Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend Available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.47/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$151.47

22 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	154.13	822	16thin
Medium and Large 3	318	152.06	484	3thin
Medium and Large 2	617	136.68	843	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.45/cwt here — about −$22 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

151.47

—

GA average16 barns · 2,011 hd

148.14

+3.33

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	1,801	91.61	1,650	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,407	65.84	926	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,095	65.07	713	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	830	52.22	434	14

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	525	167.97/cwt	165.00–170.00	882	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	188.63/cwt	183.00–193.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	182.44/cwt	179.00–186.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	703	118.02/cwt	113.00–123.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	145.02/cwt	140.00–146.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	160.31/cwt	158.00–164.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	158.51/cwt	156.00–160.00	862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	136.68/cwt	135.00–140.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	152.06/cwt	150.00–154.00	484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	184.00/cwt	180.00–185.00	784	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	643	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	335	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	923	65.64/cwt	62.00–69.00	606	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	561	1
Bulls	—	—	1,070	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,188	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	84.49/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,462	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	70.51/cwt	68.00–75.00	955	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,319	59.07/cwt	58.00–60.00	779	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	53.95/cwt	51.00–58.00	460	9
Bulls	—	—	2,036	92.11/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,875	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	59.93/cwt	58.00–61.00	677	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	64.53/cwt	60.00–67.00	936	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	789	49.11/cwt	48.00–50.00	387	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	65.48/cwt	62.00–69.00	716	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,054	70.97/cwt	70.00–73.00	748	4

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 Dec 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 128Last week 285Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 141Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 12Year ago 0

No Trend Available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	165.00–170.00	167.97
2	—	418	179.00–186.00	182.44
2	—	703	113.00–123.00	118.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	183.00–193.00	188.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	140.00–146.00	145.02
6	—	473	158.00–164.00	160.31
4	—	544	156.00–160.00	158.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	135.00–140.00	136.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	150.00–154.00	152.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	170.00–180.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	180.00–185.00	184.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	71.00	71.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	45.00	45.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	62.00–69.00	65.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	111.00	111.00
3	—	1,730	82.00–86.00	84.49
4	—	2,036	90.00–94.00	92.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,355	68.00–75.00	70.51
4	—	1,319	58.00–60.00	59.07
22	—	1,451	60.00–67.00	64.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	853	51.00–58.00	53.95
5	—	789	48.00–50.00	49.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,129	58.00–61.00	59.93
5	—	1,094	62.00–69.00	65.48
4	—	1,054	70.00–73.00	70.97

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle