Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2023-10-10

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 373▲ 105 vs year ago 302 · +34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 71▼ 45 vs year ago 162 · −27.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 11▲ 13 vs year ago 33 · +39.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.89/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$214.89
127 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411228.1693853
Medium and Large 2482211.031,01745
Medium and Large 3529196.661,04029
One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale127 hd
214.89
—
GA average15 barns · 1,228 hd
206.52
+8.38
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—Low1,271106.581,3557thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43089.981,28711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15288.701,02240
CowsLean 85-90%Low95474.4271031

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)1,475$1,4002thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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 3—634187.81/cwt180.00–190.001,19111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569199.57/cwt197.50–202.501,13614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—461216.60/cwt215.00–219.0099914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369222.62/cwt220.00–225.0082113
SteersMedium and Large 1—281307.00/cwt305.00–307.508635
SteersMedium and Large 2—720211.89/cwt210.00–215.001,5264
SteersMedium and Large 1—432262.61/cwt260.00–269.001,13411
SteersMedium and Large 1—623229.01/cwt228.00–230.001,4272
SteersMedium and Large 1—506252.52/cwt250.00–255.001,2782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369232.09/cwt230.00–237.5085632
SteersMedium and Large 1—375274.31/cwt270.00–277.501,0296
SteersMedium and Large 2—783189.59/cwt188.00–190.001,4845
SteersMedium and Large 3—373256.70/cwt250.00–260.009573
SteersMedium and Large 3—532225.79/cwt225.00–227.501,2013
SteersMedium and Large 2—407253.69/cwt250.00–255.001,0334
SteersMedium and Large 2—655225.48/cwt222.00–227.001,47710
SteersMedium and Large 3—458234.49/cwt230.00–240.001,0749
SteersMedium and Large 3—663216.74/cwt213.00–217.501,4378
SteersMedium and Large 1—554244.42/cwt243.00–250.001,3545
BullsMedium and Large 1—674185.06/cwt180.00–190.001,2474
BullsMedium and Large 1—306303.52/cwt302.00–305.009292
BullsMedium and Large 2—521223.24/cwt220.00–225.001,16312
BullsMedium and Large 1—531232.10/cwt230.00–235.001,23233
BullsMedium and Large 1—425245.01/cwt242.50–247.501,0419
BullsMedium and Large 1—577220.86/cwt220.00–225.001,2746
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11184.81/cwt82.00–88.0094216
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,0621
CowsLean 85-90%—85866.59/cwt63.00–70.0057110
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40092.42/cwt90.00–95.001,2947
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18391.04/cwt89.00–96.001,07723
Bulls——1,271106.58/cwt105.00–109.001,3557
CowsLean 85-90%—97183.07/cwt80.00–86.008076
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01176.19/cwt71.00–78.0077015
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48385.72/cwt82.00–88.001,2714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,26389.95/cwt82.00–94.001,1369
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,13088.88/cwt83.00–96.001,0045
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,168111.29/cwt101.00–120.001,3002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,03386.89/cwt84.00–96.008988
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—850108.00/cwt108.00–108.009181
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4751,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—512206.55/cwt200.00–210.001,0588
BullsMedium and Large 3—339264.26/cwt260.00–265.008966
BullsMedium and Large 2—624201.23/cwt200.00–202.501,2566
BullsMedium and Large 2—325291.64/cwt290.00–294.009484
BullsMedium and Large 2—383254.18/cwt250.00–257.5097423
BullsMedium and Large 3—530214.22/cwt210.00–217.501,13512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475222.16/cwt220.00–228.001,05521
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322213.52/cwt210.00–217.506887
HeifersMedium and Large 2—616193.97/cwt191.00–195.001,1954
BullsMedium and Large 2—446233.01/cwt230.00–235.001,0395
HeifersMedium and Large 3—673163.37/cwt160.00–165.001,0993

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.