Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −132.05 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$241.00

4 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.51

vs GA average

−27.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	260.00	1,469	1thin
Medium and Large 2	535	252.00	1,348	2thin
Medium and Large 3	595	200.00	1,190	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $279 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.85, low $332.04, median $373.05 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

241.00

—

GA average10 barns · 417 hd

251.51

−10.51

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−27.86

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−132.05

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,005	121.38	1,220	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	878	104.82	920	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	992	$1,473	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,073	$1,263	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,025	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	97.74/cwt	96.00–100.00	824	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	111.90/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,022	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,042	117.20/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,221	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	996	122.42/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,219	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,424	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	690	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	242.50/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	293	248.47/cwt	245.00–252.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,037	1,400.72/head	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	278.31/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	256.24/cwt	252.00–262.00	979	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,073	1,263.23/head	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	249.44/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,371	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	253.44/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	268	256.19/cwt	252.00–260.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	1,676.57/head	1,650.00–1,725.00	1,677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	1

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.

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