Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.25/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −165.33 against this barn's trailing median of $450.58.

Average price

$285.25

154 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$22.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.72

vs GA average

−14.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	295.60	1,596	78
Medium and Large 2	579	279.52	1,618	19thin
Medium and Large 3	572	273.02	1,562	57

One grade step is worth $22.58/cwt here — about $34 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 sale154 hd

285.25

—

GA average13 barns · 428 hd

283.53

+1.72

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−14.17

This barn, trailing median26 sales

450.58

−165.33

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,548	151.48	2,345	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,404	138.37	1,943	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	135.93	1,646	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	934	114.35	1,068	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,233	$2,225	4thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1	450–500	473	262.28/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,241	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	336.03/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,112	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	306.43/cwt	302.00–307.50	1,272	5
Bulls	—	—	1,548	151.48/cwt	151.00–152.00	2,345	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	149.42/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,850	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	107.35/cwt	107.00–108.00	979	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	124.52/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,195	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,093	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	138.15/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	242.04/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	259.68/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,132	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	279.52/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,618	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	226.35/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,397	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	617	231.90/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,431	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	516	269.67/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,391	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	328.96/cwt	327.50–330.00	901	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	252.95/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,156	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	217.55/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	335.35/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	237.18/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	325.68/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,260	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,411	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	298.55/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,090	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	248.11/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	246.28/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,318	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	256.97/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,601	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	255.26/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,317	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	289.84/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,603	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	312.63/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,322	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	233.71/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,353	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	249.25/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,628	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	2,225.15/head	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	319.58/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	300.65/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,284	29
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	272.39/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,577	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	298.33/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,250	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	285.30/cwt	282.50–287.50	1,315	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	300.28/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,588	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	315.86/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,481	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	129.21/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,544	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	138.28/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,914	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	146.89/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,054	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	130.10/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	278.34/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	287.14/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,352	12

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 Jun 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 872Last week 210Year ago 1,200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 165Year ago 171

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 51Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	330.00–337.50	336.03
38	450–500	473	260.00–263.00	262.28
49	500–550	516	250.00–259.00	255.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
61	400–450	436	255.00–264.00	259.68
6	450–500	479	240.00–247.50	242.04
2	600–650	633	215.00–220.00	217.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	327.50–330.00	328.96
9	300–350	333	316.00–320.00	319.58
7	350–400	365	297.50–300.00	298.55
24	450–500	457	250.00–259.00	252.95
23	500–550	535	244.00–248.00	246.28
55	550–600	579	230.00–239.00	233.71
11	600–650	617	225.00–230.00	226.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	302.00–307.50	306.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	419	295.00–300.00	298.33
9	450–500	461	282.50–287.50	285.30
16	500–550	516	265.00–270.00	269.67
4	550–600	582	247.50–250.00	248.11
5	600–650	617	225.00–235.00	231.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	387	320.00–326.00	325.68
8	400–450	423	310.00–313.00	312.63
19	550–600	579	278.00–280.00	279.52
53	600–650	623	254.00–260.00	256.97
8	650–700	656	235.00–237.50	237.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	327.50–337.50	335.35
29	400–450	427	295.00–305.00	300.65
12	450–500	471	285.00–292.50	287.14
6	500–550	512	277.50–280.00	278.34
51	550–600	579	270.00–277.00	272.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	469	312.50–322.50	315.86
43	500–550	529	298.00–308.00	300.28
35	550–600	553	287.50–297.00	289.84
32	650–700	653	244.00–250.00	249.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	151.00–152.00	151.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,238	146.00–153.00	149.42
6	—	1,218	136.00–142.00	138.15
6	—	1,195	125.00–132.00	129.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	912	107.00–108.00	107.35
2	—	960	123.00–126.00	124.52
1	—	950	115.00	115.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,384	136.00–142.00	138.28
3	—	1,398	145.00–150.00	146.89
3	—	1,470	126.00–134.00	130.10

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	142.50	142.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,530	122.00	122.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,233	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,225.15

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

Steers · 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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

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