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

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
34 vs last sale 39 27 vs year ago 46 · +58.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
3 vs last sale 17 16 vs year ago 30 · 53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
8 vs last sale 3 14 vs year ago 25 · 56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.12/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$194.12
21 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.39
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512209.001,0706thin
Medium and Large 2497193.739639thin
Medium and Large 3469179.848436thin
One grade step is worth $29.16/cwt here — about $228 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 sale21 hd
194.12
GA average15 barns · 1,228 hd
206.52
−12.39
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
BullsAverage1,580105.001,6591thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14086.009801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94376.697236thin

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)938$9482thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,490$1,6502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,4416

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 1320247.00/cwt247.00–247.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1410225.00/cwt225.00–225.009231
BullsMedium and Large 2440215.00/cwt215.00–215.009461
BullsMedium and Large 3355197.00/cwt197.00–197.006991
BullsMedium and Large 3405195.00/cwt195.00–195.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 1512209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0706
SteersMedium and Large 3580195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 3615182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1191
SteersMedium and Large 3330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1415245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0173
SteersMedium and Large 2510229.52/cwt227.00–232.001,1712
HeifersMedium and Large 2465195.00/cwt195.00–195.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 2398202.00/cwt202.00–202.008042
SteersMedium and Large 1526244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2834
SteersMedium and Large 2435233.42/cwt230.00–237.001,0152
SteersMedium and Large 1565235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3282
SteersMedium and Large 1645226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4582
HeifersMedium and Large 2580188.78/cwt185.00–192.501,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 2513191.75/cwt190.00–195.009844
HeifersMedium and Large 3510175.00/cwt175.00–175.008931
HeifersMedium and Large 3325195.00/cwt195.00–195.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 3565172.50/cwt170.00–175.009752
HeifersMedium and Large 3423182.03/cwt177.00–187.007702
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1501,440.94/head1,375.00–1,475.001,4416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4901,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Bred CowsSmall 1-2938947.80/head925.00–975.009482
Bulls1,580105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14086.00/cwt86.00–86.009801
CowsLean 85-90%97477.83/cwt75.00–80.007585
CowsLean 85-90%78571.00/cwt71.00–71.005571

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.