Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows bulls and replacements lightly tested, all classes of feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.12/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −45.44 against this barn's trailing median of $429.55.

Average price

$384.12

16 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$24.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.76

vs GA average

−20.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	390.17	2,196	11thin
Medium and Large 2	535	374.01	2,001	3thin
Medium and Large 3	518	365.98	1,896	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.19/cwt here — about $300 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $448.52, low $402.83, median $429.55 across 3 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

384.12

—

GA average16 barns · 571 hd

387.87

−3.76

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−20.52

This barn, trailing median3 sales

429.55

−45.44

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	1,392	176.35	2,455	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,341	157.95	2,117	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	135.90	1,492	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	937	$1,612	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	695	$925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,882	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	135.90/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,492	2
Bulls	—	—	1,364	179.69/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,451	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,453	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	158.78/cwt	155.00–161.00	2,158	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	890	1,272.00/head	1,272.00–1,272.00	1,272	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	695	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	399.95/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	326.49/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	369.03/cwt	367.00–370.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	320.67/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	386.01/cwt	385.00–387.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	344.88/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	405.11/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	352.89/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	388.00/cwt	382.00–390.00	2,208	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,781.84/head	1,645.00–1,926.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	358.56/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	342.46/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	365.98/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	393.42/cwt	390.00–397.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,042	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	388.45/cwt	385.00–392.00	1,628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,070	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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