Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, 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 $274.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −99.05 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$274.00

7 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.51

vs GA average

−23.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	274.00	1,491	7thin

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 sale7 hd

274.00

—

GA average15 barns · 495 hd

263.49

+10.51

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−23.83

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−99.05

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,860	156.00	2,902	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	126.52	1,642	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,132	109.54	1,240	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,400	$2,549	14

Every lot, as filed

28 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	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	295.99/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	217.46/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	300.71/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,221	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,491	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	308.14/cwt	302.00–315.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	305.66/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	297	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	921	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	2,599.37/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,599	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,440	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,902	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	126.52/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,642	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	109.54/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,240	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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