Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-01-09

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
441 head
▲ 304 vs last sale 137▲ 53 vs year ago 388 · +13.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 119▼ 40 vs year ago 149 · −26.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 37▼ 38 vs year ago 49 · −77.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends are available due to this market being closed the previous two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.61/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$230.61
143 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521238.621,24285
Medium and Large 2532223.481,18839
Medium and Large 3601209.371,25919thin
One grade step is worth $29.26/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale143 hd
230.61
—
GA average10 barns · 813 hd
220.04
+10.57
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—High1,574114.531,8037thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44691.241,32046
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12591.131,02530
CowsLean 85-90%Average84667.005678thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3—439248.11/cwt240.00–250.001,0895
BullsMedium and Large 2—323274.22/cwt270.00–280.008863
BullsMedium and Large 2—295288.50/cwt287.00–290.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—373234.58/cwt232.00–237.008752
BullsMedium and Large 2—452248.00/cwt247.00–250.001,1213
BullsMedium and Large 2—573222.01/cwt220.00–223.001,2723
SteersMedium and Large 2—526252.99/cwt248.00–255.001,3315
SteersMedium and Large 1—557249.95/cwt245.00–254.001,39214
SteersMedium and Large 3—563232.53/cwt230.00–235.001,3092
SteersMedium and Large 1—355294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,04413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—711186.30/cwt180.00–188.001,32514
HeifersMedium and Large 3—628206.40/cwt205.00–208.001,29617
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388244.53/cwt240.00–245.0094910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524237.48/cwt236.00–239.001,24443
SteersMedium and Large 3—485247.05/cwt245.00–251.001,19811
SteersMedium and Large 2—630229.17/cwt224.00–230.001,44432
BullsMedium and Large 3—625175.59/cwt172.00–180.001,0973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—455249.04/cwt249.00–250.001,13323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592228.60/cwt220.00–230.001,35319
SteersMedium and Large 1—473264.32/cwt259.00–266.001,25028
SteersMedium and Large 1—798207.33/cwt207.00–208.001,65415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460244.15/cwt238.00–247.001,12315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,198101.49/cwt100.00–103.001,2162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—94582.00/cwt82.00–82.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,02994.28/cwt91.00–98.009704
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,073103.33/cwt99.00–107.001,1092
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,140101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1511
Bulls——1,710135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,3091
Bulls——1,598104.90/cwt104.00–107.001,6763
Bulls——1,505117.34/cwt115.00–122.001,7663
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52699.60/cwt96.00–104.001,5209
CowsLean 85-90%—85172.82/cwt70.00–75.006204
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43491.01/cwt88.00–95.001,30526
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17184.77/cwt82.00–88.0099311
CowsLean 85-90%—84161.17/cwt60.00–65.005144
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10292.47/cwt89.00–96.001,01915
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,081103.58/cwt97.00–107.001,1204
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41084.94/cwt81.00–87.001,19811

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.