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 2 comparable sales and sits −41.56 against this barn's trailing median of $425.67.

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.

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 median2 sales

425.67

−41.56

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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