Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

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 $148.68/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$148.68

3 head · 425 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.22

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	151.52	633	2thin
Medium and Large 3	440	143.00	629	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.52/cwt here — about $4 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 sale3 hd

148.68

—

GA average15 barns · 1,667 hd

144.46

+4.22

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	1,215	87.84	1,067	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	85.00	1,407	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	80.75	844	2thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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 3	—	410	149.02/cwt	147.00–151.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	151.52/cwt	148.00–155.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	629	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,920	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	87.84/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,067	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,407	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	80.75/cwt	77.00–84.00	844	2

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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