Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-07-19

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 19
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
112 vs last sale 326 446 vs year ago 660 · 67.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
57 vs last sale 98 2 vs year ago 39 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.57/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$146.57
96 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2439149.0165425
Medium and Large 1578146.0484568
Medium and Large 3367138.275073thin
One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about $147 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 sale96 hd
146.57
GA average16 barns · 2,207 hd
140.96
+5.62
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
BullsLow1,74383.041,4474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18773.518733thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49570.071,0484thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91467.366153thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 2554143.00/cwt142.00–144.007924
BullsMedium and Large 2440158.70/cwt158.00–161.006984
BullsMedium and Large 2533134.66/cwt130.00–139.007186
BullsMedium and Large 2462153.01/cwt150.00–154.007077
HeifersMedium and Large 1404163.14/cwt162.00–164.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 1531154.83/cwt150.00–158.0082224
SteersMedium and Large 1617153.89/cwt151.00–155.009509
SteersMedium and Large 2616144.60/cwt142.00–146.008913
HeifersMedium and Large 1642137.11/cwt136.00–138.0088037
HeifersMedium and Large 2410154.42/cwt153.00–157.0063311
HeifersMedium and Large 3367138.27/cwt135.00–140.005073
HeifersMedium and Large 2462144.76/cwt140.00–149.0066914
SteersMedium and Large 1688148.11/cwt147.00–154.001,0196
SteersMedium and Large 1486170.80/cwt169.00–177.008307
SteersMedium and Large 3518143.54/cwt141.00–151.007444
Bulls1,56076.71/cwt73.00–80.001,1972
Bulls1,92589.37/cwt86.00–92.001,7202
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55067.43/cwt65.00–70.001,0453
CowsLean 85-90%89372.54/cwt71.00–74.006482
CowsLean 85-90%95557.00/cwt57.00–57.005441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14369.77/cwt68.00–72.007972

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.