Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-10-20

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 20
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
10 vs last sale 75 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 3 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 40 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $114.96/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$114.96
14 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660120.607965thin
Medium and Large 2542112.356097thin
Medium and Large 3468110.005152thin
One grade step is worth $10.60/cwt here — about $282 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 sale14 hd
114.96
GA average14 barns · 417 hd
120.05
−5.09
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
BullsLow1,82568.001,2411thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31747.336233thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39350.00/cwt50.00–50.006972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16542.00/cwt42.00–42.004891
Bulls1,82568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2411
SteersMedium and Large 1633120.99/cwt118.00–124.007662
SteersMedium and Large 1743117.50/cwt117.00–118.008732
SteersMedium and Large 1550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
BullsMedium and Large 3463100.00/cwt100.00–100.004632
HeifersMedium and Large 340895.03/cwt90.00–100.003882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3985725.85/cwt700.00–750.007,1503
HeifersMedium and Large 2420104.48/cwt104.00–105.004392
BullsMedium and Large 3263121.03/cwt120.00–122.003182
BullsMedium and Large 3358119.50/cwt119.00–120.004282
BullsMedium and Large 3413109.02/cwt108.00–110.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 357390.00/cwt90.00–90.005162
BullsMedium and Large 365884.99/cwt83.00–87.005592
BullsMedium and Large 261393.01/cwt92.00–94.005702
SteersMedium and Large 2520114.12/cwt110.00–118.005934
HeifersMedium and Large 256897.02/cwt96.00–98.005512
SteersMedium and Large 2572110.00/cwt110.00–110.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 347895.18/cwt90.00–100.004552
SteersMedium and Large 3468110.00/cwt110.00–110.005152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,188889.47/cwt825.00–950.0010,5674
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,125888.33/cwt850.00–925.009,9944
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2955875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,3561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2997866.79/cwt800.00–975.008,6426

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.