Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2022-02-08

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Feb 8
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
31 vs last sale 71 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
4 vs last sale 10 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a market test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $162.62/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$162.62
9 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1406171.816975thin
Medium and Large 2492151.127434thin
One grade step is worth $20.69/cwt here — about −$46 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
162.62
GA average15 barns · 1,373 hd
151.52
+11.09
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
BullsAverage1,730102.001,7651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12372.508142thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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%1,10576.00/cwt76.00–76.008401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14069.00/cwt69.00–69.007871
Bulls1,730102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,7651
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3825725.00/cwt725.00–725.005,9812
HeifersMedium and Large 1333154.51/cwt154.00–155.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 1385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
HeifersMedium and Large 1435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006312
BullsMedium and Large 2425162.50/cwt162.50–162.506911
BullsMedium and Large 2538143.99/cwt142.00–146.007752
BullsMedium and Large 2465154.00/cwt154.00–154.007161
BullsMedium and Large 1455164.00/cwt164.00–164.007461
BullsMedium and Large 1350185.00/cwt185.00–185.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1408170.02/cwt165.00–172.506943

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.