Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-10-24

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
0 vs last sale 39 7 vs year ago 46 · 15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
1 vs last sale 13 18 vs year ago 30 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
19 vs last sale 23 21 vs year ago 25 · 84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady on a light test, feeder cattle were unevenly steady on a light test

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.56/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$186.56
16 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$496
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2491187.0091915thin
Medium and Large 3235180.004231thin
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $496 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 sale16 hd
186.56
GA average16 barns · 1,222 hd
202.94
−16.38
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
BullsLow1,53792.321,4193thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59090.001,4311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21581.519904thin

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)1,115$8251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,285$1,6752thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1355220.00/cwt220.00–220.007811
BullsMedium and Large 2555182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0101
BullsMedium and Large 3430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007741
BullsMedium and Large 3675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008781
BullsMedium and Large 2490190.02/cwt185.00–195.009313
HeifersMedium and Large 3235180.00/cwt180.00–180.004231
SteersMedium and Large 2570207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1801
HeifersMedium and Large 2522190.96/cwt186.00–194.009973
HeifersMedium and Large 2572186.03/cwt184.00–190.001,0643
HeifersMedium and Large 2235200.00/cwt200.00–200.004701
HeifersMedium and Large 2608183.00/cwt182.00–184.001,1132
HeifersMedium and Large 2440192.00/cwt192.00–192.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2483183.07/cwt180.00–189.008843
HeifersMedium and Large 2375183.41/cwt180.00–187.006882
BullsMedium and Large 2515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
BullsMedium and Large 2380200.00/cwt200.00–200.007601
BullsMedium and Large 3760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
SteersMedium and Large 3515154.00/cwt154.00–154.007931
SteersMedium and Large 2715152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0871
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2851,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,115825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bulls1,23590.48/cwt90.00–91.001,1172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11075.53/cwt75.00–76.008382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32087.49/cwt86.00–89.001,1552
Bulls2,14096.00/cwt96.00–96.002,0541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4311

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.