Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-12-19

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 19
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
562 head
▼ 262 vs last sale 824▼ 311 vs year ago 873 · −35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 118▼ 30 vs year ago 154 · −19.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 78▲ 18 vs year ago 142 · +12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $248.32/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 29 of 28 comparable sales and sits +34.11 against this barn's trailing median of $214.21.
Average price
$248.32
143 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.89
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1348286.9799919thin
Medium and Large 2462249.311,15365
Medium and Large 3472234.791,10859
One grade step is worth $52.18/cwt here — about −$109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale143 hd
248.32
—
GA average15 barns · 947 hd
218.43
+29.89
This barn, trailing median28 sales
214.21
+34.11
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 0–100 lb

28 sales
243212182152median 214.2103/0305/0507/0709/1510/27
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.74, low $165.50, median $214.21 across 28 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—Low1,739113.331,97016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40795.321,34115
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18691.811,08943
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04974.9778712

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)1,198$1,25318
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,041$1,16015
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,09818
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,039$1,56430

Every lot

72 lots · USDA AMS · Franklin County Livestock - Carnesville, 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
Steers—Medium and Large 1420277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 1475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,25919
Steers—Medium and Large 3475241.20/cwt240.00–242.501,1462
Steers—Medium and Large 2485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
Steers—Medium and Large 2525243.70/cwt242.50–245.001,2792
Steers—Medium and Large 3525233.85/cwt230.00–238.001,2282
Steers—Medium and Large 3565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
Steers—Medium and Large 2575234.97/cwt232.50–237.501,3515
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3275233.60/cwt230.00–237.506424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326234.55/cwt230.00–240.0076516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332247.42/cwt245.00–250.008213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335220.00/cwt220.00–220.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355231.27/cwt230.00–232.508212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374216.31/cwt212.50–220.008097
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423210.38/cwt205.00–215.0089010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434219.31/cwt217.50–225.009529
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475212.29/cwt207.50–217.501,0084
Heifers—Medium and Large 3482199.67/cwt197.50–205.009629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added499235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,17316
Heifers—Medium and Large 3522191.52/cwt187.50–195.001,00011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533200.30/cwt197.50–207.001,0685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3571179.42/cwt175.00–182.501,0245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582191.62/cwt190.00–195.001,1156
Heifers—Medium and Large 3615171.48/cwt170.00–172.501,0554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625182.42/cwt180.00–185.001,1402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230300.00/cwt300.00–300.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245305.00/cwt305.00–305.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 3245265.00/cwt265.00–265.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275303.48/cwt300.00–307.508352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275289.64/cwt285.00–295.007976
Bulls—Medium and Large 3275277.32/cwt275.00–280.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 3305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334292.13/cwt290.00–297.5097610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335281.14/cwt280.00–285.009424
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375268.55/cwt265.00–272.501,0072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383277.95/cwt275.00–285.001,0654
Bulls—Medium and Large 3384252.72/cwt250.00–260.009707
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425259.88/cwt257.50–262.501,1042
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427244.32/cwt240.00–250.001,04314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475253.70/cwt252.50–255.001,2052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478232.99/cwt230.00–237.501,1148
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481245.14/cwt240.00–250.001,17932
Bulls—Medium and Large 3529222.97/cwt220.00–227.301,1809
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531233.48/cwt230.00–240.001,24012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568215.35/cwt211.00–217.501,2239
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578223.23/cwt220.00–227.501,2906
Bulls—Medium and Large 3628204.08/cwt200.00–210.001,2826
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,682116.78/cwt115.00–120.001,96410
Bulls——1,833107.58/cwt104.00–112.001,9726
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02679.59/cwt75.00–82.008177
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08268.50/cwt65.00–72.007415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14387.38/cwt82.00–90.0099923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20994.91/cwt92.00–98.001,14713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286100.62/cwt99.00–102.501,2947
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36398.23/cwt94.00–100.001,3399
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47390.95/cwt88.00–92.001,3406
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39941,054.24/head925.00–1,100.001,0548
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,002941.92/head860.00–1,010.009426
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0791,176.37/head1,100.00–1,275.001,17612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0941,279.85/head1,150.00–1,350.001,2807
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1501,097.72/head1,000.00–1,190.001,0985
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2171,312.92/head1,225.00–1,425.001,31313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29351,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-39671,270.39/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2706
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-39901,271.21/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2714
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0751,667.91/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6686
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,0851,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1731,908.74/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9094
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2351,790.00/head1,790.00–1,790.001,7902

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.