Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2023-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $219.32/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$219.32

84 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$54

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

$41.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	386	253.50	978	6thin
Medium and Large 2	494	220.51	1,090	41
Medium and Large 3	485	212.47	1,031	37

One grade step is worth $41.03/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale84 hd

219.32

—

GA average13 barns · 720 hd

220.44

−1.11

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	1,820	119.72	2,179	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,351	95.80	1,295	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,106	95.02	1,051	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	895	89.07	797	12

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)	1,317	$1,327	6

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2	—	715	153.50/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	193.74/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,019	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	197.26/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,030	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	232.87/cwt	230.00–237.00	764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	569	185.93/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,058	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	209.33/cwt	207.00–212.00	877	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	214.26/cwt	212.00–215.00	782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	174.50/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,050	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,317	1,326.58/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,327	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	102.02/cwt	90.00–109.00	921	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	641	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	96.40/cwt	90.00–100.00	947	3
Bulls	—	—	1,245	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,345	1
Bulls	—	—	1,721	125.33/cwt	121.00–128.00	2,157	4
Bulls	—	—	2,143	116.14/cwt	115.00–118.00	2,489	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	93.81/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,050	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	99.03/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,093	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	87.40/cwt	84.00–89.00	924	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	94.17/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,301	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	100.10/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,339	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	86.86/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,169	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	86.38/cwt	85.00–88.00	779	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	93.82/cwt	91.00–96.00	833	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	76.45/cwt	75.00–78.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	182.22/cwt	180.00–185.00	871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	188.34/cwt	187.00–190.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	199.28/cwt	195.00–200.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	208.62/cwt	205.00–213.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	208.51/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	235.32/cwt	230.00–240.00	979	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	250.61/cwt	249.00–251.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	182.97/cwt	181.00–188.00	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	207.73/cwt	205.00–210.00	958	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	168.67/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,106	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	160.52/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,180	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	243.49/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	222.76/cwt	220.00–228.00	967	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	171.00/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,180	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	258.50/cwt	257.00–259.00	962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	212.78/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,151	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	196.55/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,236	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	243.51/cwt	240.00–245.00	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	212.52/cwt	210.00–215.00	969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	680	145.29/cwt	144.00–148.00	988	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	203.52/cwt	202.00–205.00	946	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	242.46/cwt	240.00–245.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	309	252.47/cwt	250.00–255.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	228.97/cwt	228.00–230.00	953	2

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 Mar 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 226Last week 375Year ago 446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 137Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 9Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	150.00–155.00	153.50
7	—	352	195.00–200.00	199.28
5	—	328	205.00–213.00	208.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	526	190.00–199.00	193.74
4	—	365	212.00–215.00	214.26
4	—	602	173.00–175.00	174.50
11	—	461	205.00–210.00	207.73
6	—	656	167.00–169.00	168.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	180.00–185.00	182.22
3	—	373	187.00–190.00	188.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	192.00–200.00	197.26
2	—	456	210.00–215.00	212.52
2	—	316	240.00–245.00	242.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	230.00–237.00	232.87
4	—	569	180.00–190.00	185.93
7	—	419	207.00–212.00	209.33
3	—	680	144.00–148.00	145.29
2	—	465	202.00–205.00	203.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	309	250.00–255.00	252.47
2	—	416	228.00–230.00	228.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	207.00–210.00	208.51
4	—	735	159.00–161.00	160.52
22	—	434	220.00–228.00	222.76
4	—	690	170.00–172.00	171.00
5	—	330	240.00–245.00	243.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	416	230.00–240.00	235.32
5	—	335	249.00–251.00	250.61
4	—	664	181.00–188.00	182.97
9	—	541	211.00–215.00	212.78
7	—	629	196.00–200.00	196.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	242.00–245.00	243.49
4	—	372	257.00–259.00	258.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,317	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,326.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	903	90.00–109.00	102.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	982	90.00–100.00	96.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	108.00	108.00
4	—	1,721	121.00–128.00	125.33
3	—	2,143	115.00–118.00	116.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,119	90.00–97.00	93.81
23	—	1,104	98.00–101.00	99.03
7	—	1,057	84.00–89.00	87.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,382	92.00–97.00	94.17
18	—	1,338	98.00–105.00	100.10
7	—	1,346	85.00–89.00	86.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	902	85.00–88.00	86.38
7	—	888	91.00–96.00	93.82
2	—	908	75.00–78.00	76.45

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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Steers · 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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