Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-12-07

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Dec 7
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 44▲ 6 vs year ago 65 · +9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 6▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $122.13/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$122.13
28 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.71
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475131.326243thin
Medium and Large 2451124.4556113thin
Medium and Large 3424117.3349812thin
One grade step is worth $13.99/cwt here — about $126 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 sale28 hd
122.13
—
GA average16 barns · 2,116 hd
128.85
−6.71
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,45576.501,1132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26355.086954thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20558.00/cwt58.00–58.006991
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28254.10/cwt53.00–55.006943
Bulls——1,63076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2391
Bulls——1,28077.00/cwt77.00–77.009861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—800575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—838492.24/cwt475.00–510.004,1252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—897801.21/cwt775.00–850.007,1873
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,117925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,3326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—490114.97/cwt112.00–118.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375126.63/cwt126.00–128.004753
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568118.03/cwt116.00–120.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475131.32/cwt130.00–134.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—508107.02/cwt102.00–112.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428115.15/cwt112.00–122.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382121.52/cwt116.00–124.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333126.99/cwt126.00–128.004232
HeifersMedium and Large 2—461125.01/cwt124.00–126.005764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438125.46/cwt124.00–128.005504
BullsMedium and Large 3—305142.50/cwt142.50–142.504351
BullsMedium and Large 3—428126.16/cwt122.00–130.005404
BullsMedium and Large 2—463134.07/cwt132.00–138.006213

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.