Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for market test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.88/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$129.88

14 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$35.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.20

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	350	160.00	560	1thin
Medium and Large 2	410	146.00	599	2thin
Medium and Large 3	439	124.21	545	11thin

One grade step is worth $35.79/cwt here — about $15 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

129.88

—

GA average7 barns · 704 hd

127.68

+2.20

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	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,374	52.18	717	5thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 2	—	508	105.49/cwt	104.00–107.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	611	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,184	757.35/cwt	600.00–875.00	8,967	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	13,130	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	48.45/cwt	47.00–50.00	625	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	768	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,505	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	120.11/cwt	115.00–125.00	571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	123.25/cwt	120.00–130.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	137.95/cwt	136.00–140.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	113.01/cwt	112.00–114.00	407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	117.38/cwt	116.00–118.00	385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	1

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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