Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2021-11-30

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Nov 30
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 54 · −18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 6 · +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 $122.13/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$122.13
21 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.95
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525126.6266410thin
Medium and Large 2485121.815915thin
Medium and Large 3443114.905086thin
One grade step is worth $11.72/cwt here — about $156 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 sale21 hd
122.13
—
GA average9 barns · 964 hd
126.08
−3.95
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
Bulls—Average1,79080.001,4321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26952.466667thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67350.418433thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09144.884905thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2523137.03/cwt136.00–138.007172
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370133.00/cwt133.00–133.004921
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418116.45/cwt110.00–120.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460123.03/cwt120.00–126.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467113.35/cwt110.00–116.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475129.53/cwt128.00–131.006152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505118.00/cwt118.00–118.005961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526127.83/cwt126.00–131.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555122.67/cwt120.00–128.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3290157.50/cwt157.50–157.504571
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433130.74/cwt128.00–132.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490128.00/cwt128.00–128.006271
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05843.35/cwt42.00–47.004594
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22551.00/cwt51.00–51.006251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26952.46/cwt52.00–53.506667
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67350.41/cwt48.50–53.508433
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,010700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,8231

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.