Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to no sale over the holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.69/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −21.36 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$351.69

21 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$32.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.71

vs GA average

−16.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	364.58	1,919	10thin
Medium and Large 2	551	341.74	1,882	9thin
Medium and Large 3	518	332.02	1,720	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.56/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 sale21 hd

351.69

—

GA average14 barns · 491 hd

348.98

+2.71

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−16.65

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−21.36

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	—	High	1,220	186.00	2,269	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,910	162.00	3,094	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,309	160.92	2,107	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,239	142.41	1,765	11

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	775	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,107	$1,771	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,188	$2,792	2thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	295.74/cwt	292.00–297.00	2,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	349.16/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	277.56/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	358.49/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	363.85/cwt	360.00–367.00	1,717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	405.28/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	366.10/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,889	8
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	775	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	965	1,482.19/head	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	358.66/cwt	352.00–367.00	1,858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	132.49/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,494	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,264	144.61/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,828	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,910	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	3,094	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	149.13/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,685	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	163.87/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,219	8
Bulls	—	—	1,000	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	369.73/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	302.49/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,441	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	2,791.58/head	2,550.00–3,000.00	2,792	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	323.55/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	387.61/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	313.53/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	356.97/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,307	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	402.42/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	332.02/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	290.74/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	322.54/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	288	405.04/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,167	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	340.13/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,922	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	385.42/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	315.66/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	344.95/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	348.96/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	382.57/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,282	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	332.32/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,047	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	346.93/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	337.65/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,749	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,524	1

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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