Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-08-02

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
23 vs last sale 193 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
9 vs last sale 47 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
22 vs last sale 5 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.43/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$147.43
44 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.27
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562147.5682937
Medium and Large 2372146.755467thin
One grade step is worth $0.81/cwt here — about $283 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 sale44 hd
147.43
GA average15 barns · 1,266 hd
142.16
+5.27
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
BullsAverage1,33090.001,1971thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42771.651,02215
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05970.447468thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02156.205744thin

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)1,062$38110

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1554146.63/cwt145.00–153.008125
BullsMedium and Large 2352162.39/cwt160.00–163.005725
BullsMedium and Large 3472139.28/cwt135.00–143.006573
BullsMedium and Large 3436143.79/cwt141.00–151.006275
HeifersMedium and Large 1490151.70/cwt149.00–154.007439
SteersMedium and Large 2492169.28/cwt167.00–170.008334
SteersMedium and Large 1642158.83/cwt157.00–160.001,0206
SteersMedium and Large 3568145.11/cwt140.00–150.008242
SteersMedium and Large 1528168.34/cwt165.00–170.008896
SteersMedium and Large 1320187.54/cwt185.00–190.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 1385156.10/cwt152.00–160.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 1626143.72/cwt140.00–147.0090019
HeifersMedium and Large 1530150.22/cwt145.00–152.007967
HeifersMedium and Large 2313157.56/cwt155.00–160.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 2420140.12/cwt135.00–145.005892
HeifersMedium and Large 2380143.96/cwt140.00–147.005473
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,35068.00/cwt68.00–68.009181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29076.00/cwt76.00–76.009801
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-31,062381.27/head300.00–475.0038110
Bulls1,33090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45369.12/cwt68.00–71.001,0048
CowsLean 85-90%1,02156.20/cwt54.00–60.005744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05673.09/cwt70.00–78.007725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06566.01/cwt61.00–69.007033
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39774.55/cwt72.00–80.001,0417

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.