Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-01

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 $134.30/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$134.30

22 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$8.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.06

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	140.80	624	5thin
Medium and Large 3	370	134.08	496	2thin
Medium and Large 2	449	132.17	593	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.63/cwt here — about $31 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 sale22 hd

134.30

—

GA average15 barns · 1,941 hd

138.37

−4.06

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	1,192	69.43	827	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	151.40/cwt	150.00–154.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.11/cwt	156.00–160.00	593	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	152.09/cwt	150.00–154.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	159.05/cwt	158.00–160.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.19/cwt	122.00–132.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	142.22/cwt	138.00–146.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	131.19/cwt	126.00–136.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	132.82/cwt	126.00–136.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	134.08/cwt	132.00–136.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	155.21/cwt	150.00–160.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	753	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,784	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	70.12/cwt	69.00–72.00	856	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	690	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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