Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-07-31

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jul 31
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
6 vs last sale 359 220 vs year ago 573 · 38.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
21 vs last sale 39 50 vs year ago 110 · 45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
3 vs last sale 36 12 vs year ago 27 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $210.40/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$210.40
119 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2470214.661,01055
Medium and Large 1527214.541,13123
Medium and Large 3449202.3791041
One grade step is worth $12.29/cwt here — about $100 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 sale119 hd
210.40
GA average15 barns · 1,530 hd
211.44
−1.04
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
BullsHigh1,594126.652,0199thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,188106.631,26621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47798.331,4523thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99592.7192312

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)1,015$1,1125
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)862$1,18514

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2568223.41/cwt218.00–228.001,2699
BullsMedium and Large 1322277.79/cwt274.00–284.008943
BullsMedium and Large 1370272.05/cwt270.00–274.001,0072
BullsMedium and Large 1619210.33/cwt208.00–215.001,3024
CowsLean 85-90%1,02294.52/cwt90.00–97.009669
CowsLean 85-90%91587.30/cwt84.00–90.007993
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48097.50/cwt97.00–98.001,4432
HeifersMedium and Large 2571206.26/cwt202.00–209.001,1789
HeifersMedium and Large 3715171.74/cwt170.00–175.001,2283
HeifersMedium and Large 3610183.28/cwt180.00–185.001,1183
HeifersMedium and Large 3220220.00/cwt220.00–220.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 3434203.89/cwt200.00–210.008855
HeifersMedium and Large 3333215.21/cwt210.00–220.007175
HeifersMedium and Large 3562192.73/cwt190.00–198.001,0833
HeifersMedium and Large 1566213.42/cwt212.00–214.001,2087
HeifersMedium and Large 1610202.41/cwt202.00–203.001,2355
HeifersMedium and Large 3458202.51/cwt200.00–205.009274
HeifersMedium and Large 2441219.82/cwt215.00–225.0096918
HeifersMedium and Large 2523209.86/cwt205.00–214.001,09811
SteersMedium and Large 1527242.62/cwt242.00–243.001,2795
SteersMedium and Large 1611226.83/cwt226.00–228.001,3866
HeifersMedium and Large 1333232.01/cwt230.00–233.007733
HeifersMedium and Large 2366220.13/cwt216.00–226.008069
HeifersMedium and Large 2623197.41/cwt195.00–200.001,2304
HeifersMedium and Large 2315228.43/cwt227.00–230.007204
SteersMedium and Large 2415247.29/cwt246.00–248.001,0263
SteersMedium and Large 2730209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5262
SteersMedium and Large 3615206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2671
SteersMedium and Large 1670225.33/cwt225.00–226.001,5103
SteersMedium and Large 1572239.68/cwt239.00–240.001,3713
SteersMedium and Large 1420254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,0672
SteersMedium and Large 2459246.14/cwt243.00–248.001,1307
SteersMedium and Large 1327291.99/cwt290.00–294.009555
SteersMedium and Large 2515239.65/cwt239.00–240.001,2343
BullsMedium and Large 1418247.52/cwt247.00–248.001,0354
BullsMedium and Large 1462246.66/cwt246.00–248.001,1403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15099.06/cwt98.00–100.001,1394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,287112.92/cwt110.00–117.001,4537
CowsBoner 80-85%1,133105.26/cwt102.00–109.001,19310
Bulls1,837131.38/cwt130.00–133.002,4133
Bulls1,567125.75/cwt122.00–129.001,9715
Bulls1,000117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0151,009.69/head975.00–1,050.001,0103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,266.50/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2672
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27901,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
BullsMedium and Large 3515214.68/cwt209.00–219.001,10610
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37601,029.82/head900.00–1,100.001,0306
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39881,326.39/head1,175.00–1,450.001,3266
BullsMedium and Large 2439241.54/cwt236.00–246.001,0609
BullsMedium and Large 2460234.52/cwt230.00–240.001,0798
BullsMedium and Large 2623202.59/cwt200.00–205.001,2624
BullsMedium and Large 3465220.47/cwt216.00–226.001,0257
BullsMedium and Large 3358235.71/cwt230.00–240.008446
BullsMedium and Large 3333246.70/cwt240.00–250.008223
BullsMedium and Large 2360253.07/cwt248.00–258.009112
BullsMedium and Large 2700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2951
BullsMedium and Large 1511234.58/cwt232.00–238.001,1994
BullsMedium and Large 3230259.36/cwt258.00–260.005973
BullsMedium and Large 3567209.85/cwt206.00–214.001,19010
HeifersMedium and Large 3357212.22/cwt207.00–216.0075810
HeifersMedium and Large 3515197.68/cwt195.00–200.001,0186
HeifersMedium and Large 1514216.55/cwt214.00–223.001,1138
BullsMedium and Large 2509225.82/cwt223.00–230.001,1494
BullsMedium and Large 2333266.03/cwt260.00–270.008863
BullsMedium and Large 3438224.77/cwt220.00–230.009849

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.