Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-07-18

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jul 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
3 vs last sale 44 1 vs year ago 46 · +2.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
34 vs last sale 37 27 vs year ago 30 · 90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows lightly tested, feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, and feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $232.32/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$232.32
21 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,229
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$511
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.32
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373252.009402thin
Medium and Large 2538231.101,24418thin
Medium and Large 3675215.001,4511thin
One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about −$511 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 sale21 hd
232.32
GA average17 barns · 1,510 hd
240.64
−8.32
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average89589.217993thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 2415215.00/cwt215.00–215.008921
BullsMedium and Large 2580195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 1535212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1342
HeifersMedium and Large 1473213.29/cwt210.00–215.001,0093
HeifersMedium and Large 3680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 2570195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 3700165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1552
SteersMedium and Large 1373252.00/cwt252.00–252.009402
HeifersMedium and Large 1566210.85/cwt207.00–215.001,1937
HeifersMedium and Large 3645187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2061
SteersMedium and Large 2385247.00/cwt247.00–247.009511
SteersMedium and Large 2655227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4871
SteersMedium and Large 2620225.99/cwt225.00–227.001,4014
SteersMedium and Large 3675215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4511
HeifersMedium and Large 2630195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2291
HeifersMedium and Large 2420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2420234.50/cwt232.00–237.009852
SteersMedium and Large 2477233.66/cwt232.00–237.001,1153
SteersMedium and Large 2532233.60/cwt232.00–237.001,2433
SteersMedium and Large 2575227.75/cwt222.00–232.001,3104
CowsBoner 80-85%87883.31/cwt82.00–85.007312
CowsBoner 80-85%930101.00/cwt101.00–101.009391

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.