Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

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 $108.63/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$108.63

15 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$0.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.31

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	478	109.08	521	4thin
Medium and Large 2	529	108.47	574	11thin

One grade step is worth $0.61/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale15 hd

108.63

—

GA average17 barns · 1,992 hd

122.94

−14.31

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	—	Average	1,705	78.19	1,333	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	54.30	681	13

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	690	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	529	114.28/cwt	112.00–115.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	108.25/cwt	108.00–109.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	109.08/cwt	106.00–112.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	106.03/cwt	104.00–108.00	597	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,018	624.74/cwt	600.00–650.00	6,360	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,024	594.78/cwt	475.00–625.00	6,091	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	895	662.50/cwt	600.00–725.00	5,929	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	922	859.00/cwt	850.00–875.00	7,920	6
Bulls	—	—	1,963	80.79/cwt	78.50–83.00	1,586	2
Bulls	—	—	1,190	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	869	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	867	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	425	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	54.81/cwt	51.00–56.00	691	11

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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