Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.20/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$139.20

32 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$14.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	147.46	798	7thin
Medium and Large 2	521	139.52	727	15thin
Medium and Large 3	450	132.94	598	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.53/cwt here — about $200 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 sale32 hd

139.20

—

GA average16 barns · 1,144 hd

142.55

−3.35

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%	Average	1,213	55.50	673	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	759	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	128.72/cwt	126.00–134.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	123.39/cwt	122.00–126.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	122.06/cwt	120.00–126.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	152.71/cwt	150.00–154.00	797	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	123.02/cwt	122.00–124.00	590	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,335	728.93/cwt	675.00–775.00	9,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	124.09/cwt	122.00–126.00	527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	115.12/cwt	110.00–120.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	148.60/cwt	146.00–156.00	685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	119.09/cwt	114.00–124.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	104.02/cwt	102.00–106.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	144.05/cwt	140.00–148.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	123.01/cwt	122.00–124.00	379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	154.05/cwt	152.00–160.00	661	4

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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