Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-02-26

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Feb 26
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
729 head
▲ 575 vs last sale 154▲ 399 vs year ago 330 · +120.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 1,049 vs last sale 1,097▼ 26 vs year ago 74 · −35.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 102▲ 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $250.33/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$250.33
164 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523251.731,31839
Medium and Large 2452251.061,13474
Medium and Large 3386248.2095851
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about $360 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 sale164 hd
250.33
—
GA average16 barns · 2,058 hd
247.48
+2.85
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—High1,615123.511,9958thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,194111.231,32826
CowsLean 85-90%Low93389.028318thin

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)1,500$1,7252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)994$1,0967
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$1,2886

Every lot

72 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2312346.60/cwt345.00–347.501,0813
Steers—Medium and Large 1358343.00/cwt342.00–344.001,2283
Steers—Medium and Large 3363315.07/cwt310.00–320.001,1443
Steers—Medium and Large 1420328.54/cwt327.00–330.001,3804
Steers—Medium and Large 2425311.35/cwt310.00–315.001,3235
Steers—Medium and Large 1473307.59/cwt305.00–310.001,4554
Steers—Medium and Large 2513288.05/cwt284.00–290.001,4783
Steers—Medium and Large 1516301.48/cwt300.00–305.001,5567
Steers—Medium and Large 1568288.47/cwt287.00–290.001,6394
Steers—Medium and Large 2572278.38/cwt275.00–280.001,5923
Steers—Medium and Large 2623257.18/cwt252.00–262.001,6022
Steers—Medium and Large 1630275.12/cwt270.00–277.501,7333
Steers—Medium and Large 2663248.01/cwt244.00–250.001,6443
Steers—Medium and Large 2718219.59/cwt216.00–223.001,5772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2227293.53/cwt290.00–300.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3228270.16/cwt265.00–275.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 3267269.26/cwt265.00–275.007196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268283.43/cwt282.00–285.007604
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312264.02/cwt260.00–267.008247
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326274.63/cwt270.00–280.008958
Heifers—Medium and Large 3357257.16/cwt252.00–264.0091811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366270.23/cwt268.00–273.009898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417280.01/cwt275.00–285.001,1685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428238.62/cwt234.00–244.001,0219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439258.63/cwt255.00–265.001,13517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458243.98/cwt240.00–252.001,1178
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458228.48/cwt224.00–234.001,0464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469257.92/cwt255.00–265.001,2107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505256.63/cwt252.00–262.501,29614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522236.94/cwt232.00–242.001,23712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523224.78/cwt220.00–230.001,1766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557242.01/cwt238.00–248.001,3486
Heifers—Medium and Large 3561218.71/cwt215.00–220.001,2274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564230.99/cwt228.00–235.001,3037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616232.44/cwt226.00–234.001,4325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668206.52/cwt205.00–208.001,3804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2712190.07/cwt186.00–194.001,3533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778202.54/cwt200.00–205.001,5762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2263353.23/cwt350.00–355.009293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315352.42/cwt347.50–357.501,11011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318333.31/cwt330.00–337.001,0604
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327318.16/cwt310.00–325.001,0406
Bulls—Medium and Large 2356322.97/cwt317.50–330.001,15011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362341.98/cwt340.00–344.001,2386
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,1298
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434309.67/cwt306.00–315.001,3449
Bulls—Medium and Large 2439300.70/cwt295.00–305.001,32016
Bulls—Medium and Large 3442283.94/cwt280.00–294.001,2557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460305.79/cwt300.00–310.001,4074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460275.05/cwt270.00–280.001,2654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467289.18/cwt285.00–298.001,35012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521273.69/cwt270.00–280.001,42614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523284.44/cwt280.00–290.001,4887
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525264.51/cwt260.00–268.001,3897
Bulls—Medium and Large 2561265.05/cwt260.00–270.001,48714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565275.24/cwt272.00–280.001,5555
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630229.37/cwt228.00–230.001,4453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718221.54/cwt220.00–223.001,5912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——978117.44/cwt116.00–119.001,1492
Bulls——1,775123.80/cwt120.00–127.002,1974
Bulls——1,933129.01/cwt128.00–130.002,4942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90882.74/cwt82.00–84.007514
Cows—Lean 85-90%95895.30/cwt94.00–97.009134
Cows—Boner 80-85%992102.39/cwt100.00–106.001,0165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178116.54/cwt115.00–119.001,3738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281111.36/cwt107.00–114.001,42713
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-3857883.03/head875.00–900.008833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0651,006.10/head900.00–1,100.001,0062
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,505.31/head1,300.00–1,700.001,5052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-38651,192.20/head1,175.00–1,210.001,1924
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1301,478.32/head1,350.00–1,600.001,4782

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.