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
BullsAverage1,625101.001,6411thin
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 1320264.00/cwt264.00–264.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1390254.00/cwt254.00–254.009911
BullsMedium and Large 3505172.00/cwt172.00–172.008691
BullsMedium and Large 2387242.02/cwt240.00–246.009373
BullsMedium and Large 2270254.00/cwt254.00–254.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 1490212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0391
SteersMedium and Large 2483203.95/cwt202.00–206.009852
SteersMedium and Large 1505214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 2245210.00/cwt210.00–210.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 3260192.94/cwt190.00–196.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 1605196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1390238.00/cwt238.00–238.009281
SteersMedium and Large 1550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
SteersMedium and Large 1720206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,4831
SteersMedium and Large 2578194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1212
HeifersMedium and Large 3433184.91/cwt182.00–188.008012
HeifersMedium and Large 2360206.93/cwt202.00–212.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 1238251.56/cwt246.00–257.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1355235.00/cwt230.00–240.008342
HeifersMedium and Large 2260208.00/cwt208.00–208.005411
HeifersMedium and Large 2330218.00/cwt218.00–218.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2468195.89/cwt192.00–200.009172
HeifersMedium and Large 2515182.94/cwt180.00–186.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 3375193.00/cwt192.00–194.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 3590160.00/cwt160.00–160.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 2585175.98/cwt174.00–178.001,0292
HeifersMedium and Large 2613168.65/cwt166.00–172.001,0343
BullsMedium and Large 3330184.00/cwt184.00–184.006071
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2651,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3701,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls1,625101.00/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.