Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-14

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 $130.15/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$130.15

23 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$14.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	413	137.73	569	3thin
Medium and Large 2	400	132.35	530	13thin
Medium and Large 3	403	122.82	494	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.91/cwt here — about $74 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 sale23 hd

130.15

—

GA average17 barns · 1,498 hd

119.80

+10.35

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	—	High	1,957	93.58	1,831	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,500	61.00	915	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	55.00	839	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	839	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	915	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	664.06/cwt	600.00–725.00	7,969	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,346	871.45/cwt	775.00–900.00	11,730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	128.05/cwt	124.00–132.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	143.06/cwt	142.00–144.00	391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	120.69/cwt	118.00–122.00	533	3
Bulls	—	—	1,993	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,933	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	115.52/cwt	112.00–119.00	546	2
Bulls	—	—	1,920	90.15/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	137.73/cwt	136.00–141.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	133.32/cwt	128.00–138.00	364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	139.06/cwt	136.00–142.00	533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	591	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	990.91/cwt	950.00–1,025.00	13,625	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.

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