Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2026-07-20

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jul 20
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
474 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 370▲ 8 vs year ago 466 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 40▼ 45 vs year ago 85 · −52.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 38▼ 14 vs year ago 36 · −38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $370.00/cwt on 51 head, down $19.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 35 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $370.00.
Average price
$370.00
▼ 19.86 vs prior sale
51 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.22
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531389.542,06711thin
Medium and Large 2527371.211,95629
Medium and Large 3529347.281,83811thin
One grade step is worth $42.26/cwt here — about $229 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
370.00
—
GA average13 barns · 400 hd
375.22
−5.22
This barn, trailing median35 sales
370.00
+0.00
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—High1,668206.713,4487thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,558188.732,9404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,325184.332,44215
CowsLean 85-90%Low927163.061,5117thin

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)950$2,0854thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370436.42/cwt430.00–442.501,6152
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415431.79/cwt430.00–435.001,7923
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473437.43/cwt425.00–450.002,0692
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505382.52/cwt380.00–385.001,9322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514410.47/cwt405.00–415.002,1104
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578385.11/cwt380.00–390.002,2262
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608372.47/cwt370.00–375.002,2652
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668335.06/cwt330.00–340.002,2382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670342.98/cwt342.00–344.002,2982
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711337.62/cwt335.00–340.002,4004
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2719330.79/cwt327.00–334.002,3784
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1239548.72/cwt545.00–555.001,3114
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1257548.31/cwt540.00–555.001,4093
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318445.85/cwt440.00–470.001,4185
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323413.81/cwt400.00–420.001,3373
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325486.56/cwt485.00–490.001,5813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3359390.05/cwt385.00–395.001,4004
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368417.59/cwt415.00–420.001,5372
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410423.25/cwt420.00–425.001,7353
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423381.00/cwt377.00–385.001,6124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424399.17/cwt390.00–415.001,69212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462385.10/cwt370.00–400.001,77910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467363.77/cwt360.00–368.001,6997
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506392.28/cwt380.00–405.001,9857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520350.96/cwt350.00–352.001,8252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523365.87/cwt360.00–375.001,9146
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561354.25/cwt350.00–360.001,9879
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568333.43/cwt325.00–340.001,8943
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569364.33/cwt362.00–370.002,0736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605335.53/cwt332.00–340.002,0304
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614324.18/cwt320.00–330.001,9904
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655323.97/cwt320.00–328.002,1222
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668302.53/cwt300.00–305.002,0212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2703310.48/cwt305.00–316.002,1832
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2260542.74/cwt530.00–555.001,4112
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3265474.15/cwt460.00–490.001,2562
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273574.86/cwt570.00–580.001,5692
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6431
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3312462.35/cwt450.00–480.001,4433
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325495.31/cwt490.00–505.001,6103
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368468.03/cwt452.50–480.001,7228
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3374418.40/cwt405.00–435.001,5657
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419425.63/cwt415.00–445.001,78322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3419396.19/cwt380.00–410.001,6604
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459409.72/cwt400.00–420.001,88114
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465427.49/cwt425.00–435.001,9888
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475380.37/cwt370.00–395.001,80710
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507399.98/cwt395.00–410.002,0286
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3513354.28/cwt347.00–362.001,8177
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514377.14/cwt365.00–390.001,93820
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2556358.03/cwt350.00–365.001,9919
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558335.04/cwt330.00–345.001,8704
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559377.02/cwt370.00–385.002,1085
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3603284.97/cwt275.00–300.001,7183
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610357.92/cwt350.00–370.002,1837
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620339.23/cwt320.00–345.002,1036
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668324.70/cwt320.00–330.002,1693
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670265.11/cwt260.00–270.001,7764
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673338.53/cwt337.00–340.002,2782
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770308.05/cwt300.00–316.002,3722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,357194.39/cwt190.00–197.002,6383
Bulls——1,800213.60/cwt208.00–217.003,8453
Bulls——2,205223.00/cwt223.00–223.004,9171
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%892156.62/cwt153.00–159.001,3973
Cows—Lean 85-90%940172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,6171
Cows—Lean 85-90%957166.51/cwt160.00–170.001,5943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248175.83/cwt170.00–179.002,1944
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258194.29/cwt191.00–198.002,4443
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,388184.85/cwt180.00–190.002,5668
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548186.03/cwt183.00–189.002,8802
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568191.43/cwt190.00–193.003,0022
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28152,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39952,030.15/head2,000.00–2,100.002,0303

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.