Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-05-13

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 13
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 522▼ 88 vs year ago 379 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 72▼ 36 vs year ago 115 · −31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 45▲ 21 vs year ago 15 · +140.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one wee ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher, steer, bull and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.77/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −107.19 against this barn's trailing median of $358.96.
Average price
$251.77
24 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.89
vs GA average
−18.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535263.021,4068thin
Medium and Large 2536249.411,33713thin
Medium and Large 3562232.051,3043thin
One grade step is worth $30.97/cwt here — about $102 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 sale24 hd
251.77
—
GA average16 barns · 478 hd
246.88
+4.89
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−18.23
This barn, trailing median34 sales
358.96
−107.19
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—Low1,797153.382,7565thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208127.411,53835
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,315126.501,6647thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,013119.221,20815

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)1,028$1,4685
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,133$1,7926

Every lot

70 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3280326.00/cwt326.00–326.009131
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2313331.05/cwt330.00–335.001,0365
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320320.69/cwt316.00–326.001,0263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360332.53/cwt330.00–335.001,1972
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3369315.52/cwt310.00–322.001,1646
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438321.52/cwt320.00–322.501,4083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3456284.99/cwt280.00–290.001,3004
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475303.47/cwt300.00–305.001,44119
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503306.33/cwt306.00–307.001,5413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2503296.03/cwt292.00–300.001,4893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3527274.31/cwt270.00–282.001,4465
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220322.91/cwt322.00–325.007103
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3233289.73/cwt285.00–295.006752
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267322.33/cwt320.00–325.008613
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275310.91/cwt306.00–316.008552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324294.25/cwt290.00–300.009534
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330316.00/cwt312.00–320.001,0433
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332273.37/cwt270.00–280.009083
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366267.24/cwt264.00–270.009785
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381279.25/cwt279.00–280.001,0648
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411266.89/cwt263.00–272.001,0974
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424261.05/cwt260.00–262.001,1074
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465260.24/cwt256.00–265.001,2108
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470250.00/cwt245.00–253.001,1755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513251.70/cwt248.00–256.001,2916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518265.21/cwt262.00–268.001,3745
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556247.44/cwt240.00–250.001,3767
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562259.36/cwt256.00–262.001,4583
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3562232.05/cwt230.00–236.001,3043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3202
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615232.05/cwt230.00–234.001,4273
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3268329.84/cwt325.00–335.008843
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0131
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323324.07/cwt320.00–330.001,0473
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325311.75/cwt310.00–315.001,0134
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3356309.81/cwt305.00–314.001,1035
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369320.03/cwt315.00–325.001,1815
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413314.03/cwt308.00–320.001,2978
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428299.90/cwt295.00–305.001,2846
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3459276.61/cwt270.00–280.001,2705
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462305.30/cwt301.00–310.001,4103
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466294.71/cwt290.00–300.001,3738
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518273.07/cwt270.00–275.001,4154
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525282.95/cwt280.00–292.001,4857
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560275.99/cwt272.00–280.001,5464
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562265.32/cwt262.00–270.001,4913
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3572256.76/cwt250.00–260.001,4693
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2612263.38/cwt260.00–266.001,6123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3613234.57/cwt230.00–240.001,4383
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3663225.02/cwt220.00–230.001,4922
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6921
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715228.26/cwt225.00–235.001,6323
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,725147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,5361
Bulls——1,815154.98/cwt152.00–159.002,8134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960112.00/cwt110.00–114.001,0753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024120.03/cwt118.00–123.001,22910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038125.98/cwt124.00–128.001,3082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147121.72/cwt121.00–122.001,3963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198127.11/cwt123.00–131.001,52329
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,292125.42/cwt123.00–128.001,6206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360136.00/cwt135.00–137.001,8503
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,277.50/head1,250.00–1,300.001,2782
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0471,595.46/head1,525.00–1,675.001,5953
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1331,791.54/head1,700.00–1,875.001,7926

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.