Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2020-05-25

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 25
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 347▼ 20 vs year ago 363 · −5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 39▼ 33 vs year ago 81 · −40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 14▼ 99 vs year ago 149 · −66.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.16/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$109.16
114 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561113.7163728
Medium and Large 2530110.7958748
Medium and Large 3504103.7552338
One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about $115 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 sale114 hd
109.16
—
GA average16 barns · 1,335 hd
120.40
−11.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,81397.371,76510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20359.8372012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51758.708903thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00951.255177thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3—484121.46/cwt120.00–122.005887
BullsMedium and Large 2—428134.16/cwt130.00–138.0057410
BullsMedium and Large 2—370143.81/cwt142.00–146.005327
BullsMedium and Large 2—623110.60/cwt107.00–114.006896
BullsMedium and Large 2—473131.11/cwt128.00–134.006206
BullsMedium and Large 2—77696.11/cwt90.00–100.007465
BullsMedium and Large 2—572115.89/cwt113.00–120.006635
BullsMedium and Large 2—519122.08/cwt120.00–125.006345
BullsMedium and Large 2—723100.05/cwt98.00–102.007234
BullsMedium and Large 2—325144.09/cwt142.00–146.004684
BullsMedium and Large 2—667104.42/cwt102.00–109.006963
BullsMedium and Large 2—275156.00/cwt156.00–156.004291
BullsMedium and Large 1—618117.55/cwt116.00–120.007268
BullsMedium and Large 1—525130.11/cwt126.00–134.006836
BullsMedium and Large 1—569123.24/cwt122.00–125.007015
BullsMedium and Large 1—469135.84/cwt135.00–137.006375
BullsMedium and Large 1—425143.55/cwt142.00–145.006104
SteersMedium and Large 1—473145.04/cwt144.00–146.006864
SteersMedium and Large 1—570132.07/cwt130.00–136.007533
SteersMedium and Large 1—528142.04/cwt140.00–143.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 3—481106.53/cwt105.00–107.005128
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57597.93/cwt95.00–100.005637
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428114.78/cwt113.00–116.004917
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62390.14/cwt85.00–95.005626
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325119.71/cwt115.00–124.003894
HeifersMedium and Large 3—71377.05/cwt75.00–81.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 3—367116.77/cwt115.00–120.004293
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477118.27/cwt115.00–120.0056411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523111.55/cwt110.00–113.0058310
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625102.16/cwt97.00–107.006396
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573108.09/cwt105.00–111.006196
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422119.67/cwt118.00–122.005055
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373122.57/cwt121.00–124.004574
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72087.71/cwt86.00–91.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66596.06/cwt94.00–100.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523115.03/cwt114.00–116.006026
HeifersMedium and Large 1—77392.56/cwt90.00–95.007154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670104.02/cwt103.00–105.006974
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573113.55/cwt112.00–115.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425128.52/cwt128.00–129.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363131.39/cwt130.00–134.004773
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,090783.94/cwt700.00–850.008,5452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,189976.53/cwt950.00–1,025.0011,6117
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03451.52/cwt51.00–53.005334
CowsLean 85-90%—95044.32/cwt41.00–48.004212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03064.00/cwt64.00–64.006591
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51758.70/cwt58.00–60.008903
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21759.88/cwt57.00–63.007299
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08054.49/cwt54.00–55.005882
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32070.00/cwt70.00–70.009241
Bulls——1,77199.80/cwt98.00–103.001,7677
Bulls——1,91091.69/cwt88.00–95.001,7513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,4401,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,1202
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5111,350.89/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0020,4128
SteersMedium and Large 2—518125.38/cwt124.00–128.006493
SteersMedium and Large 2—618121.53/cwt120.00–123.007512
SteersMedium and Large 2—570124.57/cwt122.00–127.007102
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615111.52/cwt110.00–113.006862
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
BullsMedium and Large 3—375135.16/cwt132.00–138.0050710
BullsMedium and Large 3—323135.27/cwt130.00–140.004378

How this sale compares

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.