Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-09-19

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Sep 19
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
19 vs last sale 77 12 vs year ago 46 · +26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
2 vs last sale 13 19 vs year ago 30 · 63.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 23 vs year ago 25 · 92.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.29/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$188.29
24 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
34.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566198.791,12411thin
Medium and Large 2599187.001,1206thin
Medium and Large 3520172.898997thin
One grade step is worth $25.90/cwt here — about $225 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 sale24 hd
188.29
GA average17 barns · 2,638 hd
222.34
−34.05
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
BullsAverage1,432106.041,5183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17589.911,0566thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$1,2752thin

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 1360230.00/cwt230.00–230.008281
BullsMedium and Large 3380190.00/cwt190.00–190.007221
BullsMedium and Large 3555177.00/cwt177.00–177.009821
BullsMedium and Large 3255200.00/cwt200.00–200.005101
HeifersMedium and Large 1612192.99/cwt192.00–195.001,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 1665192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2771
HeifersMedium and Large 3618175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0822
SteersMedium and Large 2529229.17/cwt227.00–232.001,2125
SteersMedium and Large 2610216.01/cwt215.00–217.001,3182
SteersMedium and Large 1573236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3524
SteersMedium and Large 3705180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2691
HeifersMedium and Large 3375187.63/cwt185.00–190.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 3695145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 1538202.34/cwt200.00–207.001,0893
SteersMedium and Large 1415252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0461
SteersMedium and Large 1465247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1491
SteersMedium and Large 2655215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4081
SteersMedium and Large 2705195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3751
HeifersMedium and Large 1483205.90/cwt202.00–210.009942
HeifersMedium and Large 2638185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1802
HeifersMedium and Large 3735145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0661
HeifersMedium and Large 3225195.00/cwt195.00–195.004391
HeifersMedium and Large 2579188.00/cwt185.00–192.001,0894
HeifersMedium and Large 1570198.46/cwt197.00–200.001,1312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0201,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Bulls1,840115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,1161
Bulls1,228101.56/cwt100.00–103.001,2472
CowsBoner 80-85%99585.75/cwt83.00–89.008533
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35594.06/cwt92.00–98.001,2753

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.