Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All slaughter and feeder classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −83.05 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$290.00

1 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+25.13

vs GA average

−14.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	290.00	1,465	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd

290.00

—

GA average14 barns · 399 hd

264.87

+25.13

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−14.42

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−83.05

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%	High	1,439	132.79	1,910	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	131.00	2,175	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	95.60	997	2thin

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)	908	$1,345	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	778	$1,250	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,013	$1,413	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	400–450	425	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	914	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	323.43/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	333.50/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	404	227.62/cwt	223.00–250.00	920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	345.55/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	386.64/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	330.60/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	350.97/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	956	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	845	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	908	1,345.05/head	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,345	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	1,249.92/head	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,250	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,904	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,175	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	95.60/cwt	91.00–100.00	997	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	130.19/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,911	2

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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