Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.99/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$132.99

60 head · 431 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$2.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	373	133.36	497	21
Medium and Large 1	475	132.87	631	37
Medium and Large 3	215	131.31	282	2thin

One grade step is worth $2.05/cwt here — about $215 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 sale60 hd

132.99

—

GA average16 barns · 2,096 hd

132.70

+0.29

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	1,206	65.02	784	4thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%	—	1,206	65.02/cwt	63.00–67.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	149.35/cwt	148.00–152.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	147.38/cwt	146.00–148.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	125.64/cwt	125.50–126.00	663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	124.60/cwt	122.00–126.00	733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	124.99/cwt	124.00–126.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	146.03/cwt	138.00–148.00	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	116.99/cwt	114.00–120.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	115.94/cwt	112.00–120.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	142.63/cwt	140.00–144.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	236	138.22/cwt	136.00–146.00	326	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	131.01/cwt	128.00–133.00	828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	140.63/cwt	138.00–144.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	137.24/cwt	132.00–142.00	583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	268	151.71/cwt	150.00–152.50	407	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	114.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	215	131.31/cwt	130.00–132.50	282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	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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