Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-04-01

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Apr 1
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
578 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 527▲ 77 vs year ago 501 · +15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 84▼ 50 vs year ago 110 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 56▼ 22 vs year ago 52 · −42.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls ,feeder heifers, and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.56/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −101.40 against this barn's trailing median of $358.96.
Average price
$257.56
114 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,453
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.63
vs GA average
−13.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571259.621,48192
Medium and Large 2532254.251,35218thin
Medium and Large 3563225.021,2674thin
One grade step is worth $34.60/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale114 hd
257.56
—
GA average16 barns · 454 hd
251.93
+5.63
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−13.03
This barn, trailing median34 sales
358.96
−101.40
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

34 sales
427382337292median 358.9603/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.59, low $306.10, median $358.96 across 34 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—High1,734150.022,6014thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,229134.081,64833
CowsLean 85-90%Low955119.581,14212

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,500$1,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)859$1,50014

Every lot

83 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315343.69/cwt292.50–400.001,0832
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333382.52/cwt380.00–385.001,2742
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418348.19/cwt345.00–355.001,4553
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420338.38/cwt334.00–342.001,4216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3427322.36/cwt320.00–325.001,3763
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3458310.00/cwt305.00–315.001,4203
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466340.50/cwt338.00–342.001,5874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481328.15/cwt327.00–330.001,5785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525309.81/cwt307.50–312.001,6273
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528320.68/cwt320.00–336.001,69339
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3561271.36/cwt266.00–280.001,5225
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563291.47/cwt285.00–295.001,6416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569315.99/cwt314.00–318.001,7984
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618276.96/cwt267.00–287.501,7122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3632238.52/cwt238.00–240.001,50727
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670237.55/cwt230.00–239.001,59219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722233.29/cwt232.00–235.001,6847
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2764222.50/cwt217.00–228.001,7004
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1217342.27/cwt340.00–345.007433
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225332.39/cwt330.00–335.007483
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1266337.37/cwt330.00–340.008974
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270303.94/cwt300.00–307.008213
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2274318.61/cwt315.00–325.008734
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320329.28/cwt325.00–338.001,0545
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322314.97/cwt310.00–320.001,0143
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332288.41/cwt280.00–295.009585
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354314.39/cwt310.00–322.501,1134
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360294.84/cwt290.00–302.001,0616
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371262.87/cwt260.00–270.009757
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421298.68/cwt295.00–305.001,2574
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421256.31/cwt250.00–265.001,0796
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431276.75/cwt270.00–285.001,1937
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459283.65/cwt280.00–288.001,30211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460247.05/cwt240.00–258.001,1364
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462269.91/cwt264.00–276.001,2479
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508271.58/cwt265.00–280.001,3806
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520258.10/cwt252.00–262.001,34213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563244.25/cwt240.00–248.001,3755
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563225.02/cwt220.00–230.001,2674
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575258.79/cwt254.00–264.001,48886
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611251.30/cwt241.00–252.001,53519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5882
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618232.35/cwt226.00–238.001,4365
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628215.46/cwt210.00–220.001,3533
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662228.66/cwt228.00–230.001,5143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668205.06/cwt200.00–210.001,3702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680218.71/cwt216.00–226.001,4875
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,56510
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773210.99/cwt210.00–212.001,6312
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5991
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225345.11/cwt340.00–350.007762
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3267341.69/cwt340.00–345.009123
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285362.54/cwt360.00–365.001,0332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325334.25/cwt330.00–340.001,0864
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329354.06/cwt350.00–360.001,1655
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333383.35/cwt380.00–385.001,2773
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1359364.29/cwt360.00–370.001,3084
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3364307.95/cwt305.00–315.001,1215
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367345.69/cwt342.00–350.001,2693
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423333.68/cwt330.00–340.001,4114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438319.42/cwt315.00–325.001,3997
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456309.74/cwt307.00–312.001,4124
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458325.03/cwt320.00–330.001,4894
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518275.14/cwt270.00–280.001,4253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526288.78/cwt285.00–295.001,5194
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564273.01/cwt270.00–275.001,5405
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623247.25/cwt240.00–254.001,5402
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718215.31/cwt212.00–218.001,5463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,430143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0451
Bulls——1,758149.04/cwt147.00–151.002,6202
Bulls——1,990159.00/cwt159.00–159.003,1641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%926120.40/cwt117.00–124.001,1158
Cows—Lean 85-90%978126.04/cwt125.00–127.001,2332
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050109.81/cwt106.00–114.001,1532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,119126.45/cwt123.00–129.001,4158
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229133.93/cwt130.00–137.001,64616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328141.13/cwt138.00–144.001,8749
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-37381,420.76/head1,325.00–1,475.001,4218
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39001,419.44/head1,375.00–1,475.001,4194
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3201,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.