Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-05-22

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 22
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
537 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 379▲ 244 vs year ago 293 · +83.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 115▲ 85 vs year ago 45 · +188.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 15▲ 28 vs year ago 46 · +60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.13/cwt on 157 head.
Average price
$206.13
157 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448214.3196167
Medium and Large 2459204.1093845
Medium and Large 3393195.9777145
One grade step is worth $18.34/cwt here — about $191 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 sale157 hd
206.13
—
GA average16 barns · 1,384 hd
200.09
+6.03
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—Low1,440114.731,6524thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10897.001,07558
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46695.201,3956thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92986.8380641

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)980$8355
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)982$1,19918

Every lot, as filed

77 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—458213.12/cwt211.00–220.009769
HeifersMedium and Large 2—773162.51/cwt162.00–163.001,2562
HeifersMedium and Large 3—220217.08/cwt215.00–220.004787
HeifersMedium and Large 3—276206.45/cwt205.00–212.005706
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423196.05/cwt190.00–200.008295
HeifersMedium and Large 3—564174.16/cwt170.00–180.009826
HeifersMedium and Large 3—645164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0582
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563188.06/cwt184.00–194.001,0595
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324221.48/cwt220.00–222.007184
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630176.83/cwt170.00–180.001,1143
HeifersMedium and Large 2—738174.45/cwt170.00–179.001,2872
HeifersMedium and Large 3—362204.02/cwt200.00–206.007396
HeifersMedium and Large 3—327205.99/cwt200.00–210.006745
HeifersMedium and Large 2—441209.51/cwt205.00–213.009244
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562201.69/cwt198.00–204.001,1333
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515202.83/cwt200.00–208.001,04510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—223241.01/cwt240.00–242.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523197.36/cwt196.00–198.001,0323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668192.53/cwt190.00–195.001,2862
SteersMedium and Large 2—260248.35/cwt248.00–250.006466
SteersMedium and Large 1—668205.51/cwt205.00–206.001,3732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723184.84/cwt180.00–190.001,3362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462204.52/cwt200.00–208.0094510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270225.05/cwt220.00–230.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—362216.04/cwt212.00–220.007826
SteersMedium and Large 1—313277.38/cwt274.00–280.008683
SteersMedium and Large 1—360274.06/cwt270.00–278.009872
SteersMedium and Large 2—388249.07/cwt240.00–250.0096610
SteersMedium and Large 1—476242.38/cwt240.00–242.501,15420
SteersMedium and Large 2—333248.24/cwt245.00–250.008274
SteersMedium and Large 1—560231.26/cwt230.00–232.501,2952
SteersMedium and Large 1—530233.43/cwt230.00–237.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 2—718162.98/cwt162.00–164.001,1702
BullsMedium and Large 1—363253.42/cwt250.00–257.509206
BullsMedium and Large 1—328260.51/cwt259.00–262.008544
BullsMedium and Large 1—517228.50/cwt225.00–235.001,1819
BullsMedium and Large 1—433243.67/cwt240.00–250.001,0556
BullsMedium and Large 1—560211.70/cwt208.00–218.001,1866
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42494.44/cwt91.00–97.001,3455
CowsLean 85-90%—93486.44/cwt83.00–90.0080721
CowsLean 85-90%—84279.40/cwt76.00–82.006699
CowsLean 85-90%—99093.65/cwt91.00–98.0092711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6581
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10996.60/cwt93.00–100.001,07142
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12690.06/cwt86.00–93.001,0147
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,091104.26/cwt102.00–109.001,1379
Bulls——1,015100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0151
Bulls——1,800125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,2501
Bulls——1,473116.95/cwt115.00–119.001,7232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—980834.69/head800.00–900.008355
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—815900.00/head900.00–900.009002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1331,528.68/head1,400.00–1,575.001,5296
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9241,060.50/head970.00–1,200.001,06110
BullsMedium and Large 2—320250.85/cwt247.00–254.008037
BullsMedium and Large 3—473208.00/cwt206.00–210.009846
BullsMedium and Large 3—568194.05/cwt190.00–196.001,1023
BullsMedium and Large 3—333228.96/cwt224.00–234.007622
BullsMedium and Large 3—358223.04/cwt218.00–227.007986
BullsMedium and Large 3—260235.88/cwt230.00–240.006135
BullsMedium and Large 1—467233.78/cwt229.00–237.001,0926
BullsMedium and Large 2—442231.35/cwt228.00–238.001,0236
BullsMedium and Large 2—374240.68/cwt238.00–245.009004
BullsMedium and Large 3—225241.03/cwt238.00–242.505423
BullsMedium and Large 3—666174.99/cwt170.00–180.001,1654
BullsMedium and Large 3—420218.53/cwt216.00–222.009187
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387222.53/cwt221.00–230.0086115
BullsMedium and Large 2—512216.41/cwt212.00–220.001,1088
BullsMedium and Large 2—669185.22/cwt180.00–190.001,2394
BullsMedium and Large 2—270257.18/cwt252.50–262.006944
BullsMedium and Large 3—521200.93/cwt196.00–206.001,0475
BullsMedium and Large 2—461223.89/cwt221.00–228.001,0329
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458183.52/cwt178.00–188.008414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518179.76/cwt176.00–183.009314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627192.73/cwt190.00–196.001,2083
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329228.90/cwt226.00–230.0075312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425217.24/cwt214.00–224.0092311
BullsMedium and Large 2—560204.69/cwt202.00–207.001,1463

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.