Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-08-18

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Aug 18
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
17 vs last sale 25 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
10 vs last sale 16 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 10 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $124.34/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$124.34
19 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$1.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3409124.5650915thin
Medium and Large 2490123.516054thin
One grade step is worth $1.06/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale19 hd
124.34
GA average17 barns · 1,448 hd
122.68
+1.66
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,38655.0476312
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05646.684936thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2382127.24/cwt126.00–130.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 2535114.00/cwt114.00–114.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 2490118.00/cwt118.00–118.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 2305130.00/cwt130.00–130.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1555116.00/cwt116.00–116.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 3532104.66/cwt104.00–106.005573
HeifersMedium and Large 3365120.97/cwt120.00–122.004422
BullsMedium and Large 3325135.18/cwt132.00–138.004394
BullsMedium and Large 3367132.13/cwt130.00–136.004853
BullsMedium and Large 360898.51/cwt95.00–102.005992
BullsMedium and Large 3208145.06/cwt140.00–150.003022
BullsMedium and Large 2520118.00/cwt118.00–118.006142
BullsMedium and Large 2460129.01/cwt128.00–130.005932
BullsMedium and Large 3525111.04/cwt110.00–112.005834
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37349.90/cwt49.00–51.006852
CowsLean 85-90%1,07548.02/cwt47.00–49.005163
CowsLean 85-90%1,03745.34/cwt44.00–46.004703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38956.07/cwt54.00–58.0077910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3905637.50/cwt575.00–700.005,7692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,038649.04/cwt600.00–710.006,7372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,7501

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.