Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a market test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.13/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$111.13

9 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$9.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.70

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	118.50	626	2thin
Medium and Large 3	486	109.03	530	7thin

One grade step is worth $9.47/cwt here — about $96 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 sale9 hd

111.13

—

GA average16 barns · 1,631 hd

120.83

−9.70

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	1,304	57.03	744	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	43.88	498	6thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	—	555	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	122.95/cwt	121.00–125.00	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	111.69/cwt	110.00–112.50	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.03/cwt	106.00–108.00	557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	698	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	53.98/cwt	53.00–55.00	659	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	60.07/cwt	59.00–61.00	834	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	524	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	43.25/cwt	42.00–44.00	493	5

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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