Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for market test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.42/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$114.42

12 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$4.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	115.99	715	8thin
Medium and Large 2	542	111.30	603	4thin

One grade step is worth $4.68/cwt here — about $112 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 sale12 hd

114.42

—

GA average17 barns · 1,348 hd

117.90

−3.48

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,520	67.00	1,018	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,143	62.20	711	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	62.20/cwt	60.00–64.00	711	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,520	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	110.04/cwt	105.00–115.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	114.97/cwt	112.00–118.00	735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	134.19/cwt	130.00–138.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	132.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	125.35/cwt	124.00–126.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1

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 →