Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-15

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 $142.44/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$142.44

59 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$228

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

$5.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	418	147.27	615	6thin
Medium and Large 1	594	141.89	843	53

One grade step is worth $5.39/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale59 hd

142.44

—

GA average18 barns · 2,428 hd

145.81

−3.38

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	1,590	90.00	1,431	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1	—	385	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	141.32/cwt	140.00–142.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	133.80/cwt	131.00–134.50	883	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	159.43/cwt	159.00–162.00	891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	165.20/cwt	158.00–167.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	146.69/cwt	146.00–148.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	148.71/cwt	144.00–149.00	821	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	145.54/cwt	144.00–147.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	149.48/cwt	148.00–152.00	783	8
Bulls	—	—	1,590	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,431	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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