Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2022-11-15

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 15
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
305 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 186▲ 27 vs year ago 278 · +9.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 25▲ 65 vs year ago 48 · +135.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 0▼ 20 vs year ago 37 · −54.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.30/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$169.30
81 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.61
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529172.9991664
Medium and Large 2394164.8764910thin
Medium and Large 3558141.887917thin
One grade step is worth $31.11/cwt here — about $125 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 sale81 hd
169.30
—
GA average15 barns · 1,708 hd
159.68
+9.61
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—Average1,61482.841,3378thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13968.7478323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45667.7398621
CowsLean 85-90%Average95553.9451534

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)990$1,0251thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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—307174.59/cwt167.00–177.005365
BullsMedium and Large 3—533135.85/cwt130.00–137.007246
BullsMedium and Large 1—464173.02/cwt172.00–177.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—453134.68/cwt130.00–137.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323138.72/cwt135.00–143.004482
SteersMedium and Large 1—427185.78/cwt178.00–188.007939
SteersMedium and Large 3—588141.66/cwt135.00–145.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1—692147.32/cwt146.00–150.001,0193
SteersMedium and Large 1—578169.32/cwt166.00–173.0097924
SteersMedium and Large 2—625132.48/cwt130.00–135.008282
SteersMedium and Large 3—535142.04/cwt140.00–148.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 3—408130.04/cwt125.00–135.005313
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375133.80/cwt130.00–135.005024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310154.19/cwt150.00–160.004785
SteersMedium and Large 1—322196.98/cwt195.00–198.006343
SteersMedium and Large 2—415170.69/cwt167.00–175.007083
SteersMedium and Large 2—288174.34/cwt173.00–180.005025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479152.62/cwt145.00–155.0073122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564145.09/cwt140.00–146.0081811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409153.29/cwt150.00–155.0062713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626143.40/cwt138.00–148.0089811
SteersMedium and Large 1—525172.11/cwt168.00–175.0090425
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—99971.23/cwt67.00–75.007124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,03871.07/cwt67.00–75.007383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06375.00/cwt75.00–75.007972
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,10562.00/cwt62.00–62.006851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9901,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—98556.00/cwt56.00–56.005521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,12062.14/cwt60.00–64.006962
Bulls——1,87891.43/cwt91.00–92.001,7172
Bulls——1,52679.98/cwt77.00–83.001,2206
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41472.78/cwt71.00–75.001,0295
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13266.83/cwt63.00–69.0075714
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46966.15/cwt62.00–69.0097216
CowsLean 85-90%—98453.18/cwt50.00–57.0052313
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00163.54/cwt60.00–67.0063610
CowsLean 85-90%—88046.10/cwt42.00–49.0040611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14971.71/cwt70.00–75.008249

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.