Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

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 $127.01/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$127.01

35 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$18.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.47

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	484	128.59	623	31
Medium and Large 3	390	128.00	499	1thin
Medium and Large 2	562	110.34	620	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.25/cwt here — about $3 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 sale35 hd

127.01

—

GA average15 barns · 1,452 hd

127.48

−0.47

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	Lean 85-90%	Low	947	50.09	474	4thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 2	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	750	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,303	598.13/cwt	575.00–625.00	7,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	48.18/cwt	46.00–50.00	476	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	51.99/cwt	51.00–53.00	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	110.34/cwt	110.00–111.00	620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	627	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	131.47/cwt	130.00–136.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	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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