Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-06-20

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jun 20
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
111 vs last sale 145 12 vs year ago 46 · 26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
16 vs last sale 30 16 vs year ago 30 · 53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
2 vs last sale 8 19 vs year ago 25 · 76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, all classes had a limited comparable sales.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $203.91/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$203.91
11 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$87.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.77
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1273262.337173thin
Medium and Large 2500203.501,0182thin
Medium and Large 3462174.838076thin
One grade step is worth $87.50/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale11 hd
203.91
GA average16 barns · 972 hd
212.67
−8.77
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,180100.001,1802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07094.651,0133thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97962.146084thin

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)932$1,0333thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)910$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)955$8002thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1300255.00/cwt255.00–255.007651
BullsMedium and Large 2300242.00/cwt242.00–242.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2700165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 3670145.00/cwt145.00–145.009721
BullsMedium and Large 3450187.00/cwt187.00–187.008421
BullsMedium and Large 1275267.00/cwt267.00–267.007341
HeifersMedium and Large 2505170.00/cwt170.00–170.008591
HeifersMedium and Large 2268198.39/cwt195.00–200.005323
HeifersMedium and Large 3625137.00/cwt137.00–137.008561
SteersMedium and Large 1553226.00/cwt225.00–227.001,2502
HeifersMedium and Large 3515152.45/cwt150.00–155.007852
BullsMedium and Large 3508170.00/cwt170.00–170.008642
BullsMedium and Large 3230185.00/cwt185.00–185.004261
BullsMedium and Large 3405192.00/cwt192.00–192.007781
BullsMedium and Large 1245265.00/cwt265.00–265.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 1395205.00/cwt205.00–205.008101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29101,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29321,032.83/head975.00–1,075.001,0333
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3955800.00/head800.00–800.008002
CowsLean 85-90%1,00257.85/cwt55.00–63.005803
CowsLean 85-90%91075.00/cwt75.00–75.006831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13089.47/cwt89.00–90.001,0112
CowsBoner 80-85%950105.00/cwt105.00–105.009981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,180106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,2511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1091

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.