Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

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 $110.68/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$110.68

19 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$159

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

$10.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	411	116.01	477	8thin
Medium and Large 3	420	106.89	449	10thin
Medium and Large 1	600	106.00	636	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale19 hd

110.68

—

GA average16 barns · 1,422 hd

113.54

−2.85

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,552	72.86	1,131	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	55.00	712	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,605	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	12,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	708	92.49/cwt	90.00–95.00	655	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,473	712.18/cwt	700.00–725.00	10,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	129.24/cwt	129.00–130.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	121.46/cwt	119.00–124.00	520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,415	632.42/cwt	525.00–725.00	8,949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	130.96/cwt	130.00–132.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	112.13/cwt	110.00–116.00	353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	492	108.03/cwt	104.00–110.00	532	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	109.17/cwt	104.00–114.00	413	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	712	1
Bulls	—	—	1,552	72.86/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	95.05/cwt	90.00–100.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	112.69/cwt	112.00–114.00	535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	553	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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