Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

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 $135.91/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$135.91

28 head · 423 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$226

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

$3.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.82

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	340	137.28	466	8thin
Medium and Large 2	435	135.88	592	15thin
Medium and Large 1	517	133.82	692	5thin

One grade step is worth $3.46/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale28 hd

135.91

—

GA average15 barns · 1,206 hd

125.09

+10.82

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	1,153	65.52	755	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	54.50	522	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,110	53.00	588	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%	—	1,185	67.15/cwt	66.00–69.00	796	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	605	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,110	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	588	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	510	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	953	601.88/cwt	535.00–675.00	5,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	146.68/cwt	145.00–150.00	491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	137.24/cwt	132.00–142.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	331	135.98/cwt	134.00–140.00	450	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	140.05/cwt	138.00–142.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	148.10/cwt	144.00–150.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	510	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	571	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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