Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-08-01

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Aug 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
23 vs last sale 54 31 vs year ago 46 · +67.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
7 vs last sale 14 9 vs year ago 30 · 30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
6 vs last sale 9 10 vs year ago 25 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, Replacement cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.75/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$191.75
26 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.40
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569202.701,15417thin
Medium and Large 2445185.508254thin
Medium and Large 3536159.508555thin
One grade step is worth $43.20/cwt here — about $299 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 sale26 hd
191.75
GA average15 barns · 1,483 hd
211.14
−19.40
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
BullsAverage1,952119.142,3263thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15392.641,06815
CowsLean 85-90%Average92777.447183thin

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)1,310$1,1251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,151$1,0918

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1565190.49/cwt190.00–191.001,0762
BullsMedium and Large 2480187.00/cwt187.00–187.008981
BullsMedium and Large 3655163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0681
BullsMedium and Large 1668186.30/cwt185.00–189.001,2443
BullsMedium and Large 2575182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0471
BullsMedium and Large 3735166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2201
SteersMedium and Large 2576201.08/cwt200.50–202.001,1585
SteersMedium and Large 1652205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3372
HeifersMedium and Large 3575162.00/cwt162.00–162.009321
BullsMedium and Large 3575176.59/cwt174.00–179.001,0152
HeifersMedium and Large 1578202.66/cwt197.50–204.001,17115
HeifersMedium and Large 2340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006701
SteersMedium and Large 1408234.00/cwt234.00–234.009554
SteersMedium and Large 1510233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1882
SteersMedium and Large 1575221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2712
BullsMedium and Large 1400197.00/cwt197.00–197.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 1505203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 2420185.00/cwt185.00–185.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 2510180.00/cwt180.00–180.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 3440171.50/cwt170.00–172.507553
HeifersMedium and Large 3785121.00/cwt121.00–121.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1921,166.53/head1,075.00–1,250.001,1675
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,083966.42/head925.00–1,000.009663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3101,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bulls1,952119.14/cwt116.00–121.002,3263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21887.16/cwt85.00–91.001,0627
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09697.44/cwt93.00–100.001,0688
CowsLean 85-90%94075.16/cwt72.00–78.007072
CowsLean 85-90%90082.00/cwt82.00–82.007381

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.