Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, all classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.80/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −100.25 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$272.80

16 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$61.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

vs GA average

−24.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	294.88	1,545	10thin
Medium and Large 2	584	237.24	1,385	4thin
Medium and Large 3	528	233.48	1,233	2thin

One grade step is worth $61.40/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale16 hd

272.80

—

GA average16 barns · 505 hd

268.45

+4.35

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−24.20

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−100.25

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	—	Low	1,568	142.26	2,230	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	89.07	908	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,310	85.00	1,114	1thin

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)	795	$1,400	795

Every lot, as filed

51 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 2	300–350	335	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,104	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	290.07/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	428.57/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	391.46/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	323.65/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,185	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	233.48/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	279.04/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	347.46/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	274.20/cwt	260.00–295.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	294.88/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,545	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	89.07/cwt	85.00–95.00	908	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,114	1
Bulls	—	—	1,478	134.11/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,982	3
Bulls	—	—	1,657	150.40/cwt	149.00–152.00	2,492	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	795
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,475	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	420.08/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	305.05/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	340.04/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	237.24/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	352.64/cwt	345.00–360.00	952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	350.78/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,158	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	276.54/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	330.15/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,106	3

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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