Name: Upson County Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.84/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −66.20 against this barn's trailing median of $373.05.

Average price

$306.84

6 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$48.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.59

vs GA average

−50.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	334.55	1,723	2thin
Medium and Large 2	505	315.00	1,591	1thin
Medium and Large 3	545	285.65	1,558	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.90/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale6 hd

306.84

—

GA average15 barns · 503 hd

322.43

−15.59

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−50.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

373.05

−66.20

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	1,567	160.93	2,521	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,848	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	885	$1,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	990	$1,800	2thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	—	—	1,725	164.89/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,844	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	367.54/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	367.50/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	307.57/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,569	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	850	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	730	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	885	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	402.71/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	320.86/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,213	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	321.18/cwt	310.00–340.00	867	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	274.98/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	375.20/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	326.34/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	385.90/cwt	375.00–400.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	316.20/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	307	379.86/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,166	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	347.03/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,270	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	344.94/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,145	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	440.28/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,202	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	412.45/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	432.31/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	369.60/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	346.76/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	334.55/cwt	332.00–337.00	1,723	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	2,008.97/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	336.19/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	344.47/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	357.51/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	370.09/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,306	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	368.58/cwt	365.00–375.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	332.27/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	385.18/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	399.93/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	395.17/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,122	1,684.55/head	1,525.00–1,800.00	1,685	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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