Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

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 $113.97/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$113.97

16 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$17.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.62

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	121.02	548	4thin
Medium and Large 2	481	113.34	545	10thin
Medium and Large 3	523	103.03	539	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.99/cwt here — about $9 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 sale16 hd

113.97

—

GA average16 barns · 1,480 hd

120.59

−6.62

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%	High	1,365	61.50	839	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%	—	1,365	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	114.15/cwt	110.00–118.00	540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	134.52/cwt	134.00–135.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.51/cwt	118.00–119.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	103.03/cwt	102.00–104.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	114.19/cwt	110.00–118.00	485	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	137.77/cwt	132.50–142.50	452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	117.21/cwt	112.00–122.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.03/cwt	120.00–122.00	633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	587	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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