Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.67/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −166.91 against this barn's trailing median of $450.58.

Average price

$283.67

46 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$40.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.52

vs GA average

−21.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	303.74	1,660	18thin
Medium and Large 2	567	278.26	1,578	14thin
Medium and Large 3	566	263.27	1,490	14thin

One grade step is worth $40.47/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.82, low $357.60, median $450.58 across 26 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 sale46 hd

283.67

—

GA average12 barns · 240 hd

301.18

−17.52

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−21.47

This barn, trailing median26 sales

450.58

−166.91

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	—	Average	1,554	148.87	2,313	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	140.93	2,048	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,128	134.19	1,514	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	918	109.06	1,001	8thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 3	600–650	614	222.12/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	265.11/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,153	3
Bulls	—	—	1,560	147.34/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,299	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	902	101.99/cwt	99.00–105.00	920	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	126.28/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,235	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	258.09/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,339	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	293.72/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	404	303.31/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	263.27/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	491	291.19/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,430	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	292.00/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	317.44/cwt	312.50–319.00	1,521	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	310.81/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	266.65/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	293.12/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	304.86/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,113	2
Bulls	—	—	1,310	136.43/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,646	155.06/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,552	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	135.34/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,563	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	142.74/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,703	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	126.91/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,344	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	140.93/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	338.41/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	321.11/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,162	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	664	211.26/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	242.58/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	296.45/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,177	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	234.14/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,328	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	313.07/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,199	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	267.34/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	287.51/cwt	282.50–289.00	1,113	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	238.54/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,388	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	672	237.46/cwt	232.50–239.00	1,596	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	278.26/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,578	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	274.73/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,214	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	256.14/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,237	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	307.51/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,002	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	319.24/cwt	315.00–322.50	990	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	502	257.01/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,290	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	277.49/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	330.72/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,108	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	235.83/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,469	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	300.09/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,332	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	306.77/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,666	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	315.94/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,321	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	278.00/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,404	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	320.12/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,316	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	268.46/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,278	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	253.59/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,664	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	283.63/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,149	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	255.30/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,417	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	246.89/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,553	4

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 May 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 505Last week 488Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 63Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	282.50–289.00	287.51
3	400–450	435	260.00–267.50	265.11
2	450–500	480	240.00–245.00	242.58
8	600–650	614	220.00–225.00	222.12
4	650–700	664	210.00–212.50	211.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	315.00–322.50	319.24
2	350–400	365	300.00–310.00	304.86
12	400–450	405	280.00–284.00	283.63
40	450–500	476	265.00–270.00	268.46
17	500–550	519	257.50–260.00	258.09
13	550–600	555	254.00–256.00	255.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	305.00–310.00	307.51
10	350–400	397	295.00–297.50	296.45
44	400–450	442	270.00–277.50	274.73
15	450–500	483	252.00–259.00	256.14
10	550–600	582	235.00–240.00	238.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	411	307.50–315.00	310.81
2	450–500	470	292.50–295.00	293.72
19	500–550	505	270.00–279.00	278.00
4	600–650	629	245.00–247.50	246.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	383	310.00–317.50	313.07
5	400–450	403	290.00–295.00	292.00
3	450–500	466	262.50–270.00	267.34
5	500–550	502	255.00–260.00	257.01
8	550–600	567	230.00–240.00	234.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	325.00–335.00	330.72
25	400–450	444	297.50–305.00	300.09
2	450–500	452	275.00–280.00	277.49
6	600–650	623	235.00–237.50	235.83
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	330.00–340.00	338.41
11	350–400	362	320.00–327.50	321.11
3	400–450	404	300.00–310.00	303.31
7	450–500	491	282.50–292.50	291.19
14	550–600	566	260.00–269.00	263.27
15	650–700	672	232.50–239.00	237.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	411	320.00–322.50	320.12
62	450–500	479	312.50–319.00	317.44
14	500–550	543	300.00–310.00	306.77
4	550–600	559	292.50–295.00	293.12
7	600–650	621	265.00–268.00	266.65
15	650–700	656	250.00–257.50	253.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	312.50–317.50	315.94
14	550–600	567	275.00–280.00	278.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,560	143.00–149.00	147.34
2	—	1,310	135.00–138.00	136.43
5	—	1,646	150.00–157.00	155.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	902	99.00–105.00	101.99
2	—	978	124.00–129.00	126.28
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	133.00–137.00	135.34
3	—	1,193	139.00–145.00	142.74
4	—	1,059	124.00–129.00	126.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	140.00–142.00	140.93

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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