Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

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 $292.53/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −80.52 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$292.53

15 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$43.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

vs GA average

−28.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	298.26	1,704	11thin
Medium and Large 2	525	284.00	1,491	3thin
Medium and Large 3	590	255.00	1,505	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.26/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale15 hd

292.53

—

GA average16 barns · 554 hd

300.87

−8.34

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−28.65

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−80.52

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	1,714	165.26	2,833	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,302	132.87	1,731	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	101.55	937	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)	980	$2,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,276	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	275.03/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	428.04/cwt	420.00–432.00	1,425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	374.44/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	351.39/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,908	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	260.98/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	343.52/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	303.64/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,005	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	372.11/cwt	365.00–382.00	1,384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	311.69/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	321.02/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	301.42/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,145	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	101.55/cwt	101.00–102.00	937	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	128.36/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,637	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	136.25/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,803	4
Bulls	—	—	1,714	165.26/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,833	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	148.40/cwt	141.00–166.00	1,503	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	324.90/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,007	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	345.71/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	354.67/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	293.23/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	407	299.02/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	347.96/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,093	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	342.31/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,287	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	323.29/cwt	315.00–330.00	899	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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