Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-01-26

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jan 26
● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
40 vs last sale 0 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $113.39/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$113.39
3 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.07
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2620113.587042thin
Medium and Large 1710113.008021thin
One grade step is worth $0.58/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale3 hd
113.39
GA average16 barns · 631 hd
135.46
−22.07
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

6 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,295875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,3311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,425885.00/cwt885.00–885.0012,6112
SteersMedium and Large 2620113.58/cwt110.00–117.007042
SteersMedium and Large 1710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008021
HeifersMedium and Large 1660101.01/cwt100.00–102.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 1720102.00/cwt102.00–102.007341

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.