Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-26

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 $147.72/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$147.72

26 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$185

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

$2.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.07

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	423	148.12	626	22
Medium and Large 2	558	145.52	811	4thin

One grade step is worth $2.61/cwt here — about −$185 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 sale26 hd

147.72

—

GA average16 barns · 1,486 hd

147.65

+0.07

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%	Low	1,328	68.55	911	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,070	50.00	535	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2	—	530	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	142.03/cwt	139.00–145.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	289	159.38/cwt	157.50–162.50	461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	155.49/cwt	155.00–157.00	518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	436	147.01/cwt	145.00–150.00	641	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	132.98/cwt	131.00–135.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	139.53/cwt	137.00–141.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	136.79/cwt	135.00–139.00	524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	144.73/cwt	140.00–147.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	138.99/cwt	137.00–141.00	739	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	809.38/cwt	750.00–850.00	7,689	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	939.69/cwt	925.00–950.00	11,680	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,265	818.08/cwt	800.00–825.00	10,349	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	65.82/cwt	65.00–67.00	859	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	535	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,018	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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