Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-10-01

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
123 vs last sale 321 175 vs year ago 373 · 46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
7 vs last sale 54 24 vs year ago 71 · 33.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 36 7 vs year ago 11 · +63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, steer calves 5.00 lower, heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 lower, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.59/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 182.29 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.
Average price
$220.59
5 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.01
vs GA average
26.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541220.591,1935thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
455412369326median 402.8801/1303/1005/0506/2308/18
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 sale5 hd
220.59
GA average11 barns · 229 hd
207.58
+13.01
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−26.19
This barn, trailing median29 sales
402.88
−182.29
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
BullsAverage1,794142.512,5566thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,013112.501,1407thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,032107.451,1097thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,210105.001,2711thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475223.21/cwt218.00–228.001,0602
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600580197.48/cwt195.00–200.001,1452
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500478216.62/cwt210.00–220.001,0353
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400375230.78/cwt230.00–233.008654
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421232.27/cwt230.00–233.009784
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550541220.59/cwt220.00–223.001,1935
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578228.65/cwt225.00–235.001,3223
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500469252.73/cwt250.00–255.001,1854
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400369263.89/cwt255.00–265.009749
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650625199.73/cwt197.00–205.001,2483
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385241.08/cwt235.00–243.009284
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460235.09/cwt230.00–240.001,0815
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450429256.63/cwt255.00–260.001,1019
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516259.56/cwt257.00–260.001,3397
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,115129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-388098.00/cwt98.00–98.008621
Bulls1,787145.93/cwt144.00–149.002,6083
Bulls2,160152.00/cwt152.00–152.003,2831
Bulls1,620132.62/cwt130.00–135.002,1482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150118.45/cwt116.00–121.001,3623
CowsBoner 80-85%911108.03/cwt105.00–111.009844
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,210105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2711
CowsLean 85-90%1,026112.01/cwt109.00–115.001,1494
CowsLean 85-90%1,040101.36/cwt98.00–105.001,0543

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.