Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows most mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, and feeder bulls had a limited comparable sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.54/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$261.54

13 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	408	269.00	1,096	2thin
Medium and Large 1	557	262.00	1,458	10thin
Medium and Large 3	315	242.00	762	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $334 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 sale13 hd

261.54

—

GA average16 barns · 1,788 hd

272.70

−11.16

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,450	111.00	1,610	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	76.12	801	11

Every lot, as filed

22 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	242.02/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	243.09/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	231.00/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	239.20/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	305.01/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	940	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	81.29/cwt	79.00–86.00	853	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	71.82/cwt	70.00–75.00	757	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,610	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →