Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-08-06

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
97 head
288 vs last sale 385 251 vs year ago 348 · 72.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
118 vs last sale 135 58 vs year ago 75 · 77.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
88 vs last sale 100 8 vs year ago 20 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 178.91 against this barn's trailing median of $450.58.
Average price
$271.67
3 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.72
vs GA average
3.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3533271.671,4483thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales
495444394344median 450.5801/1303/3105/1907/0708/18
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 sale3 hd
271.67
GA average13 barns · 231 hd
267.95
+3.72
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
−3.41
This barn, trailing median26 sales
450.58
−178.91
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,071154.571,6567thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low930106.929953thin

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Thomasville Stockyard - Thomasville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400359293.98/cwt293.00–295.001,0552
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500470286.29/cwt285.00–287.501,3464
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350302283.12/cwt280.00–290.008554
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500479245.97/cwt240.00–250.001,1788
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550532230.88/cwt225.00–235.001,2286
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400357262.33/cwt260.00–267.5093710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,033166.46/cwt165.00–168.001,7202
CowsBoner 80-85%1,052146.28/cwt142.00–149.001,5393
CowsLean 85-90%943102.88/cwt100.00–106.009702
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550533271.67/cwt270.00–272.501,4483
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450421297.18/cwt294.00–300.001,25116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,450155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,2481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875144.71/cwt140.00–149.001,2662
CowsLean 85-90%905115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,138155.11/cwt153.00–157.001,7652
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400360276.63/cwt275.00–277.509963
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455291.25/cwt290.00–292.501,3252
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550530254.35/cwt251.00–257.501,3482
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450403259.14/cwt255.00–260.001,0446
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400383311.18/cwt307.50–315.001,1922
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350339333.40/cwt332.50–340.001,13013

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.