Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

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 $115.97/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$115.97

18 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$179

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

$7.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	341	119.11	406	7thin
Medium and Large 1	527	116.80	616	5thin
Medium and Large 2	524	111.63	585	6thin

One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale18 hd

115.97

—

GA average9 barns · 779 hd

117.88

−1.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	135.44/cwt	133.00–139.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	129.39/cwt	126.00–133.00	809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	132.09/cwt	130.00–134.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	114.86/cwt	113.00–119.00	439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	131.91/cwt	127.00–137.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	122.66/cwt	120.00–124.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	636	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,434	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,028	708.48/cwt	650.00–765.00	7,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	112.92/cwt	111.00–115.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	290	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.83/cwt	131.00–141.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	138.45/cwt	136.00–141.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	124.05/cwt	121.00–127.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	120.54/cwt	118.00–123.00	398	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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