Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-08-17

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Aug 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 0▲ 60 vs year ago 42 · +142.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 26 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.99/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$132.99
60 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.29
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2373133.3649721
Medium and Large 1475132.8763137
Medium and Large 3215131.312822thin
One grade step is worth $2.05/cwt here — about $215 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 sale60 hd
132.99
—
GA average16 barns · 2,096 hd
132.70
+0.29
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%Average1,20665.027844thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 3525130.00/cwt130.00–130.006831
Steers—Medium and Large 2542146.00/cwt146.00–146.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 1602139.00/cwt139.00–139.008372
Steers—Medium and Large 2632131.01/cwt128.00–133.008285
Steers—Medium and Large 2660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008453
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3215131.31/cwt130.00–132.502822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2236138.22/cwt136.00–146.003264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267140.63/cwt138.00–144.003753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282149.35/cwt148.00–152.004213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330142.63/cwt140.00–144.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333147.38/cwt146.00–148.004913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370144.00/cwt144.00–144.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2391138.00/cwt138.00–138.005405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425137.24/cwt132.00–142.0058310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458131.99/cwt130.00–134.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460120.99/cwt120.00–122.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528125.64/cwt125.50–126.006637
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528115.94/cwt112.00–120.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583116.99/cwt114.00–120.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588124.60/cwt122.00–126.0073310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268151.71/cwt150.00–152.504073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426146.03/cwt138.00–148.006225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464145.50/cwt145.00–146.006754
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535124.99/cwt124.00–126.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540114.02/cwt112.00–116.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20665.02/cwt63.00–67.007844

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.