Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-10-03

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 47▼ 7 vs year ago 46 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 10▼ 13 vs year ago 30 · −43.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 22 vs year ago 25 · −88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.17/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$191.17
14 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.43
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438209.939196thin
Medium and Large 3380184.877032thin
Medium and Large 2654174.501,1426thin
One grade step is worth $35.43/cwt here — about −$223 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
191.17
—
GA average16 barns · 1,342 hd
207.59
−16.43
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
Bulls—Average2,038111.702,2762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37587.001,1961thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15985.859957thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04172.627565thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,255$9251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$1,3752thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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—415242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0041
BullsMedium and Large 1—480240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1521
BullsMedium and Large 1—360247.00/cwt247.00–247.008891
BullsMedium and Large 2—530217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 2—570198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1291
BullsMedium and Large 3—610172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0491
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380184.87/cwt180.00–190.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—810165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3371
SteersMedium and Large 2—660180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1881
SteersMedium and Large 2—725185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3411
SteersMedium and Large 3—575175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 3—630150.00/cwt150.00–150.009451
SteersMedium and Large 2—775160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423217.40/cwt215.00–220.009202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445195.00/cwt195.00–195.008681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475201.60/cwt200.00–205.009583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—355220.00/cwt220.00–220.007811
BullsMedium and Large 3—555185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0271
BullsMedium and Large 3—775142.52/cwt140.00–145.001,1052
BullsMedium and Large 3—470205.00/cwt205.00–205.009641
HeifersMedium and Large 2—595192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1421
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1651,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3752
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—1,255925.00/head925.00–925.009251
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1961
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13581.00/cwt81.00–81.009191
Bulls——2,038111.70/cwt109.00–114.002,2762
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06066.00/cwt66.00–66.007001
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00372.03/cwt70.00–75.007223
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13883.48/cwt81.00–86.009504
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18789.02/cwt88.00–90.001,0573

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.