Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2022-02-01

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Feb 1
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 60▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $134.30/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$134.30
22 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.06
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443140.806245thin
Medium and Large 3370134.084962thin
Medium and Large 2449132.1759315thin
One grade step is worth $8.63/cwt here — about $31 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 sale22 hd
134.30
—
GA average15 barns · 1,941 hd
138.37
−4.06
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%Average1,19269.438276thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2423155.21/cwt150.00–160.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 2525146.00/cwt146.00–146.007672
Steers—Medium and Large 2560139.00/cwt139.00–139.007781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323142.22/cwt138.00–146.004594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325148.00/cwt148.00–148.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370134.08/cwt132.00–136.004962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420138.00/cwt138.00–138.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430132.82/cwt126.00–136.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473131.19/cwt126.00–136.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525127.19/cwt122.00–132.006682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530142.00/cwt142.00–142.007531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580122.00/cwt122.00–122.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325159.05/cwt158.00–160.005174
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325152.09/cwt150.00–154.004944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375158.11/cwt156.00–160.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418151.40/cwt150.00–154.006336
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04566.00/cwt66.00–66.006901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22170.12/cwt69.00–72.008565
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,005675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,7841

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.