Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-09-22

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Sep 22
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 70▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 33▲ 2 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.11/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$113.11
10 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.20
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499120.005983thin
Medium and Large 2511110.225635thin
Medium and Large 3338110.003722thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $227 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 sale10 hd
113.11
—
GA average16 barns · 1,445 hd
112.91
+0.20
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%Average1,31565.008551thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90051.004591thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1690131.00/cwt131.00–131.009041
Steers—Medium and Large 1723124.02/cwt122.00–126.008974
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320125.05/cwt122.00–128.004002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338110.00/cwt110.00–110.003722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430119.00/cwt119.00–119.005121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478120.00/cwt120.00–120.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 274391.00/cwt90.00–92.006762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270145.00/cwt145.00–145.003922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355138.00/cwt138.00–138.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405133.00/cwt133.00–133.005391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555122.00/cwt122.00–122.006771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675112.00/cwt112.00–112.007561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715107.00/cwt107.00–107.007652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90051.00/cwt51.00–51.004591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31565.00/cwt65.00–65.008551

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.