Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-05-02

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, May 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
14 vs last sale 46 22 vs year ago 54 · 40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
6 vs last sale 9 10 vs year ago 5 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 4 5 vs year ago 13 · 38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls steady, and feeder heifers lightly tested, Replacement cows significantly higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.17/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$193.17
15 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400207.328289thin
Medium and Large 2383189.007253thin
Medium and Large 3525154.868133thin
One grade step is worth $52.46/cwt here — about $15 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 sale15 hd
193.17
GA average16 barns · 1,537 hd
197.55
−4.38
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,973108.572,1422thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50793.421,4085thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31089.001,1661thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95773.597043thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,126$1,7994thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,976$2,8665

Every lot, as filed

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2630177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1151
BullsMedium and Large 2458181.01/cwt180.00–182.008292
BullsMedium and Large 1355237.00/cwt237.00–237.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 1370212.00/cwt212.00–212.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 1580187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 1483199.46/cwt197.00–202.009632
HeifersMedium and Large 3575148.79/cwt147.50–150.008562
SteersMedium and Large 2445192.00/cwt192.00–192.008541
SteersMedium and Large 2480185.00/cwt185.00–185.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 3425167.00/cwt167.00–167.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 2340200.00/cwt200.00–200.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 2545165.00/cwt165.00–165.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 2265202.00/cwt202.00–202.005351
HeifersMedium and Large 1245222.00/cwt222.00–222.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 1440202.00/cwt202.00–202.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1310220.00/cwt220.00–220.006821
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,9762,865.74/head2,500.00–3,050.002,8665
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1902,131.41/head2,050.00–2,175.002,1313
Bred CowsSmall 1-2935800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bulls1,973108.57/cwt107.00–110.002,1422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50793.42/cwt93.00–94.001,4085
CowsLean 85-90%95773.59/cwt71.00–77.007043

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.