.53/cwt	132.00–140.00	710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	140.53/cwt	137.00–142.00	819	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	159.74/cwt	159.00–162.00	842	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	123.39/cwt	120.00–128.00	767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	146.70/cwt	142.00–152.00	701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	134.97/cwt	131.00–139.00	791	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	135.74/cwt	130.00–140.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	150.78/cwt	142.00–152.00	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	173.05/cwt	168.00–178.00	805	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	161.02/cwt	157.00–165.00	705	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	1,182.74/head	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,183	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	1,239.16/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,239	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,385	68.87/cwt	65.00–72.00	954	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,413	78.03/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,103	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	85.16/cwt	82.00–88.00	954	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	810	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	96.35/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,768	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	70.82/cwt	68.00–75.00	851	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,396	80.11/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,118	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	71.04/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,095	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	63.92/cwt	60.00–66.00	567	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	73.14/cwt	70.00–77.00	727	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	80.49/cwt	78.00–85.00	899	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	53.03/cwt	50.00–57.00	605	9

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 Jul 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 326Last week 0Year ago 761

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 0Year ago 136

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 0Year ago 55

No trend available due to Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	150.00–158.00	153.96
8	—	612	123.00–130.00	129.13
10	—	475	140.00–150.00	145.20
2	—	583	130.00–140.00	134.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	537	135.00–140.00	138.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	132.00–140.00	133.53
11	—	478	142.00–152.00	146.70
13	—	586	131.00–139.00	134.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	622	120.00–128.00	123.39
3	—	485	130.00–140.00	135.74
8	—	437	142.00–152.00	150.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	137.00–142.00	140.53
2	—	438	157.00–165.00	161.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	527	159.00–162.00	159.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	465	168.00–178.00	173.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,333	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,182.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,338	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,239.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,385	65.00–72.00	68.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,413	76.00–80.00	78.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	82.00–88.00	85.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,835	93.00–98.00	96.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,202	68.00–75.00	70.82
8	—	1,117	78.00–85.00	80.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,396	79.00–82.00	80.11
16	—	1,542	69.00–76.00	71.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	887	60.00–66.00	63.92
4	—	994	70.00–77.00	73.14
9	—	1,141	50.00–57.00	53.03

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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Replacement Cattle

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