Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2022-05-02

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 2
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
539 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 448▼ 93 vs year ago 632 · −14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 85▼ 2 vs year ago 94 · −2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 59▼ 12 vs year ago 80 · −15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.05/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$144.05
134 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569150.0785362
Medium and Large 2463142.4065953
Medium and Large 3458129.0159119thin
One grade step is worth $21.06/cwt here — about $263 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 sale134 hd
144.05
—
GA average16 barns · 1,440 hd
142.91
+1.14
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—Average1,44698.351,4238thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23880.5499722
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59076.041,2092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03072.0074116

Every lot, as filed

63 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27674.55/cwt73.00–76.009514
BullsMedium and Large 1—623143.04/cwt142.00–144.008912
BullsMedium and Large 1—322193.31/cwt192.00–194.006223
BullsMedium and Large 1—526157.57/cwt155.00–162.008299
BullsMedium and Large 2—355170.00/cwt167.50–177.506044
BullsMedium and Large 2—668125.52/cwt124.00–127.008384
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59076.04/cwt75.00–77.001,2092
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12587.00/cwt87.00–87.009791
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06362.81/cwt60.00–65.006683
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23681.57/cwt78.00–85.001,00817
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02274.12/cwt70.00–77.0075813
Bulls——1,458106.74/cwt105.00–109.001,5563
Bulls——1,905111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,1151
Bulls——1,32388.90/cwt85.00–92.001,1764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,133865.95/cwt800.00–925.009,8112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0601,075.71/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0011,4032
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—790675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,3332
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0831,148.44/cwt1,125.00–1,175.0012,4384
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8201,001.22/cwt950.00–1,050.008,2104
BullsMedium and Large 2—630134.10/cwt130.00–137.008456
BullsMedium and Large 3—438149.99/cwt145.00–154.006578
BullsMedium and Large 2—567143.59/cwt140.00–148.0081410
BullsMedium and Large 2—433167.03/cwt162.00–172.007239
BullsMedium and Large 3—528135.07/cwt130.00–140.007135
BullsMedium and Large 3—458144.02/cwt138.00–148.006604
BullsMedium and Large 3—620122.73/cwt120.00–127.007614
BullsMedium and Large 3—335163.20/cwt160.00–170.005475
BullsMedium and Large 3—265171.60/cwt170.00–178.004555
BullsMedium and Large 2—330176.00/cwt172.00–180.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1—469164.83/cwt161.00–171.007738
BullsMedium and Large 1—435178.43/cwt175.00–185.007766
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—636145.50/cwt145.50–145.5092515
HeifersMedium and Large 2—436145.10/cwt142.00–150.006335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560146.70/cwt142.00–152.008226
BullsMedium and Large 1—555154.00/cwt150.00–155.008558
SteersMedium and Large 1—576168.13/cwt162.00–168.5096817
SteersMedium and Large 1—685157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0756
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680129.35/cwt128.00–130.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623123.86/cwt120.00–128.007724
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268154.34/cwt151.00–158.004142
SteersMedium and Large 2—423176.05/cwt175.00–177.007452
SteersMedium and Large 2—523163.39/cwt161.00–166.008552
SteersMedium and Large 1—408190.09/cwt182.50–192.007769
SteersMedium and Large 3—521134.40/cwt132.00–142.007004
SteersMedium and Large 2—215197.50/cwt197.50–197.504251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333137.99/cwt137.00–140.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363135.70/cwt130.00–140.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365150.48/cwt147.00–153.005497
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561134.05/cwt129.00–139.007527
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460143.73/cwt140.00–149.0066111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464150.61/cwt150.00–151.006995
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—559154.00/cwt154.00–154.0086131
HeifersMedium and Large 3—434135.04/cwt130.00–140.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568117.44/cwt115.00–120.006674
BullsMedium and Large 3—366151.42/cwt147.00–157.005544
BullsMedium and Large 2—507149.66/cwt145.00–154.0075913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533138.43/cwt135.00–140.0073811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321153.69/cwt150.00–158.004936
HeifersMedium and Large 3—521124.04/cwt120.00–130.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333163.26/cwt162.50–164.005442
BullsMedium and Large 2—458155.00/cwt150.00–160.007106
BullsMedium and Large 2—268181.01/cwt180.00–185.004855
BullsMedium and Large 1—368182.24/cwt180.00–185.006714

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.