Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2023-07-11

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jul 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 20▼ 2 vs year ago 46 · −4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 27▲ 7 vs year ago 30 · +23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to markets being closed in observance of July 4th holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.42/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$202.42
12 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.82
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446213.359526thin
Medium and Large 2490197.509684thin
Medium and Large 3465179.508352thin
One grade step is worth $33.85/cwt here — about $117 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 sale12 hd
202.42
—
GA average9 barns · 908 hd
208.25
−5.82
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—Average1,105109.001,2041thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06887.4093415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02274.197589thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395237.00/cwt237.00–237.009361
Steers—Medium and Large 1475232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1021
Steers—Medium and Large 2565217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2262
Steers—Medium and Large 3620182.50/cwt180.00–185.001,1322
Steers—Medium and Large 3655179.52/cwt177.00–182.001,1762
Steers—Medium and Large 3720172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285182.00/cwt182.00–182.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305215.00/cwt215.00–215.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360217.00/cwt217.00–217.007811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428213.56/cwt212.00–215.009142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455212.00/cwt212.00–212.009651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552191.66/cwt190.00–195.001,0583
Heifers—Medium and Large 3645177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300227.00/cwt227.00–227.006811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305230.00/cwt230.00–230.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390233.50/cwt230.00–237.009112
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440193.50/cwt192.00–195.008512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450207.00/cwt207.00–207.009321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
Bulls—Medium and Large 3655175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,105109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%858101.07/cwt100.00–102.008672
Cows—Lean 85-90%97865.00/cwt65.00–65.006362
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03476.81/cwt74.00–80.007947
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09982.85/cwt81.00–84.009117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10388.14/cwt85.00–92.009726

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.