Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-06-27

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jun 27
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
14 vs last sale 34 26 vs year ago 46 · 56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
13 vs last sale 14 3 vs year ago 30 · 10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
15 vs last sale 6 4 vs year ago 25 · 16.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows lightly tested, all feeder classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $216.99/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$216.99
5 head · 374 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.36
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413226.489352thin
Medium and Large 2373218.508142thin
Medium and Large 3300195.005851thin
One grade step is worth $31.48/cwt here — about $350 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 sale5 hd
216.99
GA average16 barns · 839 hd
207.63
+9.36
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
BullsHigh997116.811,1653thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05598.491,03914
CowsLean 85-90%Average96371.446885thin

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)965$1,0233thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)862$9104thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,092$1,13112

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 2315222.00/cwt222.00–222.006991
BullsMedium and Large 2430215.00/cwt215.00–215.009251
BullsMedium and Large 3300195.00/cwt195.00–195.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1413226.48/cwt226.00–227.009352
HeifersMedium and Large 1555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 2335197.00/cwt197.00–197.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 3225192.00/cwt192.00–192.004321
SteersMedium and Large 2545207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 1355237.00/cwt237.00–237.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 3540160.00/cwt160.00–160.008641
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0781,311.98/head1,225.00–1,450.001,3126
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-31,300850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,008999.07/head975.00–1,025.009994
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29151,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3990934.72/head925.00–950.009352
Bred CowsSmall 1-2785725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3887971.36/head950.00–985.009713
Bulls885125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1061
Bulls1,053112.72/cwt110.00–115.001,1872
CowsBoner 80-85%973119.16/cwt115.00–121.001,1593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15690.10/cwt86.00–92.001,0427
CowsLean 85-90%96371.44/cwt69.00–74.006885
CowsBoner 80-85%94097.68/cwt95.00–103.009184

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.