Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2021-01-18

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jan 18
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 515▲ 148 vs year ago 498 · +29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 60▼ 3 vs year ago 77 · −3.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 46▼ 15 vs year ago 65 · −23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, steer and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.55/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$117.55
186 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519120.0062385
Medium and Large 2444117.6152278
Medium and Large 3456108.2849323
One grade step is worth $11.72/cwt here — about $130 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 sale186 hd
117.55
—
GA average18 barns · 2,575 hd
116.93
+0.62
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—Low1,86978.681,4708thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24157.1770922
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60855.528934thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06147.865085thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1—670113.07/cwt110.00–116.007584
HeifersMedium and Large 1—72398.56/cwt96.00–101.007136
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679107.19/cwt99.00–108.507287
SteersMedium and Large 1—478151.20/cwt147.00–156.0072311
SteersMedium and Large 1—622127.39/cwt122.00–131.5079218
BullsMedium and Large 1—424157.66/cwt152.00–162.0066811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421130.82/cwt126.00–136.0055113
BullsMedium and Large 1—710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375134.21/cwt130.00–138.005038
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321138.24/cwt134.00–143.004449
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477126.36/cwt123.00–129.0060313
BullsMedium and Large 2—573114.15/cwt109.00–119.0065410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523119.55/cwt118.00–121.006254
BullsMedium and Large 2—523123.10/cwt120.00–126.006448
BullsMedium and Large 2—273173.19/cwt170.00–176.004736
BullsMedium and Large 2—425147.62/cwt145.00–150.006276
BullsMedium and Large 2—670103.11/cwt98.00–108.006916
SteersMedium and Large 2—423148.17/cwt144.00–152.006274
BullsMedium and Large 1—523133.62/cwt130.00–137.006996
SteersMedium and Large 2—523133.10/cwt130.00–136.006966
SteersMedium and Large 2—375163.27/cwt158.00–168.006126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—76097.00/cwt97.00–97.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577113.50/cwt113.50–113.5065511
SteersMedium and Large 1—720118.00/cwt118.00–118.008502
SteersMedium and Large 1—318181.46/cwt180.00–183.005772
SteersMedium and Large 1—523142.63/cwt138.00–148.007469
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627106.35/cwt105.00–109.0066712
SteersMedium and Large 1—668118.53/cwt117.00–120.007924
SteersMedium and Large 1—570137.13/cwt132.00–142.007824
SteersMedium and Large 1—423158.17/cwt154.00–162.006696
BullsMedium and Large 1—623118.11/cwt114.00–122.007368
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,145874.56/cwt775.00–975.0010,0148
BullsMedium and Large 1—363163.05/cwt162.00–165.005923
BullsMedium and Large 1—325171.98/cwt166.00–176.005597
BullsMedium and Large 1—573124.64/cwt120.00–129.0071412
BullsMedium and Large 1—472147.49/cwt143.00–153.006967
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60855.52/cwt55.00–57.008934
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23353.08/cwt52.00–54.006544
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30066.00/cwt66.00–66.008581
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23957.61/cwt55.00–62.0071417
Bulls——2,00073.87/cwt72.00–76.001,4772
Bulls——1,82580.28/cwt78.00–84.001,4656
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—923562.74/cwt550.00–575.005,1942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,092927.86/cwt850.00–1,050.0010,1323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3701,073.81/cwt1,050.00–1,100.0014,7112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—998774.69/cwt750.00–825.007,7314
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10051.05/cwt49.00–53.005622
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03545.73/cwt45.00–47.004733
BullsMedium and Large 3—569103.49/cwt101.00–107.005895
BullsMedium and Large 3—373147.05/cwt146.00–148.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57596.14/cwt92.00–100.005536
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523103.62/cwt100.00–107.005426
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,060713.21/cwt600.00–800.007,5604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,216834.33/cwt750.00–900.0010,1455
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423113.12/cwt110.00–116.004786
BullsMedium and Large 3—71786.72/cwt85.00–90.006223
BullsMedium and Large 2—225180.00/cwt180.00–180.004051
BullsMedium and Large 3—213168.55/cwt167.00–170.003592
SteersMedium and Large 3—520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 3—271122.61/cwt120.00–126.003325
BullsMedium and Large 3—473127.11/cwt124.00–130.006016
BullsMedium and Large 3—67693.06/cwt90.00–95.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 2—215135.83/cwt134.00–137.502924
BullsMedium and Large 3—319149.84/cwt146.00–155.004785
BullsMedium and Large 3—62399.03/cwt98.00–100.006174
BullsMedium and Large 3—423132.08/cwt130.00–134.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375124.27/cwt119.00–129.004666
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62098.05/cwt96.00–100.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514111.61/cwt109.00–115.0057411
BullsMedium and Large 2—475136.69/cwt132.00–141.006498
BullsMedium and Large 2—77895.84/cwt90.00–100.007467
BullsMedium and Large 2—323160.22/cwt156.00–164.005186
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571105.34/cwt101.00–110.0060115
BullsMedium and Large 2—718101.40/cwt96.00–106.007286
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273132.57/cwt128.00–137.503629
HeifersMedium and Large 2—66896.02/cwt95.00–97.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2—377155.72/cwt150.00–160.0058711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318127.81/cwt125.00–132.004068
SteersMedium and Large 2—565128.38/cwt127.00–131.007253
SteersMedium and Large 2—463142.04/cwt141.00–144.006583
BullsMedium and Large 2—625107.58/cwt105.00–110.0067210
SteersMedium and Large 2—618120.02/cwt119.00–121.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423122.12/cwt119.00–125.0051710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474117.33/cwt112.00–122.005569

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.