Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-04-20

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Apr 20
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 95▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 5▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 3▲ 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 $127.01/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$127.01
35 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.47
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484128.5962331
Medium and Large 3390128.004991thin
Medium and Large 2562110.346203thin
One grade step is worth $18.25/cwt here — about $3 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 sale35 hd
127.01
—
GA average15 barns · 1,452 hd
127.48
−0.47
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low94750.094744thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2365168.00/cwt168.00–168.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 2416154.00/cwt154.00–154.006416
Steers—Medium and Large 1514146.00/cwt146.00–146.0075025
Steers—Medium and Large 2530136.00/cwt136.00–136.007211
Steers—Medium and Large 2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390128.00/cwt128.00–128.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425131.47/cwt130.00–136.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488128.50/cwt128.50–128.5062725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540124.00/cwt124.00–124.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562110.34/cwt110.00–111.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575124.00/cwt124.00–124.007131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90551.99/cwt51.00–53.004712
Cows—Lean 85-90%98848.18/cwt46.00–50.004762
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,303598.13/cwt575.00–625.007,7942

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.