Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-11-17

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Nov 17
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
3 vs last sale 83 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 5 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 12 14 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 mostly steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.94/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$123.94
28 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538129.806985thin
Medium and Large 3423125.215306thin
Medium and Large 2553121.7667317thin
One grade step is worth $8.04/cwt here — about $25 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 sale28 hd
123.94
GA average17 barns · 1,189 hd
131.79
−7.86
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
BullsLow1,61573.001,1791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40059.008261thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1543120.01/cwt118.00–122.006522
HeifersMedium and Large 1435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
HeifersMedium and Large 1580112.00/cwt112.00–112.006501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3865537.57/cwt525.00–550.004,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3930725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,7431
SteersMedium and Large 1568126.98/cwt126.00–128.007212
BullsMedium and Large 2410131.52/cwt130.00–133.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 2373123.14/cwt120.00–126.004594
SteersMedium and Large 2628115.60/cwt114.00–119.007263
HeifersMedium and Large 2565104.06/cwt98.00–108.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 2420114.14/cwt110.00–118.004794
SteersMedium and Large 2490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006371
SteersMedium and Large 2524124.58/cwt120.00–128.006539
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3937639.06/cwt575.00–675.005,9883
BullsMedium and Large 3380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
BullsMedium and Large 3493116.50/cwt116.00–117.005742
BullsMedium and Large 3520106.91/cwt104.00–110.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 2460113.03/cwt110.00–116.005202
SteersMedium and Large 3423125.21/cwt120.00–130.005306
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3651,063.00/cwt1,025.00–1,150.0014,5106
BullsMedium and Large 3575105.17/cwt100.00–110.006052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40059.00/cwt59.00–59.008261
Bulls1,61573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,1791
SteersMedium and Large 2578117.98/cwt117.00–120.006824
HeifersMedium and Large 2525108.02/cwt106.00–110.005672
SteersMedium and Large 1518131.68/cwt131.00–132.006823

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.