Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to the holiday last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.83/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −148.05 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$254.83

85 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$18.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.31

vs GA average

−14.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	261.99	1,431	30
Medium and Large 2	538	254.61	1,370	37
Medium and Large 3	515	243.33	1,253	18thin

One grade step is worth $18.66/cwt here — about $178 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

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 sale85 hd

254.83

—

GA average10 barns · 417 hd

251.51

+3.31

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−14.03

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−148.05

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	1,388	152.68	2,120	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	143.73	1,637	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,376	143.70	1,977	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,087	125.95	1,369	27

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)	1,590	$2,450	2thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	500–550	515	243.33/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,253	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	311.48/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,361	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	322.44/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,228	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	274.80/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,341	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	254.61/cwt	252.50–258.00	1,370	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	325.05/cwt	320.00–330.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	382.40/cwt	377.50–387.50	918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	283.49/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	332.37/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,253	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	264.35/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	307.13/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,640	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	324.38/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,366	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	283.20/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,580	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	226.38/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	301.26/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,386	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,562	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	258.99/cwt	257.50–263.00	1,443	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	133.76/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,446	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	126.74/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,442	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,025	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	151.42/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,180	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	148.99/cwt	146.00–152.00	2,120	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	156.58/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	302.43/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	309	339.49/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	292.42/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,529	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	657	229.72/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	639	230.40/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,472	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	212.81/cwt	207.50–215.00	1,458	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	264.97/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,256	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	586	271.82/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,593	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	256.85/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,639	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	312.04/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,370	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	296.40/cwt	292.50–297.50	937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	271.15/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,163	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	247.49/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	286.75/cwt	284.00–287.50	1,462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	356.20/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	226.86/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	266.49/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,412	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	324.31/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,187	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	139.15/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,513	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	147.67/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,762	19
Bulls	—	—	1,130	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,797	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,339	137.90/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,846	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	117.05/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,197	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	391.26/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,029	2

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 Jul 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 427Last week 453Year ago 506

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 197Year ago 180

Replacement CattleReceipts 74Last week 74Year ago 21

No trend available due to the holiday last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	292.50–297.50	296.40
19	400–450	429	270.00–275.00	271.15
10	450–500	474	260.00–267.50	264.97
18	500–550	515	240.00–250.00	243.33
6	600–650	639	230.00–232.50	230.40
7	650–700	685	207.50–215.00	212.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	320.00–330.00	325.05
2	400–450	419	282.00–285.00	283.49
37	500–550	538	252.50–258.00	254.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	530	264.00–268.00	266.49
18	550–600	557	257.50–263.00	258.99
4	650–700	659	225.00–227.50	226.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	309	338.00–340.00	339.49
4	350–400	381	320.00–325.00	322.44
25	400–450	437	310.00–312.50	311.48
2	450–500	468	300.00–305.00	302.43
6	500–550	523	290.00–293.00	292.42
15	550–600	586	270.00–277.50	271.82
15	600–650	638	255.00–260.00	256.85
9	650–700	657	227.50–230.00	229.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	240	377.50–387.50	382.40
5	350–400	377	330.00–337.50	332.37
15	400–450	421	320.00–327.50	324.38
11	500–550	534	305.00–309.00	307.13
11	550–600	558	280.00–285.00	283.20
4	600–650	612	262.50–265.00	264.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	355.00–357.50	356.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	366	320.00–330.00	324.31
16	400–450	439	310.00–315.00	312.04
12	450–500	488	272.50–275.00	274.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	300.00–302.50	301.26
5	650–700	675	220.00–230.00	226.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	390.00–392.50	391.26
5	500–550	510	284.00–287.50	286.75
4	600–650	628	240.00–250.00	247.49

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	—	1,230	127.00	127.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,590	2,450.00	2,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,081	132.00–139.00	133.76
11	—	1,138	125.00–129.00	126.74
8	—	1,023	114.00–121.00	117.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	154.00	154.00
9	—	1,423	146.00–152.00	148.99
10	—	1,339	134.00–141.00	137.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	155.00–158.00	156.58
22	—	1,087	136.00–142.00	139.15
19	—	1,193	144.00–151.00	147.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	150.00–154.00	151.42
1	—	1,130	159.00	159.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle