Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-10-25

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 25
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 270▼ 16 vs year ago 269 · −5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 109▼ 28 vs year ago 74 · −37.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 18▲ 0 vs year ago 13 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 4.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement Cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.73/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$137.73
60 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.59
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537145.0677912thin
Medium and Large 2478140.1567018thin
Medium and Large 3441133.3658830
One grade step is worth $11.70/cwt here — about $191 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 sale60 hd
137.73
—
GA average15 barns · 1,603 hd
134.15
+3.59
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—Average2,13087.001,8531thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40559.538366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10056.9762713
CowsLean 85-90%Low94649.5246810

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)963$5252thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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—535126.98/cwt125.00–135.006795
BullsMedium and Large 3—377142.51/cwt140.00–150.005375
BullsMedium and Large 3—467127.03/cwt120.00–130.005936
BullsMedium and Large 2—603122.51/cwt120.00–125.007392
BullsMedium and Large 3—275162.72/cwt160.00–165.004473
BullsMedium and Large 3—583117.99/cwt117.00–120.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473130.19/cwt125.00–135.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382138.27/cwt135.00–140.005287
SteersMedium and Large 1—471164.29/cwt162.00–168.007747
SteersMedium and Large 2—485156.02/cwt155.00–160.007575
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526120.72/cwt118.00–128.006357
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423137.67/cwt130.00–140.0058214
SteersMedium and Large 2—738121.46/cwt118.00–125.008962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525146.96/cwt145.00–153.007729
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572139.34/cwt135.00–145.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478140.15/cwt135.00–143.0067018
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—963524.68/head500.00–550.005252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,05075.00/cwt75.00–75.007881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,05067.00/cwt67.00–67.007041
CowsLean 85-90%—92144.89/cwt41.00–49.004135
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13260.98/cwt60.00–62.006905
Bulls——2,13087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,8531
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43060.23/cwt59.00–61.008615
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28056.00/cwt56.00–56.007171
CowsLean 85-90%—97054.15/cwt50.00–58.005255
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08054.47/cwt52.00–57.005888

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.