Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.25/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$141.25

56 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.27

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	347	151.17	525	23
Medium and Large 1	549	143.93	791	13thin
Medium and Large 3	434	128.10	555	20

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale56 hd

141.25

—

GA average15 barns · 1,381 hd

136.98

+4.27

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,335	104.00	1,388	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,352	69.30	937	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	68.50	817	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	53.32	531	7thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1	—	365	191.95/cwt	190.00–193.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	126.53/cwt	125.00–128.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	137.23/cwt	135.00–143.00	852	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	149.68/cwt	149.00–153.00	730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	149.45/cwt	144.00–150.00	583	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	114.91/cwt	112.00–118.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	164.57/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,053	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	168.11/cwt	160.00–169.00	689	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	164.03/cwt	160.00–165.00	591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	194.67/cwt	190.00–200.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	152.50/cwt	147.00–153.00	479	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	135.99/cwt	130.00–139.00	510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	678	95.13/cwt	90.00–100.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	127.51/cwt	125.00–130.00	532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	190.51/cwt	189.00–195.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	167.11/cwt	165.00–170.00	815	8
Bulls	—	—	1,335	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,388	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	766	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	63.97/cwt	61.00–66.00	887	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	70.72/cwt	69.00–72.00	924	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,118	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	55.42/cwt	53.00–59.00	567	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	48.08/cwt	47.00–49.00	445	2

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 Nov 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 186Last week 239Year ago 266

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 51Year ago 101

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	190.00–193.00	191.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	125.00–128.00	126.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	621	135.00–143.00	137.23
7	—	488	149.00–153.00	149.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	390	144.00–150.00	149.45
13	—	314	147.00–153.00	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	112.00–118.00	114.91
12	—	375	130.00–139.00	135.99
2	—	678	90.00–100.00	95.13
4	—	417	125.00–130.00	127.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	640	160.00–165.00	164.57
4	—	373	189.00–195.00	190.51
8	—	488	165.00–170.00	167.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	160.00–169.00	168.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	160.00–165.00	164.03
2	—	230	190.00–200.00	194.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	104.00	104.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	71.00	71.00
1	—	1,160	66.00	66.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	61.00–66.00	63.97
3	—	1,307	69.00–72.00	70.72
1	—	1,380	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,023	53.00–59.00	55.42
2	—	925	47.00–49.00	48.08

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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