Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a market test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.45/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$138.45

9 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

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

$14.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.76

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	141.71	780	7thin
Medium and Large 2	615	127.02	781	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.69/cwt here — about −$1 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

138.45

—

GA average13 barns · 577 hd

145.21

−6.76

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	—	Low	1,855	76.00	1,410	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	—	1,855	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,410	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	143.31/cwt	142.00–144.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	118.65/cwt	118.00–120.00	564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	114.51/cwt	113.00–116.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →