Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

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 $135.76/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$135.76

8 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.58

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	149.00	730	1thin
Medium and Large 3	385	136.02	523	5thin
Medium and Large 2	550	128.50	707	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $23 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 sale8 hd

135.76

—

GA average17 barns · 1,882 hd

143.34

−7.58

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	1,390	79.50	1,105	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,142	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,065	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,170.00/cwt	1,170.00–1,170.00	14,040	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,205	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	999.28/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	12,741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	140.36/cwt	139.00–141.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	128.50/cwt	125.00–132.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	493	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	154.09/cwt	149.00–159.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	813	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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →