Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for market test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.87/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$109.87

7 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.56

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	115.50	649	4thin
Medium and Large 2	583	102.37	597	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $52 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 sale7 hd

109.87

—

GA average8 barns · 595 hd

118.43

−8.56

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	—	Average	1,720	94.53	1,626	2thin

Every lot, as filed

8 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	95.03/cwt	90.00–100.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	102.37/cwt	99.00–109.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	543	2
Bulls	—	—	1,720	94.53/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	126.97/cwt	126.00–128.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	103.51/cwt	103.00–104.00	686	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 →