Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-12-05

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Dec 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 96▲ 27 vs year ago 46 · +58.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 18▼ 12 vs year ago 30 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 9▼ 17 vs year ago 25 · −68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.63/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$197.63
26 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$858
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.55
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1380230.198756thin
Medium and Large 2483188.8891313thin
Medium and Large 3389185.967247thin
One grade step is worth $44.23/cwt here — about $151 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 sale26 hd
197.63
—
GA average14 barns · 1,486 hd
207.17
−9.55
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—Average1,625101.001,6411thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32878.531,0434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03658.176035thin

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)1,370$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,265$1,2752thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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—320264.00/cwt264.00–264.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1—390254.00/cwt254.00–254.009911
BullsMedium and Large 3—505172.00/cwt172.00–172.008691
BullsMedium and Large 2—387242.02/cwt240.00–246.009373
BullsMedium and Large 2—270254.00/cwt254.00–254.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0391
SteersMedium and Large 2—483203.95/cwt202.00–206.009852
SteersMedium and Large 1—505214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 2—245210.00/cwt210.00–210.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 3—260192.94/cwt190.00–196.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1—390238.00/cwt238.00–238.009281
SteersMedium and Large 1—550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
SteersMedium and Large 1—720206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4831
SteersMedium and Large 2—578194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433184.91/cwt182.00–188.008012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360206.93/cwt202.00–212.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 1—238251.56/cwt246.00–257.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—355235.00/cwt230.00–240.008342
HeifersMedium and Large 2—260208.00/cwt208.00–208.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330218.00/cwt218.00–218.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468195.89/cwt192.00–200.009172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515182.94/cwt180.00–186.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375193.00/cwt192.00–194.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 3—590160.00/cwt160.00–160.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585175.98/cwt174.00–178.001,0292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613168.65/cwt166.00–172.001,0343
BullsMedium and Large 3—330184.00/cwt184.00–184.006071
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2651,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3701,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls——1,625101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32875.00/cwt75.00–75.009962
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32882.06/cwt80.00–84.001,0902
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07862.29/cwt60.00–65.006713
CowsLean 85-90%—97352.00/cwt52.00–52.005062

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.