Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2024-01-16

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jan 16
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 30 31 vs year ago 46 · 67.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
10 vs last sale 4 16 vs year ago 30 · 53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
5 vs last sale 6 14 vs year ago 25 · 56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, all classes had a limited comparable sale.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $246.17/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$246.17
6 head · 351 lb average
Value per head Derived
$864
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.17
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1305292.008911thin
Medium and Large 3265250.006632thin
Medium and Large 2423228.339673thin
One grade step is worth $63.67/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale6 hd
246.17
GA average15 barns · 898 hd
234.00
+12.17
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10886.009532thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98073.017164thin

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)1,192$9954thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$8352thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 1305292.00/cwt292.00–292.008911
BullsMedium and Large 3265250.00/cwt250.00–250.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2275270.00/cwt270.00–270.007431
BullsMedium and Large 2355240.00/cwt240.00–240.008521
BullsMedium and Large 2640175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1201
HeifersMedium and Large 2550212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1661
HeifersMedium and Large 2365227.00/cwt227.00–227.008291
HeifersMedium and Large 2540212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1451
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2975835.00/head835.00–835.008352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2951,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,157960.52/head875.00–1,025.009613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10886.00/cwt86.00–86.009532
CowsLean 85-90%1,08076.35/cwt75.00–78.008253
CowsLean 85-90%68063.00/cwt63.00–63.004281

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.