Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.94/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −146.94 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$255.94

39 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$17.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.92

vs GA average

−15.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	261.06	1,381	18thin
Medium and Large 2	508	252.80	1,284	18thin
Medium and Large 3	518	244.03	1,264	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.71, low $339.73, median $402.88 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale39 hd

255.94

—

GA average10 barns · 236 hd

250.02

+5.92

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−15.97

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−146.94

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	1,788	137.74	2,462	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,590	121.43	1,931	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,076	118.34	1,274	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	942	99.85	940	8thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	124.14/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,906	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	102.25/cwt	100.00–105.00	922	3
Bulls	—	—	2,080	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,662	1
Bulls	—	—	1,726	136.47/cwt	133.00–140.00	2,355	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,075	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	112.52/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,196	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	207.92/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,372	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	231.57/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,470	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	249.88/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,574	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	110.19/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	271.86/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,283	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	212.99/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,406	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	314.02/cwt	312.50–316.00	1,473	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	333.44/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	293.76/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	286.24/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	261.06/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,381	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	292.55/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,071	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	346.22/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,291	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,290	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	322.02/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,018	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	255.89/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,065	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	321.27/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	276.54/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	231.25/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	311.48/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,358	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	273.80/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	261.69/cwt	260.00–265.00	968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	309.30/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,441	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	274.22/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	252.80/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,284	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	313.47/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,116	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	284.98/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,547	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	244.03/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	659	226.11/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	290.83/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	273.90/cwt	270.00–277.50	871	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	302.57/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	285.54/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	242.00/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,595	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	120.40/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,153	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	120.57/cwt	116.00–131.00	1,299	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	291.66/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,514	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	261.85/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,500	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	94.26/cwt	92.00–99.00	939	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	122.01/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,335	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,972	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	145.14/cwt	142.00–148.00	2,562	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	271.64/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,527	9

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 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 324Last week 150Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 142Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 79Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	121.00–127.00	124.14
1	—	1,700	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	902	100.00–105.00	102.25
4	—	996	92.00–99.00	94.26
1	—	845	115.00	115.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	108.00	108.00
2	—	1,063	112.00–113.00	112.52
6	—	1,094	118.00–125.00	122.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,080	128.00	128.00
4	—	1,726	133.00–140.00	136.47
2	—	1,765	142.00–148.00	145.14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	270.00–277.50	274.22
18	500–550	508	250.00–257.50	252.80
11	650–700	660	200.00–210.00	207.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	290.00–297.50	292.55
8	400–450	421	280.00–287.50	285.54
16	450–500	472	270.00–274.00	271.86
18	500–550	529	260.00–265.00	261.06
11	600–650	635	227.00–235.00	231.57
4	650–700	660	210.00–214.00	212.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	270.00–277.50	273.90
3	350–400	370	260.00–265.00	261.69
6	400–450	416	255.00–260.00	255.89
3	500–550	518	240.00–247.00	244.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	320.00–322.50	322.02
8	350–400	356	310.00–317.50	313.47
5	400–450	426	300.00–305.00	302.57
4	450–500	459	290.00–295.00	293.76
8	550–600	573	260.00–267.50	261.85
2	600–650	630	245.00–255.00	249.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	320.00–322.50	321.27
3	500–550	525	270.00–280.00	276.54
8	650–700	658	230.00–237.50	231.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	519	287.50–295.00	291.66
9	550–600	562	270.00–277.50	271.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	345.00–347.50	346.22
7	450–500	469	312.50–316.00	314.02
5	650–700	659	240.00–242.50	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	332.00–335.00	333.44
7	450–500	466	308.00–310.00	309.30
2	550–600	563	285.00–287.50	286.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	310.00–312.50	311.48
3	450–500	466	290.00–292.50	290.83
9	500–550	543	280.00–286.00	284.98
6	550–600	574	270.00–277.50	273.80
14	650–700	659	222.50–230.00	226.11

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,083	105.00–116.00	110.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	958	115.00–126.00	120.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,077	116.00–131.00	120.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	108.00	108.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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