Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

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 $114.54/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$114.54

16 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$7.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	117.02	559	2thin
Medium and Large 2	424	114.50	486	13thin
Medium and Large 3	385	110.00	424	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.02/cwt here — about $136 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 sale16 hd

114.54

—

GA average17 barns · 1,352 hd

112.80

+1.73

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	44.61	525	3thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	117.02/cwt	116.00–118.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	119.51/cwt	118.00–121.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	543	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	112.09/cwt	110.00–114.00	476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	130.67/cwt	130.00–132.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	437	120.99/cwt	119.00–122.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.07/cwt	116.00–120.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	554	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	124.05/cwt	122.00–126.00	394	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	44.61/cwt	42.00–46.00	525	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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