Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-08-22

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Aug 22
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
50 vs last sale 82 14 vs year ago 46 · 30.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
38 vs last sale 43 25 vs year ago 30 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.92/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$209.92
15 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$354
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$59.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1300241.007232thin
Medium and Large 2449215.539679thin
Medium and Large 3593181.751,0774thin
One grade step is worth $59.25/cwt here — about −$354 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 sale15 hd
209.92
GA average16 barns · 1,286 hd
220.44
−10.52
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
BullsAverage1,675121.002,0271thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04768.657193thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1480220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0561
BullsMedium and Large 2650172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1181
BullsMedium and Large 3730167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2191
HeifersMedium and Large 1260240.00/cwt240.00–240.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 3588191.00/cwt190.00–192.001,1232
HeifersMedium and Large 2245237.00/cwt237.00–237.005811
HeifersMedium and Large 2380230.00/cwt230.00–230.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 2473218.52/cwt215.00–222.001,0342
SteersMedium and Large 1530237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2562
SteersMedium and Large 2585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
SteersMedium and Large 2670186.06/cwt182.00–190.001,2472
HeifersMedium and Large 3710155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1011
HeifersMedium and Large 2618194.86/cwt190.00–200.001,2042
HeifersMedium and Large 3485190.00/cwt190.00–190.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 2295227.00/cwt227.00–227.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 2420222.00/cwt222.00–222.009321
SteersMedium and Large 1575232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3341
HeifersMedium and Large 1340242.00/cwt242.00–242.008231
HeifersMedium and Large 2515197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0151
Bulls1,675121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,0271
CowsLean 85-90%1,04768.65/cwt64.00–71.007193

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.