Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-10-20

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Oct 20
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 400▼ 207 vs year ago 776 · −26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 130▲ 32 vs year ago 57 · +56.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 60▲ 0 vs year ago 45 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows are mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 14.00 lower. Feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and feeder heifers unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $359.70/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 16 of 35 comparable sales and sits −10.30 against this barn's trailing median of $370.00.
Average price
$359.70
51 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.68
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539369.231,99129
Medium and Large 2542352.921,91418thin
Medium and Large 3579321.151,8594thin
One grade step is worth $48.08/cwt here — about $132 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 sale51 hd
359.70
—
GA average14 barns · 365 hd
346.02
+13.68
This barn, trailing median35 sales
370.00
−10.30
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—Low1,536190.652,92810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,146161.251,84840
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,232159.711,9683thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average951139.481,32719

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)1,465$3,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,038$2,32011
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,068$1,7253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,187$2,69920

Every lot

103 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3273477.71/cwt475.00–480.001,3042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335411.62/cwt410.00–415.001,3793
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382448.43/cwt440.00–460.001,7133
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423423.10/cwt410.00–435.001,7909
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436406.00/cwt400.00–412.501,7706
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473384.33/cwt370.00–397.501,8183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475422.95/cwt412.00–430.002,0096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510339.19/cwt336.00–345.001,7304
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527405.98/cwt400.00–414.002,1407
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530377.85/cwt370.00–390.002,0036
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560399.33/cwt394.00–404.002,2363
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575386.25/cwt385.00–387.502,2212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3613331.02/cwt330.00–332.002,0292
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620364.61/cwt360.00–371.002,2617
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629346.94/cwt338.00–352.502,1827
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,3631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2661334.42/cwt328.00–342.002,2114
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725330.23/cwt326.00–335.002,3945
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213625.20/cwt600.00–650.001,3323
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,1771
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275379.82/cwt375.00–385.001,0452
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276453.13/cwt445.00–465.001,2515
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322364.51/cwt320.00–375.001,1747
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330403.73/cwt400.00–415.001,3325
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338350.99/cwt350.00–353.001,1863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364347.75/cwt330.00–360.001,2665
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370369.26/cwt360.00–375.001,36613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422360.72/cwt350.00–370.001,52222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433334.28/cwt320.00–348.001,4478
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7671
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473351.58/cwt340.00–362.001,66320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3477328.29/cwt320.00–333.001,56610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521335.56/cwt330.00–347.501,74820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3522321.89/cwt310.00–327.501,6805
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570326.23/cwt315.00–337.501,86015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582348.35/cwt342.00–349.002,02711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3588307.53/cwt305.00–310.001,8082
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0741
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2622319.46/cwt314.00–329.001,98713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2671313.45/cwt309.00–322.002,1038
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730277.55/cwt270.00–285.002,0262
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738302.02/cwt300.00–304.002,2292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225569.89/cwt565.00–575.001,2822
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1240699.00/cwt699.00–699.001,6781
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,4151
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3271465.31/cwt425.00–480.001,2616
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284505.11/cwt500.00–520.001,4354
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323462.76/cwt455.00–475.001,4955
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324435.69/cwt400.00–450.001,41213
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3334425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4207
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363436.02/cwt430.00–450.001,5837
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375378.13/cwt372.50–390.001,4184
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380413.15/cwt380.00–425.001,57014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413371.46/cwt355.00–415.001,5346
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422415.95/cwt400.00–425.001,75510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428386.42/cwt375.00–395.001,6548
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468405.39/cwt395.00–417.501,8977
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478379.87/cwt370.00–390.001,81614
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3483363.34/cwt360.00–365.001,7553
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519355.22/cwt350.00–360.001,84411
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520372.18/cwt365.00–385.001,93516
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563365.59/cwt360.00–378.002,05813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2579349.31/cwt334.00–358.002,0237
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3579321.15/cwt310.00–330.001,8594
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620330.72/cwt312.50–340.002,0507
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630309.65/cwt300.00–318.001,9514
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633350.62/cwt345.00–362.502,2193
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3651310.50/cwt310.00–312.002,0214
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678316.85/cwt308.00–322.002,1488
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2716296.44/cwt285.00–305.002,1234
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720280.01/cwt275.00–285.002,0163
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758272.52/cwt270.00–275.002,0662
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,050216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,2681
Bulls——1,400180.63/cwt174.00–186.002,5294
Bulls——1,742193.59/cwt187.00–199.003,3725
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919125.20/cwt120.00–132.001,1517
Cows—Lean 85-90%968152.31/cwt150.00–154.001,4744
Cows—Lean 85-90%971145.57/cwt143.00–149.001,4138
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010151.63/cwt147.00–154.001,5315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164168.88/cwt167.00–173.001,9665
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166161.58/cwt156.00–166.001,88430
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,232159.71/cwt159.00–160.001,9683
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Small 2-38051,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Small 2-38451,767.16/head1,600.00–1,950.001,7674
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0501,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2033,326.20/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3262
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2082,411.18/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4653,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-37052,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-31,0232,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1652,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2772,731.79/head2,600.00–2,850.002,7326
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3583,648.71/head3,550.00–3,750.003,6494
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4053,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502

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.