Name: Thomasville livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.60/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −175.28 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.

Average price

$227.60

15 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.74

vs GA average

−30.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	227.60	1,204	15thin

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

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 sale15 hd

227.60

—

GA average15 barns · 642 hd

229.34

−1.74

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−30.21

This barn, trailing median29 sales

402.88

−175.28

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	1,627	146.82	2,389	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,061	118.00	1,252	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	111.77	1,083	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,373	111.00	1,523	2thin

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)	1,090	$1,075	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	—	1,455	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	142.58/cwt	139.00–146.00	2,217	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	108.38/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,179	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,615	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,433	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	112.20/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,015	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,137	117.52/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,336	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,090	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	135.57/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	283.83/cwt	280.00–287.50	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	223.77/cwt	222.50–227.50	1,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	247.29/cwt	240.00–250.00	969	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	181.29/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,322	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	258.28/cwt	257.50–260.00	979	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	272.38/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,139	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,091	125.35/cwt	116.00–136.00	1,368	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	157.02/cwt	142.50–169.00	1,848	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	129.33/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,427	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	335.03/cwt	330.00–337.50	995	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	235.01/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,090	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	255.05/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,109	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	213.43/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,091	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	269.87/cwt	265.00–272.00	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	256.34/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,325	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	284.11/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,151	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	294.21/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,062	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	318.18/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,015	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	227.60/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,204	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	236.27/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	234.54/cwt	232.50–237.50	1,220	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	222.82/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,252	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	256.21/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	291	266.35/cwt	260.00–270.00	775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	247.99/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,049	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	119.58/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,342	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	105.78/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,130	5
Bulls	—	—	1,785	157.47/cwt	157.00–158.00	2,811	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	118.29/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,236	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	126.44/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,387	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,036	113.03/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,171	4

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 Oct 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 323Last week 319Year ago 298

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 61Year ago 127

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 56Year ago 17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	134.00	134.00
2	—	1,555	139.00–146.00	142.58
2	—	1,785	157.00–158.00	157.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	105.00–110.00	108.38
12	—	1,045	115.00–122.00	118.29
3	—	1,097	124.00–128.00	126.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,365	105.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	905	110.00–115.00	112.20
3	—	1,122	116.00–123.00	119.58
5	—	1,068	105.00–108.00	105.78

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,137	114.00–119.00	117.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,091	116.00–136.00	125.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,036	110.00–115.00	113.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	785	130.00–142.50	135.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,177	142.50–169.00	157.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,103	120.00–145.00	129.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,090	1,075.00	1,075.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	280.00–287.50	283.83
6	400–450	435	250.00–258.00	255.05
10	500–550	511	210.00–215.00	213.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	297	330.00–337.50	335.03
7	350–400	361	290.00–295.00	294.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	232.50–240.00	236.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	291	260.00–270.00	266.35
11	350–400	392	240.00–250.00	247.29
4	450–500	458	222.50–227.50	223.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	309	265.00–272.00	269.87
9	350–400	379	257.50–260.00	258.28
11	400–450	423	245.00–250.00	247.99
32	450–500	464	230.00–240.00	235.01
15	500–550	529	225.00–229.00	227.60
10	700–750	729	180.00–182.50	181.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	270.00–275.00	272.38
14	450–500	480	250.00–260.00	256.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	317.50–320.00	318.18
17	400–450	405	280.00–290.00	284.11
14	500–550	517	250.00–259.00	256.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	520	232.50–237.50	234.54
10	550–600	562	222.00–225.00	222.82

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

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