Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-06-01

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jun 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 25▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 5▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 2▲ 7 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 $135.91/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$135.91
28 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$226
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$3.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.82
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3340137.284668thin
Medium and Large 2435135.8859215thin
Medium and Large 1517133.826925thin
One grade step is worth $3.46/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale28 hd
135.91
—
GA average15 barns · 1,206 hd
125.09
+10.82
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%Average1,15365.527555thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95854.505222thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,11053.005881thin

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370116.00/cwt116.00–116.004292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420112.00/cwt112.00–112.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440116.00/cwt116.00–116.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510112.00/cwt112.00–112.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563112.00/cwt112.00–112.006312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3273148.10/cwt144.00–150.004043
Bulls—Medium and Large 3331135.98/cwt134.00–140.004504
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335146.68/cwt145.00–150.004914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395142.00/cwt142.00–142.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425137.24/cwt132.00–142.005836
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473140.05/cwt138.00–142.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525127.02/cwt126.00–128.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543129.50/cwt129.00–130.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620114.00/cwt114.00–114.007071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89557.00/cwt57.00–57.005101
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02052.00/cwt52.00–52.005301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02559.00/cwt59.00–59.006051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,11053.00/cwt53.00–53.005881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18567.15/cwt66.00–69.007964
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3953601.88/cwt535.00–675.005,7362
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,025900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,2252

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.