Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

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 $113.11/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$113.11

10 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	120.00	598	3thin
Medium and Large 2	511	110.22	563	5thin
Medium and Large 3	338	110.00	372	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $227 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 sale10 hd

113.11

—

GA average16 barns · 1,445 hd

112.91

+0.20

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%	Average	1,315	65.00	855	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	900	51.00	459	1thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	124.02/cwt	122.00–126.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	904	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	459	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	125.05/cwt	122.00–128.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	372	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.

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