Sale reports / Georgia / Thomasville / 2024-12-17

Thomasville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomasville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1938
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
2 vs last sale 265 130 vs year ago 137 · +94.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
5 vs last sale 105 19 vs year ago 119 · 16.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
3 vs last sale 34 0 vs year ago 37 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, steer calves, feeder steers, feeder heifers, and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 1.00 to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows 8.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.10/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 154.78 against this barn's trailing median of $402.88.
Average price
$248.10
8 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,298
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.56
vs GA average
36.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3523248.101,2988thin
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 sale8 hd
248.10
GA average16 barns · 586 hd
251.66
−3.56
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
−36.85
This barn, trailing median29 sales
402.88
−154.78
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
BullsAverage1,504135.832,0436thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,646119.161,9614thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,478111.261,64423
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,339109.231,46326

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$1,9002thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,388110.39/cwt108.00–114.001,53216
CowsLean 85-90%1,356115.54/cwt115.00–116.001,5674
CowsLean 85-90%1,198101.94/cwt99.00–105.001,2216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,378116.26/cwt113.00–119.001,6028
CowsBoner 80-85%1,740121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,1051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,516107.70/cwt104.00–111.001,63314
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400377313.72/cwt312.00–315.001,1839
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,000120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2860156.85/cwt149.00–167.001,3492
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400377342.59/cwt340.00–345.001,2923
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350320308.67/cwt305.00–310.009884
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400391297.79/cwt297.00–303.001,1647
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450409298.28/cwt292.00–299.001,22010
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450441320.34/cwt312.00–322.001,4136
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500494297.67/cwt297.00–298.001,4703
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550516269.81/cwt265.00–273.001,3925
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400373337.47/cwt337.00–340.001,2596
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,3501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3920127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1681
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350331336.99/cwt332.00–338.001,1156
Bulls1,551139.00/cwt136.00–143.002,1564
Bulls1,410129.48/cwt128.00–132.001,8262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,646119.16/cwt116.00–120.001,9614
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550523248.10/cwt245.00–255.001,2988
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500488262.72/cwt262.00–268.001,28214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,223120.13/cwt116.00–125.001,4693

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.