Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-05-01

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 1
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
30 vs last sale 527 42 vs year ago 539 · 7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
57 vs last sale 73 38 vs year ago 92 · +41.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
0 vs last sale 70 2 vs year ago 68 · +2.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, steer and bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.64/cwt on 205 head.
Average price
$198.64
205 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515204.121,05199
Medium and Large 2489196.4996173
Medium and Large 3463186.9286633
One grade step is worth $17.20/cwt here — about $185 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 sale205 hd
198.64
GA average16 barns · 1,696 hd
196.33
+2.31
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
BullsAverage1,663112.361,8687thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03996.0699838
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43093.001,3301thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92987.1481032

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)1,009$1,09415
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,051$1,07110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$1,10316

Every lot, as filed

90 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 3470190.03/cwt185.00–195.008934
HeifersMedium and Large 3363199.90/cwt195.00–205.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 2520192.73/cwt188.00–198.001,00215
HeifersMedium and Large 2317219.88/cwt217.50–224.006974
HeifersMedium and Large 2467202.13/cwt200.00–205.009449
HeifersMedium and Large 2763148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1294
HeifersMedium and Large 2570189.75/cwt186.00–195.001,08213
HeifersMedium and Large 2418207.72/cwt201.00–211.008689
HeifersMedium and Large 1366227.52/cwt222.00–232.008334
HeifersMedium and Large 1763156.50/cwt156.00–157.001,1942
HeifersMedium and Large 1474206.75/cwt206.00–212.0098027
HeifersMedium and Large 1523204.81/cwt200.00–209.501,07125
HeifersMedium and Large 1571199.94/cwt195.50–206.001,14214
HeifersMedium and Large 1621192.21/cwt188.00–198.001,1948
SteersMedium and Large 1459245.48/cwt240.00–250.001,12715
SteersMedium and Large 1519236.92/cwt234.00–240.001,23011
SteersMedium and Large 1622214.58/cwt210.00–220.001,33510
HeifersMedium and Large 1324232.81/cwt227.50–237.507545
HeifersMedium and Large 1423215.62/cwt212.00–218.009128
HeifersMedium and Large 1671180.75/cwt180.00–181.001,2134
SteersMedium and Large 2432241.48/cwt238.00–248.001,0435
SteersMedium and Large 3274242.77/cwt240.00–250.006655
SteersMedium and Large 3443232.03/cwt227.00–237.001,0282
SteersMedium and Large 3520208.69/cwt205.00–211.001,0855
SteersMedium and Large 1573235.61/cwt230.00–238.001,35017
SteersMedium and Large 1715199.94/cwt197.00–203.001,4302
SteersMedium and Large 2368254.02/cwt250.00–260.009355
SteersMedium and Large 2620208.48/cwt208.00–209.001,2934
SteersMedium and Large 2315256.33/cwt253.00–260.008072
SteersMedium and Large 3473221.19/cwt216.00–226.001,0464
SteersMedium and Large 3369232.49/cwt230.00–234.008584
SteersMedium and Large 3332233.02/cwt230.00–236.007743
SteersMedium and Large 1365275.07/cwt270.00–280.001,0042
SteersMedium and Large 2708191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3523
SteersMedium and Large 2531226.22/cwt225.00–230.001,2014
SteersMedium and Large 1663211.34/cwt208.00–213.001,4013
SteersMedium and Large 2565222.64/cwt221.00–226.001,2583
SteersMedium and Large 2458232.04/cwt228.00–238.001,0637
SteersMedium and Large 1436254.77/cwt250.00–260.001,1116
BullsMedium and Large 1525226.06/cwt220.00–230.001,1875
BullsMedium and Large 1703175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2304
BullsMedium and Large 1368252.59/cwt250.00–255.009304
BullsMedium and Large 1622197.75/cwt194.00–200.001,2308
BullsMedium and Large 1670190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2733
BullsMedium and Large 1325270.32/cwt269.00–272.008793
CowsLean 85-90%91179.54/cwt76.00–83.007259
CowsLean 85-90%1,02195.78/cwt92.00–99.009788
CowsLean 85-90%89187.09/cwt84.00–91.0077615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02898.73/cwt96.00–103.001,01515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03592.70/cwt88.00–95.0095920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,118105.14/cwt104.00–107.001,1753
Bulls1,740113.09/cwt112.00–115.001,9686
Bulls1,200108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3939969.54/head875.00–1,075.009706
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2191,222.69/head1,125.00–1,325.001,2234
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39651,028.11/head900.00–1,100.001,02811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1291,277.02/head1,200.00–1,450.001,2774
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2121,151.03/head1,000.00–1,300.001,1516
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3830700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0321,264.46/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2646
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3930875.00/head875.00–875.008752
BullsMedium and Large 3371227.79/cwt224.00–234.0084514
BullsMedium and Large 3320230.01/cwt226.00–236.0073610
BullsMedium and Large 3279245.10/cwt240.00–250.006847
BullsMedium and Large 3528200.07/cwt195.00–205.001,0566
BullsMedium and Large 3660161.98/cwt159.00–165.001,0692
HeifersMedium and Large 3423195.27/cwt190.00–200.008264
HeifersMedium and Large 2277224.78/cwt220.00–230.006236
HeifersMedium and Large 2663165.01/cwt160.00–170.001,0946
HeifersMedium and Large 2365212.42/cwt208.00–217.507757
BullsMedium and Large 2426234.49/cwt232.00–238.0099918
HeifersMedium and Large 1723166.97/cwt166.00–168.001,2072
HeifersMedium and Large 3634155.09/cwt150.00–160.009834
HeifersMedium and Large 3513181.98/cwt180.00–185.0093410
HeifersMedium and Large 3567173.47/cwt170.00–180.009843
HeifersMedium and Large 3225216.76/cwt214.00–224.004884
BullsMedium and Large 3430211.86/cwt206.00–216.0091111
BullsMedium and Large 1410244.70/cwt240.00–248.001,0036
BullsMedium and Large 1459237.53/cwt232.00–242.001,0906
BullsMedium and Large 1559216.68/cwt213.00–220.001,21116
BullsMedium and Large 2521214.10/cwt210.00–218.001,1157
BullsMedium and Large 2329251.95/cwt250.00–255.0082916
BullsMedium and Large 3464205.36/cwt200.00–210.009539
BullsMedium and Large 2615191.05/cwt190.00–193.001,1753
BullsMedium and Large 2560205.32/cwt202.00–209.001,1506
BullsMedium and Large 2283256.40/cwt252.00–260.007268
BullsMedium and Large 2470226.35/cwt220.00–230.001,06410
BullsMedium and Large 2373243.27/cwt240.00–246.0090715
BullsMedium and Large 3229251.54/cwt250.00–252.505765

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.