Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-07-14

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jul 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 48▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 5▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for market test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.15/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$130.15
23 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.35
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413137.735693thin
Medium and Large 2400132.3553013thin
Medium and Large 3403122.824947thin
One grade step is worth $14.91/cwt here — about $74 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 sale23 hd
130.15
—
GA average17 barns · 1,498 hd
119.80
+10.35
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
Bulls—High1,95793.581,8314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50061.009151thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52555.008391thin

Every lot

23 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2405128.00/cwt128.00–128.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 2460119.00/cwt118.00–120.005472
Steers—Medium and Large 2538118.00/cwt118.00–118.006354
Steers—Medium and Large 2573110.00/cwt110.00–110.006303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263136.00/cwt136.00–136.003582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510106.00/cwt106.00–106.005411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273143.06/cwt142.00–144.003912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273133.32/cwt128.00–138.003642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383139.06/cwt136.00–142.005336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413137.73/cwt136.00–141.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420128.05/cwt124.00–132.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 3442120.69/cwt118.00–122.005333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473115.52/cwt112.00–119.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528112.00/cwt112.00–112.005912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,92090.15/cwt89.00–91.001,7312
Bulls——1,99397.00/cwt97.00–97.001,9332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50061.00/cwt61.00–61.009151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52555.00/cwt55.00–55.008391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,200664.06/cwt600.00–725.007,9692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,346871.45/cwt775.00–900.0011,7304
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,375990.91/cwt950.00–1,025.0013,6254

This sale against other markets

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.