Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-01-03

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 0▼ 40 vs year ago 164 · −24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 323 vs last sale 390▼ 16 vs year ago 83 · −19.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 18 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trend available due to Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.07/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$158.07
26 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.44
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443159.9970920
Medium and Large 2343157.035394thin
Medium and Large 3425140.955992thin
One grade step is worth $19.04/cwt here — about $110 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 sale26 hd
158.07
—
GA average6 barns · 661 hd
148.63
+9.44
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—Average1,44990.731,31513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11375.9584516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39474.181,03411
CowsLean 85-90%High91466.4860823

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)912$9878

Every lot, as filed

29 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—323204.81/cwt200.00–210.006622
BullsMedium and Large 1—463172.03/cwt167.00–177.007962
BullsMedium and Large 2—463160.14/cwt155.00–165.007412
BullsMedium and Large 1—368198.97/cwt198.00–203.007325
BullsMedium and Large 3—320182.62/cwt180.00–185.005842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514158.03/cwt150.00–160.008125
SteersMedium and Large 2—273207.28/cwt200.00–209.005665
SteersMedium and Large 2—333198.00/cwt196.00–200.006596
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318161.68/cwt157.00–166.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425140.95/cwt137.00–145.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580143.37/cwt141.00–148.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368152.38/cwt150.00–155.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365166.14/cwt164.00–169.006069
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422161.41/cwt160.00–164.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1—347211.99/cwt211.00–215.007364
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—921914.84/head875.00–950.009155
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8971,106.04/head950.00–1,200.001,1063
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01071.00/cwt71.00–71.007171
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—97571.00/cwt71.00–71.006921
Bulls——1,75694.51/cwt91.00–98.001,6604
Bulls——1,19986.21/cwt83.00–90.001,0347
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08280.31/cwt77.00–84.008696
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13173.33/cwt69.00–76.0082910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39880.03/cwt79.00–81.001,1192
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39372.88/cwt69.00–76.001,0159
CowsLean 85-90%—87676.30/cwt73.00–78.006684
CowsLean 85-90%—90659.65/cwt56.00–63.005407
Bulls——1,71099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6932
CowsLean 85-90%—93267.20/cwt64.00–70.0062612

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.