Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

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 $114.72/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$114.72

9 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	118.53	645	4thin
Medium and Large 3	508	111.68	568	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.85/cwt here — about $77 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 sale9 hd

114.72

—

GA average17 barns · 1,305 hd

123.87

−9.15

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	2,145	87.00	1,866	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	59.03	784	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	46.71	493	3thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	473	119.11/cwt	116.00–122.00	563	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,550	875.81/cwt	850.00–900.00	13,575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	116.03/cwt	115.00–117.00	661	2
Bulls	—	—	2,145	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	114.17/cwt	110.00–118.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	111.02/cwt	110.00–112.00	575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	786.41/cwt	750.00–825.00	8,831	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	59.03/cwt	56.00–62.00	784	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	559	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	44.07/cwt	41.00–47.00	461	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 →