Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2022-01-18

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jan 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 71▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 10▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $137.14/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$137.14
19 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.88
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523144.567569thin
Medium and Large 2566130.4573910thin
One grade step is worth $14.11/cwt here — about $17 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 sale19 hd
137.14
—
GA average14 barns · 1,607 hd
142.02
−4.88
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—Average2,27597.502,2181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22767.208257thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2410160.00/cwt160.00–160.006561
Steers—Medium and Large 2483152.38/cwt150.00–157.507363
Steers—Medium and Large 1608146.01/cwt144.00–148.008882
Steers—Medium and Large 1730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475135.13/cwt132.00–138.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488145.00/cwt145.00–145.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506147.01/cwt146.00–150.007444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565136.00/cwt136.00–136.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608139.00/cwt138.00–140.008452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623125.01/cwt122.00–128.007792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693121.00/cwt120.00–122.008392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3355152.50/cwt152.50–152.505411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2366155.66/cwt155.00–157.505704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423148.71/cwt147.50–150.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430138.15/cwt134.00–142.505942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473147.49/cwt145.00–150.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520141.60/cwt138.00–145.007364
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,27597.50/cwt97.50–97.502,2181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22767.20/cwt63.00–69.508257

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.