Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

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 $209.84/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −163.20 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$209.84

21 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$34.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.59

vs GA average

−28.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	593	214.10	1,270	17thin
Medium and Large 2	567	195.65	1,109	3thin
Medium and Large 3	525	180.00	945	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.10/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale21 hd

209.84

—

GA average14 barns · 647 hd

220.43

−10.59

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−28.77

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−163.20

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,515	143.00	2,166	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,102	92.24	1,017	27

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	245.23/cwt	192.00–300.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	272.55/cwt	270.00–275.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	200.04/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	264.02/cwt	260.00–267.00	977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	239.45/cwt	237.00–242.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	187.51/cwt	185.00–190.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	194.93/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	198.50/cwt	198.00–199.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	181.57/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	195.48/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	221.02/cwt	220.00–222.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	267	232.28/cwt	230.00–237.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	197.57/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	214.10/cwt	214.10–214.10	1,270	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	199.01/cwt	198.00–200.00	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,144	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,166	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,272	102.24/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,300	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	93.69/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,021	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	81.98/cwt	80.00–85.00	826	7

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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