Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2024-01-23

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jan 23
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
44 vs last sale 15 13 vs year ago 46 · +28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
0 vs last sale 14 16 vs year ago 30 · 53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
0 vs last sale 11 14 vs year ago 25 · 56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows mostly steady, all feeder classes had a limited comparable sale.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $260.49/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$260.49
26 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$86.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.87
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417297.991,24211thin
Medium and Large 2495240.891,19211thin
Medium and Large 3511211.251,0804thin
One grade step is worth $86.74/cwt here — about $162 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
260.49
GA average14 barns · 843 hd
252.62
+7.87
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%Average1,18294.151,11310
CowsLean 85-90%Average84068.735783thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)980$9252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1373308.72/cwt305.00–312.001,1523
BullsMedium and Large 1463283.31/cwt282.00–285.001,3123
BullsMedium and Large 2675192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 2313265.90/cwt262.00–270.008322
BullsMedium and Large 1415300.36/cwt295.00–306.001,2465
BullsMedium and Large 3535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1465260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2091
HeifersMedium and Large 3360220.00/cwt220.00–220.007921
BullsMedium and Large 3585200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1702
HeifersMedium and Large 2325252.00/cwt252.00–252.008192
HeifersMedium and Large 2570216.00/cwt215.00–217.001,2312
HeifersMedium and Large 2405250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0131
HeifersMedium and Large 2390249.53/cwt247.00–252.009732
HeifersMedium and Large 1523237.12/cwt232.00–242.001,2402
BullsMedium and Large 2513243.48/cwt242.00–245.001,2492
BullsMedium and Large 2473260.67/cwt257.00–265.001,2333
HeifersMedium and Large 2615212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3041
HeifersMedium and Large 2510217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1071
BullsMedium and Large 2565219.00/cwt217.00–220.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 3340225.00/cwt225.00–225.007651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,140850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3980925.00/head925.00–925.009252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09993.33/cwt89.00–97.001,0264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08882.55/cwt81.00–86.008983
CowsLean 85-90%86871.59/cwt71.00–72.006212
CowsLean 85-90%78563.00/cwt63.00–63.004951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,387106.85/cwt105.00–108.001,4823

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.