Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, feeder bulls steady, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves and 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 $280.75/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −169.83 against this barn's trailing median of $450.58.

Average price

$280.75

42 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.68

vs GA average

−10.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	512	293.96	1,505	3thin
Medium and Large 3	551	279.74	1,541	39

One grade step is worth $14.22/cwt here — about −$36 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

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 sale42 hd

280.75

—

GA average14 barns · 514 hd

288.43

−7.68

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−10.34

This barn, trailing median26 sales

450.58

−169.83

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	1,398	153.24	2,143	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	149.81	2,160	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	144.03	1,637	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,141	122.86	1,402	7thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls	—	—	1,508	154.04/cwt	153.00–155.00	2,323	3
Bulls	—	—	1,775	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	3,053	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,348	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,848	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	123.67/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,375	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,315	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	244.88/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,315	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	332.61/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	321.28/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	293.96/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	248.77/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	307.68/cwt	307.00–312.50	1,486	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	744	218.59/cwt	212.50–222.50	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	198.75/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,367	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	247.23/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	225.16/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,542	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	293.94/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,379	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	253.72/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	272.78/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,582	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	346	283.36/cwt	280.00–285.00	980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	281.25/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	232.54/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,409	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	343.60/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,258	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	214.96/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	273.99/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,282	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	276.27/cwt	275.00–277.50	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	259.93/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,406	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	245.89/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	345.99/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	324.16/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	209.75/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	236.81/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,390	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	298.14/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,434	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	311.27/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	242.44/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	285.70/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,503	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	259.97/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	296.22/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,090	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	136.21/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,504	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	145.52/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,666	17
Bulls	—	—	1,163	146.18/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,700	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	151.45/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,755	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	146.92/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,047	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	267.25/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,120	14

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 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 277Last week 427Year ago 253

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 139Year ago 106

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,508	153.00–155.00	154.04
1	—	1,775	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,163	144.00–149.00	146.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,320	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,393	145.00–149.00	146.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,112	120.00–125.00	123.67
1	—	1,315	118.00	118.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,104	133.00–139.00	136.21
17	—	1,145	142.00–149.00	145.52
5	—	1,159	150.00–154.00	151.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	280.00–285.00	283.36
2	350–400	358	275.00–277.50	276.27
14	400–450	419	262.50–270.00	267.25
2	450–500	465	252.50–255.00	253.72
20	500–550	537	242.50–246.00	244.88
2	550–600	570	230.00–235.00	232.50
6	650–700	688	195.00–200.00	198.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	247.00–250.00	248.77
14	550–600	587	236.00–240.00	236.81
8	650–700	694	208.00–210.00	209.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	295.00–297.50	296.22
3	500–550	541	257.50–265.00	259.93
8	600–650	606	230.00–240.00	232.54
12	650–700	685	224.00–226.00	225.16
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	330.00–335.00	332.61
2	350–400	365	320.00–322.50	321.28
2	400–450	415	310.00–312.50	311.27
12	450–500	481	295.00–300.00	298.14
21	500–550	526	280.00–287.50	285.70
18	550–600	580	270.00–277.50	272.78
6	600–650	615	255.00–265.00	259.97
2	650–700	668	240.00–245.00	242.44
7	700–750	744	212.50–222.50	218.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	429	317.50–327.50	324.16
12	450–500	483	307.00–312.50	307.68
3	500–550	512	290.00–297.00	293.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	366	340.00–347.50	343.60
13	650–700	661	247.00–249.00	247.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	290.00–300.00	293.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	355	345.00–347.50	345.99
2	500–550	512	280.00–282.50	281.25
4	600–650	632	242.00–250.00	245.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	270.00–277.00	273.99
2	650–700	665	210.00–220.00	214.96

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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