Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-10-12

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Oct 12
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 75 · +4.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a 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 $113.97/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$113.97
16 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.62
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453121.025484thin
Medium and Large 2481113.3454510thin
Medium and Large 3523103.035392thin
One grade step is worth $17.99/cwt here — about $9 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 sale16 hd
113.97
—
GA average16 barns · 1,480 hd
120.59
−6.62
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%High1,36561.508391thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2460130.00/cwt130.00–130.005982
Steers—Medium and Large 2620118.51/cwt118.00–119.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1660120.99/cwt120.00–122.007992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418121.03/cwt120.00–122.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425114.19/cwt110.00–118.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460122.00/cwt122.00–122.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473114.15/cwt110.00–118.005404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523103.03/cwt102.00–104.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328137.77/cwt132.50–142.504524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428134.52/cwt134.00–135.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460127.50/cwt127.50–127.505871
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475117.21/cwt112.00–122.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523121.03/cwt120.00–122.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630114.00/cwt114.00–114.007181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36561.50/cwt61.50–61.508391

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.