Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-10-30

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Oct 30
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
488 head
176 vs last sale 664 29 vs year ago 517 · 5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
30 vs last sale 102 67 vs year ago 65 · +103.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
4 vs last sale 59 35 vs year ago 20 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $218.08/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +17.10 against this barn's trailing median of $200.98.
Average price
$218.08
125 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.87
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507233.301,18225
Medium and Large 2496223.501,10859
Medium and Large 3539201.001,08441
One grade step is worth $32.30/cwt here — about $98 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
219204189175median 200.9801/0503/0205/1806/0107/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $204.98, low $188.51, 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 sale125 hd
218.08
GA average16 barns · 948 hd
200.20
+17.87
This barn, trailing median8 sales
200.98
+17.10
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
BullsLow1,596107.431,71412
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21491.311,10920
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41185.491,20610
CowsLean 85-90%Average97581.8779816

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)1,040$1,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,133$1,17211
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)963$9834thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,083$1,21814

Every lot, as filed

67 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
CowsLean 85-90%96785.22/cwt80.00–88.008249
HeifersMedium and Large 1624200.76/cwt200.00–201.001,2534
HeifersMedium and Large 3512195.23/cwt190.00–198.001,0006
HeifersMedium and Large 3630175.12/cwt170.00–180.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 1615208.63/cwt205.00–214.001,2833
BullsMedium and Large 2462229.03/cwt224.00–234.001,05813
BullsMedium and Large 2511221.87/cwt216.00–226.001,1348
HeifersMedium and Large 3460201.04/cwt197.00–205.009254
SteersMedium and Large 1461250.03/cwt248.00–252.001,1534
HeifersMedium and Large 2623188.37/cwt185.00–192.001,1744
HeifersMedium and Large 3559182.18/cwt180.00–188.001,0185
HeifersMedium and Large 3658172.49/cwt170.00–175.001,1352
HeifersMedium and Large 3313210.02/cwt205.00–215.006575
HeifersMedium and Large 3428202.12/cwt200.00–207.008656
SteersMedium and Large 2518239.52/cwt239.00–240.001,2412
HeifersMedium and Large 2459209.73/cwt207.00–214.009637
HeifersMedium and Large 2513206.57/cwt200.00–210.001,0606
HeifersMedium and Large 2765164.51/cwt164.00–165.001,2592
HeifersMedium and Large 2564191.11/cwt188.00–198.001,07811
SteersMedium and Large 1539250.64/cwt243.00–252.001,35112
SteersMedium and Large 1565239.49/cwt239.00–240.001,3534
HeifersMedium and Large 3357206.49/cwt205.00–210.007376
HeifersMedium and Large 2441212.38/cwt210.00–218.009375
HeifersMedium and Large 2363218.49/cwt214.00–224.007934
HeifersMedium and Large 1535211.81/cwt211.00–212.001,13310
SteersMedium and Large 2565235.51/cwt235.00–236.001,3312
SteersMedium and Large 3555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2212
SteersMedium and Large 1637231.01/cwt230.00–237.001,47213
BullsMedium and Large 1425246.66/cwt245.00–248.001,0486
BullsMedium and Large 2711177.06/cwt171.00–181.001,2594
BullsMedium and Large 1723195.16/cwt190.00–200.001,4112
BullsMedium and Large 1663201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,3332
BullsMedium and Large 1460242.00/cwt240.00–244.001,1136
BullsMedium and Large 2280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35983.24/cwt78.00–85.001,1317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53290.74/cwt88.00–94.001,3903
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11284.23/cwt83.00–85.009375
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28998.42/cwt96.00–103.001,2696
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22190.51/cwt87.00–95.001,1059
CowsLean 85-90%98577.57/cwt76.00–79.007647
Bulls1,411102.53/cwt99.00–105.001,4474
Bulls1,688109.88/cwt107.00–115.001,8558
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,023925.43/head900.00–950.009252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1421,200.99/head1,075.00–1,325.001,2019
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1171,279.33/head1,025.00–1,375.001,27912
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3880850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29031,040.10/head1,000.00–1,075.001,0402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0951,042.19/head1,025.00–1,055.001,0422
BullsMedium and Large 3519210.74/cwt205.00–215.001,0945
BullsMedium and Large 3777161.32/cwt160.00–164.001,2533
BullsMedium and Large 3471220.01/cwt218.00–222.001,0369
BullsMedium and Large 3603178.02/cwt174.00–182.001,0734
BullsMedium and Large 2620191.16/cwt186.00–196.001,1854
BullsMedium and Large 3426222.84/cwt220.00–228.009497
BullsMedium and Large 2570211.04/cwt207.00–216.001,2036
BullsMedium and Large 1519231.82/cwt229.00–239.001,2034
BullsMedium and Large 3360231.07/cwt226.00–236.008324
BullsMedium and Large 3670170.87/cwt167.00–178.001,1457
BullsMedium and Large 2364250.01/cwt246.00–257.509105
BullsMedium and Large 2429235.61/cwt232.00–240.001,0115
BullsMedium and Large 2324261.10/cwt258.00–268.008468
HeifersMedium and Large 1462218.34/cwt217.00–220.001,0093
BullsMedium and Large 1330277.50/cwt275.00–280.009162
BullsMedium and Large 3710165.48/cwt164.00–167.001,1752
BullsMedium and Large 2680186.72/cwt183.00–191.001,2703
BullsMedium and Large 2763173.96/cwt170.00–178.001,3272

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.