Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-12-11

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Dec 11
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
▼ 459 vs last sale 914▲ 132 vs year ago 323 · +40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 108▲ 17 vs year ago 52 · +32.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 70▲ 30 vs year ago 22 · +136.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $231.36/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +30.39 against this barn's trailing median of $200.98.
Average price
$231.36
174 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.32
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474248.051,17560
Medium and Large 2509224.561,14276
Medium and Large 3460218.631,00638
One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $169 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 sale174 hd
231.36
—
GA average16 barns · 1,048 hd
222.05
+9.32
This barn, trailing median8 sales
200.98
+30.39
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—Average1,679111.191,86610
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06990.8597121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43590.501,2992thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98077.8176313

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)983$8869
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,092$1,1856

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 2—328237.95/cwt234.00–244.0078011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734181.14/cwt180.00–182.501,3304
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360233.51/cwt228.00–238.008414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527216.55/cwt212.00–220.001,1415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—440209.70/cwt207.00–212.009237
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472202.37/cwt200.00–205.009556
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626185.77/cwt180.00–190.001,16310
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465214.19/cwt210.00–220.0099611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—723166.88/cwt165.00–171.001,2076
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518197.27/cwt195.00–200.001,0229
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326224.88/cwt220.00–230.007339
HeifersMedium and Large 3—634173.05/cwt170.00–178.001,0974
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660177.51/cwt172.00–182.001,1724
HeifersMedium and Large 3—362215.02/cwt210.00–220.007786
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568195.63/cwt192.00–200.001,1118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478226.68/cwt224.00–230.001,0846
SteersMedium and Large 1—363288.49/cwt285.00–295.001,0473
SteersMedium and Large 2—468255.51/cwt255.00–256.001,1964
SteersMedium and Large 1—461261.96/cwt258.00–268.001,2088
SteersMedium and Large 1—415276.43/cwt270.00–280.001,1473
SteersMedium and Large 2—562235.01/cwt230.00–239.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—285275.49/cwt275.00–276.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2—523245.44/cwt244.00–247.001,2845
SteersMedium and Large 1—521252.92/cwt248.00–258.001,3186
SteersMedium and Large 2—668212.53/cwt210.00–215.001,4202
SteersMedium and Large 2—615222.37/cwt221.00–224.001,3683
SteersMedium and Large 1—268299.86/cwt295.00–305.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438241.94/cwt240.00–246.001,0603
SteersMedium and Large 1—623232.57/cwt230.00–238.001,4493
SteersMedium and Large 2—290291.02/cwt290.00–292.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2—443268.66/cwt268.00–270.001,1903
HeifersMedium and Large 3—715150.69/cwt150.00–152.001,0773
BullsMedium and Large 1—770186.50/cwt185.00–188.001,4364
BullsMedium and Large 1—264284.98/cwt280.00–290.007524
BullsMedium and Large 2—469237.47/cwt232.00–242.001,1147
BullsMedium and Large 3—278259.03/cwt255.00–265.007205
BullsMedium and Large 3—564188.21/cwt185.00–195.001,06211
BullsMedium and Large 3—510205.10/cwt200.00–210.001,0467
CowsLean 85-90%—92671.51/cwt70.00–74.006624
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2031
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02884.63/cwt81.00–88.008706
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15898.51/cwt98.00–99.001,1412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07492.54/cwt89.00–96.0099413
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07589.00/cwt89.00–89.009572
CowsLean 85-90%—98478.22/cwt75.00–81.007707
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3971
Bulls——1,737113.31/cwt110.00–117.001,9688
Bulls——1,445102.72/cwt100.00–105.001,4842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0801,123.69/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1243
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—935766.92/head600.00–850.007676
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0921,185.11/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1856
BullsMedium and Large 2—372262.86/cwt256.00–268.009787
BullsMedium and Large 1—573223.55/cwt222.00–225.001,28110
BullsMedium and Large 1—521230.87/cwt226.00–236.001,2038
BullsMedium and Large 1—476254.95/cwt250.00–258.001,2147
BullsMedium and Large 1—426263.04/cwt258.00–268.001,1219
BullsMedium and Large 2—618185.14/cwt180.00–190.001,1444
BullsMedium and Large 2—327267.39/cwt262.00–272.008747
BullsMedium and Large 2—277273.37/cwt270.00–275.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2—563214.45/cwt212.00–218.001,2075
BullsMedium and Large 1—320280.84/cwt275.00–285.008995
BullsMedium and Large 2—518218.96/cwt215.00–225.001,13416
BullsMedium and Large 2—443254.43/cwt250.00–257.001,1279
BullsMedium and Large 1—363277.75/cwt272.00–282.001,00810
BullsMedium and Large 3—375244.93/cwt240.00–250.009186
BullsMedium and Large 3—435232.32/cwt230.00–236.001,0115
BullsMedium and Large 1—663193.68/cwt190.00–196.001,2843
BullsMedium and Large 2—710177.04/cwt174.00–180.001,2574
BullsMedium and Large 2—660182.71/cwt180.00–189.001,20614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—327251.96/cwt250.00–256.008243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—672166.82/cwt164.00–170.001,1215
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518204.59/cwt202.00–210.001,0606
HeifersMedium and Large 3—560185.04/cwt180.00–190.001,0364
BullsMedium and Large 3—473218.89/cwt216.00–222.001,0354
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280235.50/cwt235.00–236.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425226.93/cwt222.00–232.009649
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268254.77/cwt250.00–260.006834

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.