Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a market test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $154.10/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$154.10

10 head · 374 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$10.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	425	157.80	671	4thin
Medium and Large 3	286	153.82	439	4thin
Medium and Large 2	450	147.25	663	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about $8 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 sale10 hd

154.10

—

GA average15 barns · 1,634 hd

134.76

+19.34

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	1,335	67.46	900	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	62.27	663	2thin

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 1	—	405	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	167.60/cwt	165.00–170.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	238	160.03/cwt	157.50–162.50	381	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	147.61/cwt	142.50–152.50	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	133.36/cwt	132.00–136.00	816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,825	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	66.07/cwt	64.00–67.00	853	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	62.27/cwt	61.50–63.00	663	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,510	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,102	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,330	852.54/cwt	825.00–875.00	11,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	132.98/cwt	132.00–134.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	138.67/cwt	138.00–140.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	500	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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