Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-05-27

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 27
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
264 head
▼ 173 vs last sale 437▼ 124 vs year ago 388 · −32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 43▼ 66 vs year ago 148 · −44.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 31▼ 9 vs year ago 42 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.70/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −115.27 against this barn's trailing median of $358.96.
Average price
$243.70
29 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,333
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.25
vs GA average
−23.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557254.801,4195thin
Medium and Large 2528251.331,32810thin
Medium and Large 3556234.281,30414thin
One grade step is worth $20.52/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale29 hd
243.70
—
GA average13 barns · 360 hd
246.95
−3.25
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
−23.92
This barn, trailing median34 sales
358.96
−115.27
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—Low1,659159.572,6474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,238140.001,73351
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,030121.561,25215

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)1,074$1,5197
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)994$1,62412

Every lot

59 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3488296.06/cwt292.00–300.001,4452
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5371
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560282.52/cwt280.00–285.001,5822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3633236.25/cwt235.00–237.501,4952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2217333.72/cwt330.00–336.007243
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263324.86/cwt320.00–330.008542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3267302.98/cwt300.00–307.008093
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3326285.10/cwt280.00–288.009295
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358274.02/cwt270.00–280.009818
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365298.96/cwt298.00–300.001,0912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418280.65/cwt280.00–282.001,1733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422274.29/cwt270.00–278.001,1588
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423260.97/cwt255.00–265.001,1046
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458275.67/cwt275.00–276.001,2633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463262.62/cwt260.00–270.001,2166
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465254.37/cwt250.00–260.001,1836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505253.87/cwt252.00–258.001,2826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513244.40/cwt240.00–250.001,2546
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557254.80/cwt254.00–256.001,4195
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563247.51/cwt245.00–250.001,3934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3589226.69/cwt224.00–235.001,3358
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623219.04/cwt218.00–220.001,3652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4522
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1233368.78/cwt365.00–375.008593
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265361.96/cwt360.00–364.009592
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2274353.64/cwt350.00–356.009695
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280336.67/cwt330.00–345.009433
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1312357.57/cwt355.00–360.001,1163
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328343.53/cwt340.00–350.001,1274
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335328.31/cwt325.00–332.001,1003
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2359341.21/cwt340.00–344.001,2255
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3359324.75/cwt320.00–330.001,1667
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420316.31/cwt315.00–317.501,3292
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3441286.50/cwt282.00–292.001,2634
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2457293.76/cwt290.00–300.001,3428
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458306.00/cwt305.00–307.001,4013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3461280.07/cwt275.00–285.001,2914
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516282.06/cwt280.00–285.001,4554
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3516270.97/cwt270.00–275.001,3985
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558271.69/cwt270.00–275.001,5163
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3561255.04/cwt250.00–260.001,4316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565282.68/cwt280.00–285.001,5973
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613257.55/cwt255.00–260.001,5792
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3617231.39/cwt230.00–234.001,4283
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5711
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670227.54/cwt225.00–230.001,5252
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,280145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8561
Bulls——1,785164.42/cwt162.00–168.002,9353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%923112.61/cwt108.00–117.001,0396
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078131.69/cwt131.00–133.001,4203
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113125.45/cwt122.00–128.001,3966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115131.69/cwt128.00–134.001,46814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255139.74/cwt135.00–143.001,75422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328148.14/cwt146.00–153.001,96715
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39811,378.71/head1,280.00–1,475.001,3794
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1981,705.77/head1,550.00–1,800.001,7063
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39151,401.64/head1,300.00–1,500.001,4024
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0341,735.79/head1,600.00–2,000.001,7368

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.