Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-25

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 $132.06/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$132.06

15 head · 415 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$232

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.61

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	343	137.00	470	5thin
Medium and Large 2	437	130.44	569	9thin
Medium and Large 1	575	122.00	702	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale15 hd

132.06

—

GA average17 barns · 1,460 hd

123.45

+8.61

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	—	Low	1,660	83.00	1,378	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	61.24	692	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	61.24/cwt	61.00–61.50	692	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	908	600.14/cwt	550.00–650.00	5,449	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	729.19/cwt	625.00–825.00	6,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	112.48/cwt	110.00–115.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	112.51/cwt	112.00–113.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	117.67/cwt	117.00–119.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	133.45/cwt	130.00–137.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	139.49/cwt	138.00–140.00	534	4
Bulls	—	—	1,660	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	119.03/cwt	118.00–120.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	121.97/cwt	120.00–124.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	139.36/cwt	138.00–140.00	443	3

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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