Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-08-29

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Aug 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 32▼ 6 vs year ago 46 · −13.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 5▼ 9 vs year ago 30 · −30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 0▼ 18 vs year ago 25 · −72.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.14/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$225.14
14 head · 359 lb average
Value per head Derived
$808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1323237.697697thin
Medium and Large 2409213.848756thin
Medium and Large 3305205.006251thin
One grade step is worth $32.69/cwt here — about $144 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 sale14 hd
225.14
—
GA average16 barns · 1,217 hd
220.90
+4.24
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%Average1,12090.001,0081thin
CowsLean 85-90%High72963.4546216

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)1,198$1,1944thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,415$1,5752thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1—263264.06/cwt260.00–270.006943
BullsMedium and Large 1—377244.65/cwt242.00–247.009223
BullsMedium and Large 2—455222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0101
BullsMedium and Large 3—370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2—430220.00/cwt220.00–220.009461
BullsMedium and Large 3—485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290225.00/cwt225.00–225.006531
SteersMedium and Large 2—655202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3231
SteersMedium and Large 2—755197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4871
SteersMedium and Large 3—685195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3361
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435217.00/cwt217.00–217.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—258243.95/cwt240.00–250.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—245255.00/cwt255.00–255.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425225.00/cwt225.00–225.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0671
HeifersMedium and Large 2—245237.00/cwt237.00–237.005811
BullsMedium and Large 2—575202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 2—330237.00/cwt237.00–237.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335232.00/cwt232.00–232.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305205.00/cwt205.00–205.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465204.53/cwt202.00–207.009512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0821
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9451,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred CowsSmall 2-3—915750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2821,242.62/head1,175.00–1,275.001,2433
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0081
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01078.03/cwt75.00–81.007882
CowsLean 85-90%—59659.44/cwt57.00–62.0035411
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02768.41/cwt65.00–71.007033

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.