Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves 2.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.85/cwt on 249 head.

Average price

$173.85

249 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$23.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.43

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	176.43	805	214
Medium and Large 2	509	160.80	819	23
Medium and Large 3	467	152.92	713	12thin

One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about $92 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 sale249 hd

173.85

—

GA average15 barns · 1,631 hd

177.29

−3.43

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	—	Average	1,445	107.39	1,552	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,122	87.01	976	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,422	85.79	1,220	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	876	80.37	704	25

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)	1,078	$978	16

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	230.72/cwt	229.00–231.00	754	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	160.17/cwt	160.00–162.00	995	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	162.20/cwt	160.00–168.00	662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	173.29/cwt	170.00–179.00	795	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	183.62/cwt	180.00–189.00	784	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	181.72/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,061	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	171.85/cwt	170.00–172.00	971	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	218.10/cwt	216.00–219.00	859	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.92/cwt	160.00–167.00	864	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	204.07/cwt	200.00–205.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	143.05/cwt	140.00–147.00	878	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	243.93/cwt	240.00–247.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	224.18/cwt	220.00–228.00	841	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	207.01/cwt	205.00–208.00	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	155.05/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,014	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	173.00/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	164.51/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	193.97/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,045	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	204.29/cwt	200.00–205.00	944	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	332	212.04/cwt	210.00–215.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	223.35/cwt	220.00–225.00	766	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	176.72/cwt	175.00–178.00	758	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	189.59/cwt	188.00–190.00	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	182.33/cwt	180.00–185.00	789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	234.92/cwt	230.00–240.00	752	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	81.68/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,150	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	77.98/cwt	75.00–80.00	913	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	74.00/cwt	71.00–77.00	675	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	89.00/cwt	86.00–93.00	815	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	80.93/cwt	79.00–85.00	664	10
Bulls	—	—	1,369	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,471	5
Bulls	—	—	1,033	98.09/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,013	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	92.82/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,015	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	84.55/cwt	82.00–89.00	957	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,363	1
Bulls	—	—	1,847	113.50/cwt	111.00–116.00	2,096	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	97.16/cwt	86.00–102.00	1,056	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	1,107.80/head	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,108	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,075	848.26/head	800.00–925.00	848	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	90.40/cwt	83.00–95.00	818	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	96.78/cwt	85.00–109.00	846	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	214.57/cwt	213.00–218.00	929	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	143.65/cwt	143.00–145.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	156.57/cwt	150.00–159.00	842	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	173.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	157.54/cwt	155.00–160.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	196.80/cwt	191.00–198.00	734	20

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 Feb 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 517Last week 416Year ago 147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 112Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 58Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	327	229.00–231.00	230.72
12	—	621	160.00–162.00	160.17
14	—	565	170.00–172.00	171.85
12	—	394	216.00–219.00	218.10
21	—	654	152.00–156.00	155.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	584	180.00–187.00	181.72
3	—	331	240.00–247.00	243.93
20	—	375	220.00–228.00	224.18
6	—	602	172.00–175.00	173.00
4	—	680	163.00–165.00	164.51
35	—	539	190.00–198.00	193.97
7	—	462	200.00–205.00	204.29
26	—	433	213.00–218.00	214.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	205.00–208.00	207.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	160.00–168.00	162.20
6	—	525	143.00–145.00	143.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	459	170.00–179.00	173.29
50	—	427	180.00–189.00	183.62
50	—	527	160.00–167.00	163.92
5	—	327	200.00–205.00	204.07
20	—	373	191.00–198.00	196.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	140.00–147.00	143.05
10	—	538	150.00–159.00	156.57
9	—	431	170.00–175.00	173.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	210.00–215.00	212.04
7	—	429	175.00–178.00	176.72
2	—	680	140.00–145.00	142.54
2	—	522	155.00–160.00	157.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	220.00–225.00	223.35
3	—	433	180.00–185.00	182.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	413	188.00–190.00	189.59
2	—	320	230.00–240.00	234.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	78.00–85.00	81.68
1	—	1,450	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,171	75.00–80.00	77.98
12	—	1,093	90.00–97.00	92.82
10	—	1,132	82.00–89.00	84.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	912	71.00–77.00	74.00
6	—	916	86.00–93.00	89.00
10	—	820	79.00–85.00	80.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,369	105.00–110.00	107.45
2	—	1,033	95.00–101.00	98.09
3	—	1,847	111.00–116.00	113.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,087	86.00–102.00	97.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	905	83.00–95.00	90.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	874	85.00–109.00	96.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	74.00	74.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	78.00	78.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,081	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,107.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,075	800.00–925.00	848.26

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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