Upson County Livestock Market Report

Thomaston, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 22, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	91	67	55
Feeder cattle	87	57	39
Slaughter cattle	2	6	12
Replacement cattle	2	4	4

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	280.00	$280.00	$756	—
300–330	315	2	270.00–275.00	$272.38	$858	—
433	433	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,191	—
493	493	4	258.00	$258.00	$1,272	+26.00
555	555	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,265	—
675	675	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,282	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	3	297.00	$297.00	$1,007	—
360–390	375	2	292.00–305.00	$298.76	$1,120	—
560–565	562	3	258.00–260.00	$258.67	$1,454	—
645	645	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,567	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	240.00	$240.00	$828	—
635	635	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,156	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	242.00–247.00	$244.46	$770	—
355–390	362	8	240.00–254.00	$250.81	$908	+8.54
410–440	434	5	240.00–255.00	$252.17	$1,094	—
480–495	488	2	230.00–237.00	$233.45	$1,139	+6.45
525–540	533	3	225.00–227.00	$226.01	$1,205	-0.99
675	675	3	194.00	$194.00	$1,310	—
739	739	6	189.00	$189.00	$1,397	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	235.00	$235.00	$634	—
310	310	1	225.00	$225.00	$698	-9.92
445	445	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,010	—
615	615	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,242	+6.04
695	695	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,265	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	200.00	$200.00	$730	—
475–485	480	2	180.00–182.00	$181.01	$869	—
540	540	1	180.00	$180.00	$972	—
575	575	1	170.00	$170.00	$978	-12.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	270.00	$270.00	$932	+30.00
480	480	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,138	+17.45
535	535	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,204	—
565	565	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,283	+22.00
600–610	605	2	220.00–223.00	$221.51	$1,340	+28.04

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	250.00	$250.00	$675	+15.00
335	335	1	220.00	$220.00	$737	+15.00
360	360	1	220.00	$220.00	$792	—
465	465	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,032	—
745	745	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,155	—

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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	85.00	$85.00	$978	-13.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,030	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00

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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.