Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-10-31

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 31
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
2 vs last sale 39 5 vs year ago 46 · 10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
0 vs last sale 12 18 vs year ago 30 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 20 vs year ago 25 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.28/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$191.28
17 head · 379 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$51.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.45
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1270226.006102thin
Medium and Large 2423192.5981410thin
Medium and Large 3335174.775855thin
One grade step is worth $51.23/cwt here — about $25 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 sale17 hd
191.28
GA average16 barns · 1,147 hd
195.72
−4.45
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
BullsAverage1,89393.001,7602thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56091.001,4202thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13873.748394thin

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)1,335$1,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$1,0812thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1560210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1761
BullsMedium and Large 1440227.55/cwt223.00–232.001,0012
BullsMedium and Large 2345230.00/cwt230.00–230.007941
BullsMedium and Large 1508213.98/cwt209.00–219.001,0872
BullsMedium and Large 1355252.00/cwt252.00–252.008951
BullsMedium and Large 2425190.00/cwt190.00–190.008081
SteersMedium and Large 3265200.00/cwt200.00–200.005301
HeifersMedium and Large 3420162.00/cwt162.00–162.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 3235207.00/cwt207.00–207.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1605215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3011
SteersMedium and Large 2650174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 3340192.00/cwt192.00–192.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 2325197.00/cwt197.00–197.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 3390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2265227.00/cwt227.00–227.006021
HeifersMedium and Large 2423185.00/cwt185.00–185.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 2565177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2475192.00/cwt192.00–192.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 3315169.92/cwt165.00–175.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1220235.00/cwt235.00–235.005171
HeifersMedium and Large 2800166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3281
BullsMedium and Large 2650165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 1320217.00/cwt217.00–217.006941
HeifersMedium and Large 2505195.00/cwt195.00–195.009851
HeifersMedium and Large 2223215.93/cwt210.00–222.004822
HeifersMedium and Large 2265197.00/cwt197.00–197.005221
BullsMedium and Large 3335187.00/cwt187.00–187.006261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,080.82/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bulls1,63599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4202
CowsLean 85-90%1,23576.65/cwt72.00–79.009473
Bulls2,15087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,8711
CowsLean 85-90%84565.00/cwt65.00–65.005491

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.