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 2—415215.00/cwt215.00–215.008921
BullsMedium and Large 2—580195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473213.29/cwt210.00–215.001,0093
HeifersMedium and Large 3—680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1121
HeifersMedium and Large 3—700165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1552
SteersMedium and Large 1—373252.00/cwt252.00–252.009402
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566210.85/cwt207.00–215.001,1937
HeifersMedium and Large 3—645187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2061
SteersMedium and Large 2—385247.00/cwt247.00–247.009511
SteersMedium and Large 2—655227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4871
SteersMedium and Large 2—620225.99/cwt225.00–227.001,4014
SteersMedium and Large 3—675215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2291
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2—420234.50/cwt232.00–237.009852
SteersMedium and Large 2—477233.66/cwt232.00–237.001,1153
SteersMedium and Large 2—532233.60/cwt232.00–237.001,2433
SteersMedium and Large 2—575227.75/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.