Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-09-27

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 397 vs last sale 562▼ 208 vs year ago 373 · −55.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 160▲ 189 vs year ago 71 · +266.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 19▼ 15 vs year ago 52 · −28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves unevenly steady, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Replacement Cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.78/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$172.78
22 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.72
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2419176.0873816thin
Medium and Large 3435163.977136thin
One grade step is worth $12.11/cwt here — about $25 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 sale22 hd
172.78
—
GA average14 barns · 885 hd
161.06
+11.72
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—Average1,50298.551,4805thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,31667.7089174
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13267.2976177
CowsLean 85-90%Average95260.9758040

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)1,043$9825

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1—655134.03/cwt130.00–138.008782
BullsMedium and Large 2—527141.73/cwt137.00–145.007473
BullsMedium and Large 2—582134.36/cwt130.00–138.007823
BullsMedium and Large 2—286192.63/cwt190.00–194.005513
BullsMedium and Large 3—563123.98/cwt120.00–127.006983
BullsMedium and Large 3—380166.20/cwt165.00–170.006324
SteersMedium and Large 3—485152.53/cwt150.00–155.007404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585128.82/cwt127.00–130.007545
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240165.61/cwt160.00–170.003974
SteersMedium and Large 2—470164.90/cwt162.00–168.007752
SteersMedium and Large 3—335186.85/cwt182.00–192.006262
BullsMedium and Large 3—323172.56/cwt170.00–175.005572
BullsMedium and Large 3—438156.48/cwt153.00–160.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422129.98/cwt125.00–135.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326137.38/cwt130.00–139.004488
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363128.51/cwt127.00–130.004662
SteersMedium and Large 2—412177.68/cwt175.00–180.0073214
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0481,027.45/head950.00–1,100.001,0274
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,025800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,26572.00/cwt72.00–72.009111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,15784.54/cwt80.00–88.009783
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10570.00/cwt70.00–70.007741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,15463.63/cwt62.00–69.007345
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,28382.19/cwt80.00–84.001,0542
Bulls——1,506100.44/cwt99.00–103.001,5134
Bulls——1,48591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,3511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13571.93/cwt71.00–75.008167
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01080.00/cwt80.00–80.008081
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31466.42/cwt63.00–69.0087354
CowsLean 85-90%—96363.72/cwt61.00–68.0061421
CowsLean 85-90%—98371.66/cwt70.00–75.007043
CowsLean 85-90%—93255.35/cwt51.00–58.0051616
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13366.64/cwt63.00–70.0075569
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32271.17/cwt70.00–73.0094120

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.