Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-21

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 $133.69/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$133.69

9 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$0.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.46

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	134.34	672	3thin
Medium and Large 2	467	133.37	623	6thin

One grade step is worth $0.97/cwt here — about $49 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 sale9 hd

133.69

—

GA average14 barns · 1,366 hd

139.16

−5.46

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	—	Average	1,735	105.00	1,822	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,118	86.23	964	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,111	66.60	740	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,014	$694	7

Every lot, as filed

20 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%	—	1,126	62.56/cwt	60.00–64.00	704	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	71.99/cwt	70.00–74.00	786	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	94.51/cwt	94.00–95.00	950	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	84.16/cwt	80.00–87.00	964	8
Bulls	—	—	1,735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,822	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,014	693.68/head	625.00–800.00	694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.60/cwt	133.00–140.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	144.87/cwt	140.00–150.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	182.55/cwt	180.00–185.00	612	3

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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