Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for market test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.71/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$133.71

10 head · 393 lb average

Value per head Derived

$526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$99

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$45.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.52

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	306	152.97	468	5thin
Medium and Large 2	290	142.00	412	1thin
Medium and Large 3	528	107.57	567	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.41/cwt here — about −$99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

133.71

—

GA average17 barns · 1,376 hd

122.19

+11.52

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,400	67.44	944	5thin

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Upson County Livestock - Thomaston, 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	157.41/cwt	152.50–162.50	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	151.02/cwt	150.00–152.00	473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	125.13/cwt	120.00–130.00	482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	64.04/cwt	63.00–65.00	905	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	69.71/cwt	68.00–71.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	109.65/cwt	109.00–111.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	108.02/cwt	107.00–109.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	523	2

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 →