Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2022-12-12

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Dec 12
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▼ 607 vs last sale 930▼ 102 vs year ago 425 · −24.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 100▲ 8 vs year ago 44 · +18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 44▲ 4 vs year ago 18 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder steers mostly steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.45/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$149.45
90 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.78
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490151.7674340
Medium and Large 2464148.1168739
Medium and Large 3376145.7454811thin
One grade step is worth $6.02/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale90 hd
149.45
—
GA average15 barns · 2,004 hd
147.66
+1.78
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,40481.661,1465thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59067.571,0742thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22663.4577820
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01058.3658922

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)1,297$1,1683thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,011$9958

Every lot

64 lots · USDA AMS · Carroll County Livestock - Carrollton, 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3268188.99/cwt187.00–190.005063
Steers—Medium and Large 1273232.66/cwt230.00–235.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2273213.40/cwt210.00–217.005832
Steers—Medium and Large 1316223.87/cwt222.00–228.007076
Steers—Medium and Large 3318182.76/cwt180.00–185.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 2325203.33/cwt200.00–210.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 2358186.72/cwt182.00–192.006683
Steers—Medium and Large 3363165.39/cwt160.00–170.006003
Steers—Medium and Large 1375221.45/cwt217.50–225.008302
Steers—Medium and Large 1403213.03/cwt208.00–218.008592
Steers—Medium and Large 1458199.35/cwt196.00–202.009133
Steers—Medium and Large 2460179.05/cwt174.00–184.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 3513149.07/cwt145.00–152.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1517187.89/cwt180.00–190.009715
Steers—Medium and Large 2527174.61/cwt168.00–178.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 2566156.80/cwt154.00–160.008875
Steers—Medium and Large 3567144.78/cwt142.00–150.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1573172.85/cwt168.00–178.009902
Steers—Medium and Large 1618171.27/cwt167.00–175.001,0585
Steers—Medium and Large 1667162.36/cwt160.00–166.001,0833
Steers—Medium and Large 1700150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3267154.78/cwt150.00–157.504133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323166.34/cwt165.00–167.505374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331173.49/cwt170.00–176.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358172.02/cwt170.00–174.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360151.27/cwt150.00–152.505454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363159.52/cwt155.00–162.505795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430157.17/cwt156.00–159.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430151.24/cwt150.00–154.006509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457151.83/cwt149.00–154.006946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465144.43/cwt142.00–148.006725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473133.44/cwt132.00–135.006314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2509141.51/cwt140.00–144.007208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519147.15/cwt145.00–150.0076410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562140.68/cwt140.00–142.007916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568143.91/cwt143.00–147.008179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663132.33/cwt132.00–133.008773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668127.01/cwt126.00–128.008482
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2220200.00/cwt200.00–200.004401
Bulls—Medium and Large 3220185.00/cwt185.00–185.004071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318210.88/cwt210.00–212.506713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3322174.84/cwt170.00–180.005633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335191.67/cwt190.00–195.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362203.27/cwt200.00–210.007363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362164.04/cwt160.00–170.005943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430176.90/cwt174.00–180.007613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431195.97/cwt192.00–202.008455
Bulls—Medium and Large 3457153.36/cwt150.00–160.007013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468195.08/cwt192.00–198.009132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515163.53/cwt160.00–170.008423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2522155.44/cwt150.00–158.008118
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555146.86/cwt140.00–148.008157
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630138.39/cwt136.00–142.008723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723131.52/cwt131.00–132.009512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38884.55/cwt82.00–87.001,1743
Bulls——1,42877.32/cwt74.00–80.001,1042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00154.51/cwt52.00–58.0054610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01761.57/cwt60.00–64.0062612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18965.37/cwt63.00–69.0077711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27161.10/cwt60.00–62.007779
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59067.57/cwt66.00–69.001,0742
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3888799.72/head700.00–900.008002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0521,060.14/head950.00–1,100.001,0606
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2971,167.61/head1,150.00–1,175.001,1683

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.