Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-09-05

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Sep 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
7 vs last sale 40 13 vs year ago 46 · 28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
10 vs last sale 21 19 vs year ago 30 · 63.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 7 20 vs year ago 25 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested, feeder steers, heifer, and bulls lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.94/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$212.94
13 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1315238.097503thin
Medium and Large 2388218.678476thin
Medium and Large 3483185.508954thin
One grade step is worth $52.59/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale13 hd
212.94
GA average12 barns · 975 hd
220.18
−7.24
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,530114.001,7441thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19197.431,1606thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99084.818402thin

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)935$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$1,2624thin

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 1378243.52/cwt240.00–247.009212
BullsMedium and Large 2505190.00/cwt190.00–190.009601
BullsMedium and Large 2475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
BullsMedium and Large 2365227.00/cwt227.00–227.008291
BullsMedium and Large 3633152.53/cwt150.00–155.009662
BullsMedium and Large 3718151.02/cwt150.00–152.001,0842
HeifersMedium and Large 1405235.00/cwt235.00–235.009521
HeifersMedium and Large 3540185.00/cwt185.00–185.009991
SteersMedium and Large 1365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
SteersMedium and Large 3750172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2901
HeifersMedium and Large 2325230.00/cwt230.00–230.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 3270207.00/cwt207.00–207.005591
BullsMedium and Large 3510162.00/cwt162.00–162.008261
HeifersMedium and Large 2355220.00/cwt220.00–220.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 2245225.00/cwt225.00–225.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 3495190.00/cwt190.00–190.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 2460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009661
BullsMedium and Large 3590155.00/cwt155.00–155.009151
BullsMedium and Large 1430230.00/cwt225.00–235.009892
HeifersMedium and Large 1270239.64/cwt237.00–242.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 2535212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 2405215.00/cwt215.00–215.008711
HeifersMedium and Large 3625160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0701,262.32/head1,225.00–1,300.001,2624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29351,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18093.40/cwt92.00–96.001,1023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202101.46/cwt100.00–103.001,2203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,530114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,7441
CowsLean 85-90%99084.81/cwt84.00–86.008402

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.