Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows lightly tested, feeder steers steady, and feeder heifers and bulls had a limited comparable sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $303.70/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$303.70

14 head · 380 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$189

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$31.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	318	324.95	1,033	4thin
Medium and Large 3	310	310.00	961	1thin
Medium and Large 2	416	293.56	1,222	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.38/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale14 hd

303.70

—

GA average16 barns · 1,154 hd

301.58

+2.12

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	1,387	95.67	1,327	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	84.48	830	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	981	$1,169	8

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	—	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	214.22/cwt	210.00–218.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	210	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	328.89/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	261.02/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	316.67/cwt	314.00–320.00	855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	787	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,003	1,063.97/head	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,064	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	1,274.80/head	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,275	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,458	101.23/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,476	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	84.48/cwt	82.00–87.00	830	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	91.96/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,232	3

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.

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