Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

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 $133.19/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$133.19

23 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$50.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	395	170.00	672	1thin
Medium and Large 2	412	143.39	591	11thin
Medium and Large 3	494	119.64	591	11thin

One grade step is worth $50.36/cwt here — about $80 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 sale23 hd

133.19

—

GA average11 barns · 834 hd

131.27

+1.92

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,832	86.67	1,588	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	62.86	773	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	58.70	684	12

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	54.69/cwt	54.00–55.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	149.99/cwt	148.00–152.00	777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	156.27/cwt	154.00–159.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	125.13/cwt	122.00–128.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	95.01/cwt	92.00–98.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	142.50/cwt	142.00–143.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	127.96/cwt	126.00–130.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	121.02/cwt	118.00–124.00	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	142.01/cwt	140.00–146.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	98.03/cwt	95.00–104.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	263	150.49/cwt	150.00–152.00	396	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	152.62/cwt	150.00–160.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	115.53/cwt	114.00–120.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	126.01/cwt	124.00–128.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	139.07/cwt	134.00–144.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	110.08/cwt	108.00–112.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	95.06/cwt	92.00–98.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	134.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	106.98/cwt	102.00–112.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	103.01/cwt	102.00–104.00	642	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,162	707.93/cwt	625.00–825.00	8,226	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,015	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	60.04/cwt	56.00–62.00	693	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	59.63/cwt	56.00–62.00	658	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	64.84/cwt	63.00–68.00	847	13
Bulls	—	—	1,733	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,482	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,807	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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