Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.28/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$140.28

8 head · 397 lb average

Value per head Derived

$556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$0.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	362	140.69	509	3thin
Medium and Large 2	417	140.03	584	5thin

One grade step is worth $0.66/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale8 hd

140.28

—

GA average16 barns · 1,334 hd

135.21

+5.07

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	1,320	52.33	691	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,117	48.52	542	4thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	50.99/cwt	50.00–52.00	621	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	45.47/cwt	45.00–46.00	488	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	51.56/cwt	51.00–52.00	598	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,525	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	124.05/cwt	122.00–126.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	315	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,410	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	13,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	140.69/cwt	140.00–142.00	509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	141.03/cwt	140.00–142.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	205	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	349	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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