Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2022-06-21

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jun 21
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 54▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 5▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 13▲ 25 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 $133.69/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$133.69
9 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.46
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500134.346723thin
Medium and Large 2467133.376236thin
One grade step is worth $0.97/cwt here — about $49 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 sale9 hd
133.69
—
GA average14 barns · 1,366 hd
139.16
−5.46
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—Average1,735105.001,8221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11886.2396410
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11166.607407thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,014$6947

Every lot

20 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 2450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 3540143.00/cwt143.00–143.007721
Steers—Medium and Large 1600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
Steers—Medium and Large 1670148.00/cwt148.00–148.009921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428136.60/cwt133.00–140.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465138.01/cwt137.00–139.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570127.00/cwt127.00–127.007241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635121.00/cwt121.00–121.007682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310173.00/cwt173.00–173.005361
Bulls—Medium and Large 3310160.00/cwt160.00–160.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335182.55/cwt180.00–185.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473144.87/cwt140.00–150.006852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,735105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00594.51/cwt94.00–95.009502
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09271.99/cwt70.00–74.007863
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12662.56/cwt60.00–64.007044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14684.16/cwt80.00–87.009648
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,014693.68/head625.00–800.006947

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.