Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-01

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 $159.83/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$159.83

19 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$33.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.95

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	161.60	711	18thin
Medium and Large 2	540	128.00	691	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about $20 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 sale19 hd

159.83

—

GA average15 barns · 1,256 hd

146.89

+12.95

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	1,513	99.50	1,505	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,433	77.35	1,109	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	69.00	718	1thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	718	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	75.53/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,031	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,570	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,272	1
Bulls	—	—	1,220	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,135	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	166.03/cwt	163.00–169.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	172.31/cwt	171.00–175.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	157.32/cwt	157.00–158.00	766	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	164.49/cwt	163.00–165.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	161.24/cwt	156.00–166.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	142.56/cwt	141.00–144.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	698	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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