Sale reports / Georgia / Upson County Livestock / 2024-06-18

Upson County Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Thomaston, Georgia · Tue, Jun 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1932
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 130▲ 17 vs year ago 34 · +50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 34▲ 17 vs year ago 14 · +121.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 49▲ 10 vs year ago 6 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $208.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −160.71 against this barn's trailing median of $368.71.
Average price
$208.00
1 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,238
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−43.20
vs GA average
−59.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3595208.001,2381thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
208.00
—
GA average16 barns · 564 hd
251.20
−43.20
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−59.22
This barn, trailing median8 sales
368.71
−160.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
407376345314median 368.7103/3005/1107/1309/2109/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $393.37, low $327.52, median $368.71 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,660140.002,3241thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,245137.001,7061thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,269120.411,52816
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19094.631,12610

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$1,5714thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)803$1,8105

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3181
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520274.52/cwt274.00–275.001,4282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555258.97/cwt256.00–262.001,4372
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675220.99/cwt220.00–222.001,4922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3295264.00/cwt264.00–264.007791
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305286.00/cwt286.00–286.008721
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305264.00/cwt264.00–264.008051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,0211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365307.35/cwt306.00–308.001,1223
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365252.00/cwt252.00–252.009201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,1921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430248.02/cwt246.00–250.001,0662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433233.99/cwt232.00–236.001,0132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2381
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628214.08/cwt210.00–218.001,3442
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340292.00/cwt292.00–292.009931
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345284.00/cwt284.00–284.009801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350293.00/cwt292.00–294.001,0262
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3355268.00/cwt268.00–268.009511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,2641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1741
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,660140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11887.54/cwt84.00–90.009793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216113.36/cwt110.00–116.001,3785
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22197.67/cwt95.00–102.001,1937
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,245137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,7061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283120.24/cwt116.00–124.001,5436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,304127.66/cwt125.00–132.001,6655
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-29951,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1021,727.61/head1,650.00–1,850.001,7283
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-37851,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28051,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-38101,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002

This sale against other markets

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.