Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-03-06

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Mar 6
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
588 head
▲ 258 vs last sale 330▼ 218 vs year ago 806 · −27.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 74▲ 40 vs year ago 70 · +57.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 25▲ 85 vs year ago 65 · +130.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves sharply higher, feeder bulls and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bull and heifer calves sharply higher. 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 $188.84/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$188.84
217 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.00
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490192.49944145
Medium and Large 2430188.4581041
Medium and Large 3426172.2873431
One grade step is worth $20.21/cwt here — about $210 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 sale217 hd
188.84
—
GA average14 barns · 1,603 hd
180.84
+8.00
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—Average1,625107.931,7547thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08592.701,00652
CowsLean 85-90%Low92383.7977324

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)1,128$1,31611
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)987$1,13614
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)972$1,38780

Every lot, as filed

86 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220222.98/cwt220.00–230.004915
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600144.00/cwt144.00–144.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368206.40/cwt202.00–212.007609
HeifersMedium and Large 1—271223.62/cwt219.00–228.006069
HeifersMedium and Large 2—361195.05/cwt190.00–200.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328200.96/cwt195.00–205.006599
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523157.62/cwt152.00–160.008247
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623160.52/cwt160.00–161.001,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366183.36/cwt177.00–187.006718
HeifersMedium and Large 3—272200.50/cwt197.00–205.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570162.25/cwt160.00–167.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 1—785145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—760127.00/cwt127.00–127.009651
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411200.53/cwt196.00–206.0082412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333185.03/cwt180.00–190.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 2—770131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0091
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481196.82/cwt193.00–201.0094736
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668165.01/cwt164.00–166.001,1022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430167.85/cwt163.00–173.007228
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330208.96/cwt206.00–216.0069011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275211.91/cwt207.00–217.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—506193.75/cwt189.00–198.009804
SteersMedium and Large 2—454220.56/cwt218.00–228.001,0014
SteersMedium and Large 3—460210.02/cwt208.00–212.009662
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431189.99/cwt185.00–195.008198
SteersMedium and Large 1—359238.40/cwt238.00–240.008565
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633164.32/cwt164.00–167.001,0409
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—614180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,10534
SteersMedium and Large 1—323260.19/cwt255.00–265.008402
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—690194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,33916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467183.75/cwt182.00–187.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1—533220.15/cwt219.50–220.501,17332
SteersMedium and Large 2—360229.01/cwt228.00–230.008242
SteersMedium and Large 1—471233.52/cwt233.00–234.001,10024
SteersMedium and Large 2—312233.72/cwt230.00–236.007293
SteersMedium and Large 3—355218.00/cwt218.00–218.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—641198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,26923
BullsMedium and Large 1—363230.65/cwt227.50–235.008374
BullsMedium and Large 1—429226.50/cwt223.00–233.0097210
BullsMedium and Large 1—572193.16/cwt190.00–199.001,1057
BullsMedium and Large 1—618183.64/cwt180.00–187.501,1354
BullsMedium and Large 1—264246.93/cwt242.50–252.506524
BullsMedium and Large 1—326245.82/cwt240.00–250.008018
CowsLean 85-90%—93476.75/cwt72.00–79.007174
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04589.00/cwt88.00–90.009304
CowsLean 85-90%—88984.25/cwt80.00–87.0074916
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07686.70/cwt84.00–89.0093311
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18998.60/cwt98.00–102.001,1729
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05993.11/cwt90.00–96.0098632
Bulls——1,625107.93/cwt105.00–113.001,7547
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—8921,211.68/head1,125.00–1,275.001,21212
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—725815.52/head725.00–900.008164
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0331,502.58/head1,425.00–1,550.001,50314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—895900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9181,018.12/head900.00–1,100.001,0187
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0001,326.50/head1,300.00–1,375.001,32710
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1211,337.90/head1,225.00–1,475.001,33810
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2451,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9004
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—7811,382.40/head1,325.00–1,450.001,3828
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0551,253.98/head1,175.00–1,375.001,2547
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1351,581.87/head1,525.00–1,725.001,58216
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8601,239.44/head1,175.00–1,300.001,23912
BullsMedium and Large 3—203215.06/cwt210.00–220.004374
BullsMedium and Large 2—367220.08/cwt214.00–224.008086
BullsMedium and Large 1—462219.34/cwt218.00–220.001,0133
BullsMedium and Large 2—703150.50/cwt150.00–151.001,0582
BullsMedium and Large 2—279230.45/cwt225.00–235.006437
HeifersMedium and Large 2—507182.84/cwt180.00–186.009277
BullsMedium and Large 3—668142.03/cwt139.00–145.009492
BullsMedium and Large 2—523186.99/cwt182.00–190.009786
BullsMedium and Large 3—478187.03/cwt186.00–188.008944
BullsMedium and Large 3—330202.71/cwt200.00–208.006696
BullsMedium and Large 3—623161.55/cwt160.00–163.001,0062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—589175.86/cwt174.50–184.001,03613
BullsMedium and Large 3—363200.54/cwt195.00–205.007289
BullsMedium and Large 2—555179.50/cwt174.00–184.009964
BullsMedium and Large 1—522202.46/cwt200.00–206.001,0579
BullsMedium and Large 2—226235.08/cwt230.00–240.005314
BullsMedium and Large 3—268212.86/cwt210.00–216.005704
BullsMedium and Large 2—419215.51/cwt210.00–220.009036
BullsMedium and Large 2—603170.67/cwt168.00–172.001,0293
BullsMedium and Large 2—660164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0822
BullsMedium and Large 2—326225.22/cwt223.00–227.507345
BullsMedium and Large 2—459200.80/cwt198.00–204.009225
BullsMedium and Large 3—440193.47/cwt188.00–198.008514

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.