Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2023-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Steer Calves steady to 3.00 higher, Feeder Bulls and Bull Calves lightly tested, Feeder Heifers and Heifer Calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, Replacement Cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.42/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$157.42

52 head · 383 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	388	165.39	642	25
Medium and Large 2	387	150.44	582	22
Medium and Large 3	336	148.29	499	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.09/cwt here — about $143 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 sale52 hd

157.42

—

GA average15 barns · 1,459 hd

155.56

+1.86

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	—	Low	1,694	106.46	1,803	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	92.95	1,396	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	88.98	1,022	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	922	72.93	672	35

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)	938	$908	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	131.42/cwt	128.00–135.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	142.06/cwt	141.00–150.00	609	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	197.18/cwt	195.00–200.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	171.93/cwt	168.00–173.00	789	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	143.29/cwt	140.00–147.00	534	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	692	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	87.05/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,086	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	82.25/cwt	81.00–84.00	969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	364	217.60/cwt	210.00–220.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	151.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	169.35/cwt	167.00–170.00	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	203.03/cwt	198.00–208.00	879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	197.15/cwt	190.00–199.00	913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	176.29/cwt	170.00–177.00	596	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	214.08/cwt	210.00–215.00	721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	151.63/cwt	150.00–155.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	164.62/cwt	160.00–170.00	629	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	215.97/cwt	215.00–217.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	186.41/cwt	179.00–188.00	1,038	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	169.77/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,134	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	180.66/cwt	180.00–185.00	764	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	154.91/cwt	150.00–160.00	648	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	78.17/cwt	77.00–79.00	739	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	812.85/head	750.00–875.00	813	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,002.30/head	925.00–1,075.00	1,002	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	714	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	84.31/cwt	83.00–86.00	833	3
Bulls	—	—	1,588	102.27/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,624	3
Bulls	—	—	1,800	110.65/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,992	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	87.39/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,002	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	79.90/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,151	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	861	62.29/cwt	59.00–65.00	536	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	87.74/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,354	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	97.60/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,444	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	74.01/cwt	70.00–77.00	682	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	80.17/cwt	78.00–85.00	780	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	95.28/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,124	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	79.68/cwt	76.00–83.00	873	12

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 Jan 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 149Year ago 155

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 68Year ago 153

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 6Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	128.00–135.00	131.42
9	—	338	170.00–177.00	176.29
12	—	382	160.00–170.00	164.62
2	—	418	150.00–160.00	154.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	429	141.00–150.00	142.06
5	—	357	150.00–155.00	151.65
5	—	317	167.00–170.00	169.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	140.00–147.00	143.29
3	—	312	150.00–155.00	151.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	195.00–200.00	197.18
5	—	337	210.00–215.00	214.08
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	168.00–173.00	171.93
8	—	423	180.00–185.00	180.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	198.00–208.00	203.03
5	—	463	190.00–199.00	197.15
2	—	335	215.00–217.00	215.97
6	—	557	179.00–188.00	186.41
8	—	668	162.00–171.00	169.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	210.00–220.00	217.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	71.00	71.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	945	77.00–79.00	78.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	965	74.00	74.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	85.00–90.00	87.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,178	81.00–84.00	82.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	988	83.00–86.00	84.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	750.00–875.00	812.85
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	925.00–1,075.00	1,002.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,588	97.00–105.00	102.27
3	—	1,800	107.00–114.00	110.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,147	84.00–91.00	87.39
21	—	1,180	92.00–99.00	95.28
12	—	1,096	76.00–83.00	79.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,440	78.00–82.00	79.90
21	—	1,543	85.00–92.00	87.74
32	—	1,480	93.00–100.00	97.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	861	59.00–65.00	62.29
15	—	921	70.00–77.00	74.01
11	—	973	78.00–85.00	80.17

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

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