Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-01-20

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jan 20
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 218▲ 44 vs year ago 257 · +17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 25▼ 28 vs year ago 67 · −41.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 28▲ 16 vs year ago 18 · +88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 8.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves, 5.00 to10.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, 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 $264.82/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −94.14 against this barn's trailing median of $358.96.
Average price
$264.82
33 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,387
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.06
vs GA average
−39.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515281.041,4477thin
Medium and Large 2522267.191,39417thin
Medium and Large 3534247.721,3249thin
One grade step is worth $33.32/cwt here — about $124 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 sale33 hd
264.82
—
GA average14 barns · 399 hd
264.87
−0.06
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−39.60
This barn, trailing median34 sales
358.96
−94.14
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—Average1,750172.393,0174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210155.571,88220
CowsLean 85-90%High970122.311,18711

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)1,241$2,1104thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,067$1,6318
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,061$2,12610

Every lot

67 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3290435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,2621
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2312403.32/cwt400.00–410.001,2583
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508313.49/cwt312.00–315.001,5932
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525305.19/cwt300.00–310.001,6022
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578308.01/cwt307.00–309.001,7802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610275.08/cwt270.00–280.001,6782
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3655226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230380.00/cwt380.00–380.008741
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268357.36/cwt350.00–360.009586
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275370.34/cwt365.00–375.001,0186
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332347.33/cwt345.00–350.001,1536
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333359.76/cwt352.00–365.001,1983
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333316.70/cwt310.00–320.001,0553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358356.98/cwt352.00–362.501,2788
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366306.37/cwt300.00–310.001,1214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370339.09/cwt326.00–346.001,25511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409311.33/cwt310.00–315.001,2737
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417302.68/cwt300.00–306.001,2627
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3443290.00/cwt285.00–295.001,2854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461288.53/cwt280.00–295.001,3307
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461265.67/cwt251.00–277.501,2254
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464305.85/cwt300.00–308.001,4197
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2504272.15/cwt265.00–278.001,37212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515281.04/cwt280.00–282.501,4477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515252.57/cwt245.00–260.001,3016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564255.28/cwt248.00–260.001,4405
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573238.02/cwt230.00–242.001,3643
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623236.14/cwt232.00–240.001,4712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665232.03/cwt228.00–236.001,5432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3218406.92/cwt400.00–414.008872
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223441.64/cwt440.00–445.009853
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1252461.66/cwt460.00–465.001,1633
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3268387.38/cwt385.00–390.001,0382
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284434.01/cwt430.00–437.501,2335
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320404.84/cwt400.00–410.001,2952
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333358.05/cwt350.00–370.001,1925
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334385.02/cwt380.00–390.001,2864
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3358340.09/cwt330.00–350.001,2183
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360368.89/cwt360.00–375.001,3286
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365390.00/cwt380.00–395.001,4245
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413309.85/cwt304.00–320.001,2804
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416364.46/cwt358.00–370.001,5167
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2443344.69/cwt337.50–355.001,5278
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456323.02/cwt314.00–327.501,4735
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461340.62/cwt335.00–344.001,5707
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463299.76/cwt292.00–308.001,3885
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508304.66/cwt300.00–310.001,5485
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3508274.29/cwt270.00–277.001,3934
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2512291.09/cwt285.00–295.001,4905
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563302.97/cwt297.50–307.501,7066
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570290.80/cwt285.00–294.001,6584
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618249.51/cwt246.00–255.001,5426
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622270.30/cwt265.00–275.001,6815
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3795220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,750172.39/cwt170.00–175.003,0174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875112.43/cwt108.00–118.009843
Cows—Lean 85-90%956122.03/cwt120.00–127.001,1674
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126141.97/cwt136.00–147.001,5994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205155.48/cwt151.00–159.001,8748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256162.46/cwt160.00–165.002,0408
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0261,512.04/head1,375.00–1,675.001,5126
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,986.97/head1,925.00–2,050.001,9872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2412,109.52/head2,050.00–2,200.002,1104
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39931,984.06/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9846
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1632,339.52/head2,275.00–2,425.002,3404

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.