Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-09-23

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Sep 23
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
616 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 541▲ 54 vs year ago 562 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 76▲ 32 vs year ago 48 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 21▲ 29 vs year ago 21 · +138.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $223.88/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −146.13 against this barn's trailing median of $370.00.
Average price
$223.88
52 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.22
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535233.921,25114thin
Medium and Large 2535226.761,21419thin
Medium and Large 3540213.591,15419thin
One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale52 hd
223.88
—
GA average15 barns · 386 hd
215.66
+8.22
This barn, trailing median35 sales
370.00
−146.13
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

35 sales
443396350303median 370.0003/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $429.02, low $316.81, median $370.00 across 35 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—Average1,589136.492,16812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,259120.891,52241
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,405117.421,65011
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,003110.401,10813

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)975$1,6002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$1,5012thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)948$1,30913
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$1,80310

Every lot

84 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210365.00/cwt365.00–365.007671
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368294.64/cwt293.00–300.001,0846
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2409270.78/cwt267.00–275.001,1075
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418261.04/cwt260.00–262.001,0914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440281.99/cwt280.00–284.001,2413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459269.98/cwt266.00–274.001,2394
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461260.91/cwt255.00–265.001,2039
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464246.62/cwt240.00–250.001,1446
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3513226.75/cwt220.00–230.001,1633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530243.43/cwt240.00–250.001,2903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3567219.31/cwt218.00–220.001,2433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569232.92/cwt230.00–240.001,3257
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2616228.62/cwt222.00–232.501,4086
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623214.82/cwt210.00–220.001,3382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682223.42/cwt218.00–227.001,5243
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710212.03/cwt208.00–214.001,5053
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3269252.37/cwt250.00–260.006794
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270270.97/cwt265.00–277.507323
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315257.38/cwt255.00–260.008114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333245.04/cwt240.00–250.008164
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363249.32/cwt245.00–255.009058
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363235.28/cwt230.00–240.008549
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429234.26/cwt230.00–240.001,00519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438222.26/cwt220.00–226.0097312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456239.01/cwt238.00–240.001,0906
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461230.36/cwt226.00–235.001,06220
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463217.63/cwt210.00–222.001,00819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515232.01/cwt230.00–234.001,1956
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519222.57/cwt218.00–228.001,15516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3524205.73/cwt200.00–212.001,0788
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560216.25/cwt210.00–220.001,21113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560202.48/cwt198.00–208.001,1348
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562221.84/cwt221.00–222.001,2476
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614204.93/cwt200.00–210.001,25810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3617190.81/cwt185.00–197.001,1773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621216.03/cwt212.00–218.001,3425
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669200.45/cwt195.00–205.001,3416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3669184.93/cwt180.00–190.001,2374
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270330.00/cwt330.00–330.008911
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3291301.24/cwt295.00–305.008774
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320314.73/cwt312.00–318.001,0074
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332301.02/cwt295.00–305.009995
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333286.56/cwt280.00–292.009549
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2356290.52/cwt285.00–295.001,0348
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358302.52/cwt300.00–305.001,0834
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3361270.96/cwt265.00–280.009786
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423263.60/cwt260.00–267.501,11516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424271.73/cwt270.00–274.001,1526
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3442234.88/cwt230.00–240.001,03816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459247.76/cwt240.00–255.001,13718
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3461230.31/cwt225.00–235.001,06214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463264.98/cwt262.00–267.501,22712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507236.82/cwt235.00–240.001,2016
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522228.30/cwt222.00–232.001,19212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528215.42/cwt210.00–220.001,13712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556231.75/cwt229.00–235.001,2898
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558224.13/cwt220.00–227.501,2517
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3561210.44/cwt205.00–215.001,1817
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3613197.45/cwt195.00–200.001,2104
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616220.52/cwt220.00–222.001,3584
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2616210.89/cwt206.00–216.001,2998
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663203.85/cwt200.00–208.001,3526
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668215.02/cwt210.00–220.001,4362
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758186.97/cwt184.00–190.001,4172
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,434129.05/cwt126.00–133.001,8515
Bulls——1,699141.80/cwt140.00–146.002,4097
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1131
Cows—Lean 85-90%999105.17/cwt103.00–107.001,0515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016112.91/cwt110.00–117.001,1477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,030109.49/cwt109.00–110.001,1282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192118.80/cwt115.00–122.001,41620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353124.29/cwt123.00–126.001,68219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,369116.53/cwt114.00–119.001,5955
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418106.55/cwt105.00–108.001,5112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,444123.98/cwt123.00–125.001,7904
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-38151,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Small 2-38181,046.46/head1,000.00–1,200.001,0467
Bred Cows—Small 1-28801,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,501.46/head1,425.00–1,575.001,5012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1032,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1721,389.69/head1,325.00–1,450.001,3903
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-37751,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1501,909.51/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9108

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.