Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-07-25

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 25
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
492 head
▲ 239 vs last sale 253▲ 299 vs year ago 193 · +154.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 106▲ 96 vs year ago 47 · +204.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 9▲ 19 vs year ago 5 · +380.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.64/cwt on 201 head.
Average price
$215.64
201 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.33
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465220.331,025106
Medium and Large 2514211.351,08728
Medium and Large 3425210.0389267
One grade step is worth $10.30/cwt here — about $133 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 sale201 hd
215.64
—
GA average15 barns · 1,352 hd
212.31
+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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,419117.781,67120
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,457101.251,47512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16099.681,15657
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00583.4083822

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)1,233$1,6006

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534211.51/cwt210.00–215.001,12915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432215.32/cwt215.00–217.509308
HeifersMedium and Large 3—723164.95/cwt160.00–170.001,1932
SteersMedium and Large 3—631213.00/cwt211.00–220.001,34415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623196.60/cwt195.00–200.001,2255
HeifersMedium and Large 3—311222.77/cwt222.00–225.0069315
SteersMedium and Large 3—476237.67/cwt235.00–242.001,13141
SteersMedium and Large 1—565234.13/cwt230.00–240.001,3233
SteersMedium and Large 1—369295.70/cwt294.00–296.001,0917
SteersMedium and Large 3—315272.94/cwt270.00–277.508607
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428224.11/cwt220.00–227.0095981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359231.52/cwt230.00–235.008317
SteersMedium and Large 1—415263.64/cwt260.00–265.001,09413
SteersMedium and Large 1—525246.34/cwt246.00–250.001,29312
SteersMedium and Large 3—727183.30/cwt180.00–185.001,3333
SteersMedium and Large 2—538243.31/cwt240.00–245.001,3096
SteersMedium and Large 3—444244.82/cwt243.00–245.001,08711
SteersMedium and Large 3—668194.96/cwt190.00–200.001,30210
SteersMedium and Large 2—612224.02/cwt223.00–225.001,3712
SteersMedium and Large 2—430252.49/cwt250.00–255.001,0867
SteersMedium and Large 1—673222.55/cwt220.00–225.001,4982
BullsMedium and Large 3—419235.71/cwt230.00–237.509884
BullsMedium and Large 1—621207.00/cwt206.00–208.001,2859
BullsMedium and Large 2—633201.66/cwt200.00–205.001,2773
BullsMedium and Large 2—338281.26/cwt280.00–282.509512
BullsMedium and Large 1—315297.46/cwt295.00–300.009373
BullsMedium and Large 1—669203.78/cwt202.50–205.001,3632
CowsLean 85-90%—96678.18/cwt75.00–80.007559
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,498102.89/cwt100.00–107.001,5415
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,460109.52/cwt108.00–111.001,5992
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41596.30/cwt92.00–98.001,3635
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15393.32/cwt90.00–97.001,07617
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,149100.98/cwt98.00–105.001,16031
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06186.19/cwt83.00–90.0091411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,212107.21/cwt106.00–109.001,2999
Bulls——1,319115.92/cwt112.00–119.001,52913
Bulls——1,605121.24/cwt120.00–123.001,9467
CowsLean 85-90%—87091.50/cwt91.00–92.007962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—793102.45/cwt98.00–112.008124
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0751,437.50/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4384
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5501,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,275101.53/cwt101.00–102.001,2952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900102.00/cwt102.00–102.009181
BullsMedium and Large 3—578201.90/cwt200.00–205.001,1674
HeifersMedium and Large 2—586204.50/cwt202.50–205.001,1985
BullsMedium and Large 2—419245.37/cwt245.00–247.501,0287
BullsMedium and Large 3—535214.20/cwt210.00–215.001,14615
BullsMedium and Large 2—529229.24/cwt226.00–230.001,2135
BullsMedium and Large 3—340272.46/cwt270.00–275.009264
HeifersMedium and Large 3—389217.31/cwt215.00–220.0084522
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674198.94/cwt197.00–200.001,34118
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421205.20/cwt200.00–210.0086419
SteersMedium and Large 1—471256.30/cwt255.00–257.501,2072
HeifersMedium and Large 3—671184.41/cwt180.00–187.501,2374
BullsMedium and Large 3—689186.24/cwt185.00–187.501,2832

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.