Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2024-04-23

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Apr 23
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 31▲ 0 vs year ago 46 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 5▲ 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 9▼ 2 vs year ago 4 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows were lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls had a limited comparable sale, and feeder heifers were mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $277.59/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −148.09 against this barn's trailing median of $425.67.
Average price
$277.59
5 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.67
vs GA average
−31.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2510287.001,4643thin
Medium and Large 3530263.471,3962thin
One grade step is worth $23.53/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
277.59
—
GA average15 barns · 233 hd
286.26
−8.67
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
−31.96
This barn, trailing median2 sales
425.67
−148.09
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%Average1,308108.441,4184thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410108.001,5231thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93582.137682thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$8252thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0561
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0921
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500450315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4181
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600590242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4281
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650638256.99/cwt254.00–260.001,6402
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500480217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0421
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425301.36/cwt300.00–302.001,2813
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429244.29/cwt242.00–245.001,0484
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350320317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,0141
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,308108.44/cwt107.00–110.001,4184
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,410108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,5231
CowsLean 85-90%—93582.13/cwt80.00–84.007682
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379326.02/cwt325.00–327.001,2368
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—810900.00/head900.00–900.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600585215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2581
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550523213.52/cwt212.00–215.001,1172
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550530263.47/cwt260.00–267.001,3962
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1991
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490243.52/cwt242.00–245.001,1932
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550510287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4643
Bred CowsSmall 2-3—990750.00/head750.00–750.007501
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350335257.00/cwt257.00–257.008611
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500455252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1471

How this sale compares

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.