Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-09-18

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Sep 18
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
574 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 665▼ 237 vs year ago 811 · −29.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 72▼ 61 vs year ago 183 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 40▼ 40 vs year ago 80 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $226.32/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +25.34 against this barn's trailing median of $200.98.
Average price
$226.32
172 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.68
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463247.111,14345
Medium and Large 2502226.161,13556
Medium and Large 3489213.271,04371
One grade step is worth $33.84/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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

8 sales
219203188172median 200.9802/0905/0405/2507/1308/31
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $204.98, low $185.95, median $200.98 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale172 hd
226.32
—
GA average16 barns · 1,313 hd
211.64
+14.68
This barn, trailing median8 sales
200.98
+25.34
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—Low1,691121.632,0579thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,269109.011,38434
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,540101.221,5594thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01994.9596821

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)1,103$1,1103thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$1,29018

Every lot, as filed

73 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 2—616197.37/cwt194.00–203.001,2167
BullsMedium and Large 2—321264.99/cwt262.00–272.008516
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265222.74/cwt219.00–229.005906
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324220.58/cwt217.00–227.007158
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327230.66/cwt226.00–236.007546
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568199.35/cwt198.00–200.001,1323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627212.59/cwt210.00–216.001,3333
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460230.51/cwt230.00–231.001,0604
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458213.37/cwt208.00–218.009776
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668189.00/cwt185.00–195.001,2635
SteersMedium and Large 1—420261.09/cwt258.00–268.001,0975
HeifersMedium and Large 3—443216.01/cwt210.00–220.009578
HeifersMedium and Large 3—521211.24/cwt205.00–215.001,1014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428229.53/cwt226.00–232.009829
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460225.98/cwt222.00–229.001,04011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513229.03/cwt228.00–230.001,1758
SteersMedium and Large 2—529242.88/cwt236.00–247.001,2854
HeifersMedium and Large 2—356230.55/cwt224.00–234.0082111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520223.08/cwt220.00–226.001,1606
HeifersMedium and Large 3—361218.18/cwt212.00–222.0078815
SteersMedium and Large 2—355272.00/cwt272.00–272.009661
SteersMedium and Large 3—530229.31/cwt229.00–230.001,2153
SteersMedium and Large 1—615236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4511
SteersMedium and Large 1—463255.03/cwt250.00–260.001,1814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440236.01/cwt234.00–238.001,0383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360237.66/cwt237.00–238.008563
SteersMedium and Large 1—320287.42/cwt285.00–290.009202
SteersMedium and Large 1—526251.63/cwt248.00–255.001,3245
SteersMedium and Large 2—660225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4851
SteersMedium and Large 2—428256.61/cwt254.00–258.001,0983
BullsMedium and Large 1—418252.65/cwt248.00–258.001,0568
BullsMedium and Large 2—730184.08/cwt180.00–186.001,3443
BullsMedium and Large 1—280295.00/cwt295.00–295.008261
BullsMedium and Large 1—461244.44/cwt240.00–250.001,1279
BullsMedium and Large 1—514230.16/cwt226.00–232.001,1839
BullsMedium and Large 1—563225.04/cwt222.00–228.001,2675
CowsLean 85-90%—94388.18/cwt84.00–90.008324
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,535103.45/cwt102.00–105.001,5882
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28899.83/cwt96.00–103.001,2864
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,325115.50/cwt112.00–118.001,5309
CowsLean 85-90%—1,020101.35/cwt100.00–104.001,0343
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04195.51/cwt91.00–99.0099414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54598.98/cwt98.00–100.001,5292
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,242107.97/cwt104.00–111.001,34121
Bulls——1,593119.06/cwt115.00–120.001,8974
Bulls——1,769123.69/cwt121.00–125.002,1885
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0751,288.37/head1,200.00–1,375.001,2888
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1651,560.62/head1,500.00–1,625.001,5614
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—7501,266.67/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2674
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1031,110.27/head1,080.00–1,150.001,1103
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—555800.00/head800.00–800.008002
BullsMedium and Large 1—365281.50/cwt277.00–287.501,0276
BullsMedium and Large 3—459220.62/cwt218.00–225.001,01310
BullsMedium and Large 3—630184.85/cwt180.00–188.001,1655
BullsMedium and Large 3—724168.08/cwt164.00–172.001,2175
BullsMedium and Large 3—524209.26/cwt205.00–215.001,0977
BullsMedium and Large 2—507222.04/cwt220.00–225.001,1265
BullsMedium and Large 2—459233.50/cwt227.00–237.001,0728
BullsMedium and Large 3—661175.01/cwt170.00–180.001,1576
BullsMedium and Large 3—322244.84/cwt240.00–250.007886
BullsMedium and Large 3—265249.91/cwt245.00–255.006626
BullsMedium and Large 2—675187.11/cwt182.00–192.001,2634
BullsMedium and Large 3—370240.03/cwt235.00–245.008888
BullsMedium and Large 1—323286.01/cwt283.00–290.009243
BullsMedium and Large 2—361263.24/cwt258.00–268.009505
BullsMedium and Large 3—429230.33/cwt224.00–234.009887
BullsMedium and Large 3—568195.95/cwt190.00–200.001,11311
BullsMedium and Large 2—566213.47/cwt210.00–220.001,2089
BullsMedium and Large 2—429241.91/cwt238.00–246.001,0389
HeifersMedium and Large 1—559222.22/cwt220.00–226.001,2425
HeifersMedium and Large 2—624203.22/cwt200.00–205.001,2685
HeifersMedium and Large 3—628192.20/cwt190.00–195.001,2077
BullsMedium and Large 1—611215.06/cwt210.00–218.001,3144

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.