Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.57/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$111.57

31 head · 411 lb average

Value per head Derived

$459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$90

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$1.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	362	112.48	408	15thin
Medium and Large 1	565	112.00	633	1thin
Medium and Large 2	449	110.63	497	15thin

One grade step is worth $1.85/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale31 hd

111.57

—

GA average16 barns · 1,636 hd

113.92

−2.35

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,250	45.00	563	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	137.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	132.25/cwt	132.00–132.50	473	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,106	882.97/cwt	775.00–925.00	9,766	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	106.11/cwt	100.00–110.00	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	111.58/cwt	110.00–113.00	418	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,168	551.98/cwt	525.00–575.00	6,447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	102.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	128.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	127.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	479	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	120.64/cwt	120.00–122.00	396	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,024.18/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	10,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	113.27/cwt	110.00–114.00	383	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	453	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,173	749.84/cwt	675.00–825.00	8,796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	292	133.01/cwt	132.00–135.00	388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	123.14/cwt	120.00–126.00	342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	116.68/cwt	115.00–120.00	545	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	637	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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