Upson County Livestock Market Report

Thomaston, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 8, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	67	86	98
Feeder cattle	57	49	73
Slaughter cattle	6	25	14
Replacement cattle	4	12	11

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	260.00	$260.00	$923	—
495	495	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,148	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	255.00	$255.00	$612	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	235.00	$235.00	$564	—
305–340	323	3	230.00–240.00	$234.92	$759	—
400	400	1	220.00	$220.00	$880	+8.00
465	465	1	205.00	$205.00	$953	-7.00
510	510	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,030	-11.73
620–625	623	2	187.00–205.00	$195.96	$1,221	+6.96
655	655	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	389	4	237.00–247.00	$242.27	$942	—
475	475	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,078	—
500–505	503	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,142	—
590	590	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,369	—
630	630	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	197.00–200.00	$198.50	$883	-3.90
500	500	1	195.00	$195.00	$975	—
595	595	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,083	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	240.00	$240.00	$792	—
400	400	1	230.00	$230.00	$920	+13.00
475–495	485	2	217.00–222.00	$219.55	$1,065	+3.53
550	550	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,128	+5.00
610–615	613	2	187.00–200.00	$193.47	$1,186	+6.15
670	670	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	235.00	$235.00	$693	—
320	320	1	205.00	$205.00	$656	-15.00
435	435	1	175.00	$175.00	$761	-20.65
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	—
585	585	1	170.00	$170.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	240.00–245.00	$242.48	$1,001	—
500–525	513	2	230.00–232.00	$230.98	$1,185	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	85-90%	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,127	—
1250	1250	85-90%	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,075	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155	1155	80-85%	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,201	—
1195	1195	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,076	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,373

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.