Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2020-10-27

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 27
● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 65▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 6 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 $100.01/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$100.01
6 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.06
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565104.005881thin
Medium and Large 258099.215765thin
One grade step is worth $4.79/cwt here — about $12 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 sale6 hd
100.01
—
GA average15 barns · 891 hd
108.07
−8.06
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%Average1,24047.005831thin

Every lot

6 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 · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2493102.00/cwt102.00–102.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005881
Heifers—Medium and Large 259098.00/cwt98.00–98.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 266397.02/cwt96.00–98.006432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558107.51/cwt106.00–109.006002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24047.00/cwt47.00–47.005831

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.