Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-09-01

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Sep 1
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 30 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 6 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 4 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 $90.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$90.00
1 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
34.11
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 374090.006661thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
90.00
GA average17 barns · 1,321 hd
124.11
−34.11
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06348.005102thin

Every lot, as filed

4 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,123577.06/cwt550.00–600.006,4802
CowsLean 85-90%1,03051.00/cwt51.00–51.005251
CowsLean 85-90%1,09545.00/cwt45.00–45.004931
BullsMedium and Large 374090.00/cwt90.00–90.006661

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.