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
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 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
BullsAverage1,679111.191,86610
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 2328237.95/cwt234.00–244.0078011
HeifersMedium and Large 1734181.14/cwt180.00–182.501,3304
HeifersMedium and Large 2360233.51/cwt228.00–238.008414
HeifersMedium and Large 1527216.55/cwt212.00–220.001,1415
HeifersMedium and Large 3440209.70/cwt207.00–212.009237
HeifersMedium and Large 3472202.37/cwt200.00–205.009556
HeifersMedium and Large 2626185.77/cwt180.00–190.001,16310
HeifersMedium and Large 2465214.19/cwt210.00–220.0099611
HeifersMedium and Large 2723166.88/cwt165.00–171.001,2076
HeifersMedium and Large 3518197.27/cwt195.00–200.001,0229
HeifersMedium and Large 3326224.88/cwt220.00–230.007339
HeifersMedium and Large 3634173.05/cwt170.00–178.001,0974
HeifersMedium and Large 2660177.51/cwt172.00–182.001,1724
HeifersMedium and Large 3362215.02/cwt210.00–220.007786
HeifersMedium and Large 2568195.63/cwt192.00–200.001,1118
HeifersMedium and Large 1478226.68/cwt224.00–230.001,0846
SteersMedium and Large 1363288.49/cwt285.00–295.001,0473
SteersMedium and Large 2468255.51/cwt255.00–256.001,1964
SteersMedium and Large 1461261.96/cwt258.00–268.001,2088
SteersMedium and Large 1415276.43/cwt270.00–280.001,1473
SteersMedium and Large 2562235.01/cwt230.00–239.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 1285275.49/cwt275.00–276.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2523245.44/cwt244.00–247.001,2845
SteersMedium and Large 1521252.92/cwt248.00–258.001,3186
SteersMedium and Large 2668212.53/cwt210.00–215.001,4202
SteersMedium and Large 2615222.37/cwt221.00–224.001,3683
SteersMedium and Large 1268299.86/cwt295.00–305.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1438241.94/cwt240.00–246.001,0603
SteersMedium and Large 1623232.57/cwt230.00–238.001,4493
SteersMedium and Large 2290291.02/cwt290.00–292.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2443268.66/cwt268.00–270.001,1903
HeifersMedium and Large 3715150.69/cwt150.00–152.001,0773
BullsMedium and Large 1770186.50/cwt185.00–188.001,4364
BullsMedium and Large 1264284.98/cwt280.00–290.007524
BullsMedium and Large 2469237.47/cwt232.00–242.001,1147
BullsMedium and Large 3278259.03/cwt255.00–265.007205
BullsMedium and Large 3564188.21/cwt185.00–195.001,06211
BullsMedium and Large 3510205.10/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
Bulls1,737113.31/cwt110.00–117.001,9688
Bulls1,445102.72/cwt100.00–105.001,4842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,123.69/head1,000.00–1,200.001,1243
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3935766.92/head600.00–850.007676
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0921,185.11/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1856
BullsMedium and Large 2372262.86/cwt256.00–268.009787
BullsMedium and Large 1573223.55/cwt222.00–225.001,28110
BullsMedium and Large 1521230.87/cwt226.00–236.001,2038
BullsMedium and Large 1476254.95/cwt250.00–258.001,2147
BullsMedium and Large 1426263.04/cwt258.00–268.001,1219
BullsMedium and Large 2618185.14/cwt180.00–190.001,1444
BullsMedium and Large 2327267.39/cwt262.00–272.008747
BullsMedium and Large 2277273.37/cwt270.00–275.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2563214.45/cwt212.00–218.001,2075
BullsMedium and Large 1320280.84/cwt275.00–285.008995
BullsMedium and Large 2518218.96/cwt215.00–225.001,13416
BullsMedium and Large 2443254.43/cwt250.00–257.001,1279
BullsMedium and Large 1363277.75/cwt272.00–282.001,00810
BullsMedium and Large 3375244.93/cwt240.00–250.009186
BullsMedium and Large 3435232.32/cwt230.00–236.001,0115
BullsMedium and Large 1663193.68/cwt190.00–196.001,2843
BullsMedium and Large 2710177.04/cwt174.00–180.001,2574
BullsMedium and Large 2660182.71/cwt180.00–189.001,20614
HeifersMedium and Large 1327251.96/cwt250.00–256.008243
HeifersMedium and Large 3672166.82/cwt164.00–170.001,1215
HeifersMedium and Large 2518204.59/cwt202.00–210.001,0606
HeifersMedium and Large 3560185.04/cwt180.00–190.001,0364
BullsMedium and Large 3473218.89/cwt216.00–222.001,0354
HeifersMedium and Large 3280235.50/cwt235.00–236.006594
HeifersMedium and Large 2425226.93/cwt222.00–232.009649
HeifersMedium and Large 2268254.77/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.