Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-01-29

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jan 29
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 257▼ 206 vs year ago 490 · −42.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 67▼ 29 vs year ago 65 · −44.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 18▼ 13 vs year ago 33 · −39.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder steers 3.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, steer and bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.85/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$238.85
119 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445257.871,14936
Medium and Large 2485234.361,13654
Medium and Large 3432223.5996529
One grade step is worth $34.28/cwt here — about $183 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
238.85
—
GA average16 barns · 1,732 hd
232.19
+6.66
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—Low1,436119.371,7159thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,322106.121,4039thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94786.368186thin

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)1,022$1,1304thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 3—436227.51/cwt222.00–232.009925
HeifersMedium and Large 2—511226.50/cwt220.00–230.001,1577
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429253.83/cwt249.00–260.001,0897
HeifersMedium and Large 2—662193.30/cwt190.00–200.001,2803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318270.47/cwt266.00–276.008604
HeifersMedium and Large 1—457255.21/cwt250.00–260.001,16610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428272.03/cwt267.50–282.001,1646
HeifersMedium and Large 3—560195.07/cwt190.00–200.001,0923
SteersMedium and Large 1—674241.27/cwt236.00–246.001,6264
SteersMedium and Large 1—602242.60/cwt240.00–246.001,4605
SteersMedium and Large 1—510269.67/cwt269.00–270.001,3753
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566215.06/cwt209.00–220.001,21711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268287.62/cwt285.00–290.007712
SteersMedium and Large 3—798170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3571
SteersMedium and Large 1—333350.03/cwt345.00–355.001,1663
SteersMedium and Large 1—230370.00/cwt370.00–370.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2—661230.29/cwt224.00–234.001,5224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—459242.28/cwt236.00–246.001,1127
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318240.94/cwt240.00–242.007664
SteersMedium and Large 1—458293.99/cwt290.00–300.001,3463
SteersMedium and Large 3—700190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3301
SteersMedium and Large 3—510240.73/cwt236.00–246.001,2283
SteersMedium and Large 2—530251.99/cwt249.00–260.001,33611
SteersMedium and Large 1—730218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5911
SteersMedium and Large 3—457254.03/cwt250.00–260.001,1615
SteersMedium and Large 2—429301.95/cwt300.00–304.001,2954
SteersMedium and Large 2—453284.99/cwt282.00–289.001,2913
SteersMedium and Large 1—362341.68/cwt340.00–342.501,2373
SteersMedium and Large 2—581250.12/cwt249.00–255.001,4536
SteersMedium and Large 2—628232.07/cwt229.00–236.001,4574
SteersMedium and Large 1—411314.25/cwt308.00–318.001,2928
BullsMedium and Large 2—723195.16/cwt190.00–200.001,4112
BullsMedium and Large 1—228363.79/cwt362.50–365.008292
BullsMedium and Large 2—335325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,0894
BullsMedium and Large 3—463255.59/cwt250.00–260.001,1837
BullsMedium and Large 3—372280.16/cwt275.00–285.001,0426
BullsMedium and Large 3—434274.99/cwt270.00–280.001,1934
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,245100.64/cwt98.00–103.001,2533
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,342107.63/cwt105.00–112.001,4445
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,450115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6681
CowsLean 85-90%—96781.38/cwt80.00–82.007873
CowsLean 85-90%—92791.33/cwt91.00–92.008473
Bulls——1,253112.24/cwt110.00–114.001,4063
Bulls——1,528122.94/cwt120.00–129.001,8796
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1731,296.48/head1,150.00–1,450.001,2962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—870963.51/head950.00–975.009642
BullsMedium and Large 1—270363.11/cwt360.00–365.009804
BullsMedium and Large 1—615223.25/cwt220.00–230.001,3733
BullsMedium and Large 2—434290.77/cwt286.00–300.001,2624
BullsMedium and Large 2—369311.10/cwt308.00–318.001,1487
BullsMedium and Large 2—465272.11/cwt267.00–277.001,2656
BullsMedium and Large 1—562246.50/cwt240.00–251.001,3856
BullsMedium and Large 1—324343.54/cwt340.00–352.501,1134
BullsMedium and Large 1—723203.39/cwt200.00–205.001,4713
BullsMedium and Large 1—526257.02/cwt252.00–260.001,3529
BullsMedium and Large 3—565206.83/cwt200.00–212.001,1694
BullsMedium and Large 3—518233.31/cwt230.00–236.001,2094
BullsMedium and Large 1—464290.78/cwt290.00–292.001,3495
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363233.87/cwt226.00–240.008497
HeifersMedium and Large 3—512206.88/cwt202.00–210.001,0595
BullsMedium and Large 2—514247.13/cwt241.00–251.001,2708
BullsMedium and Large 1—357334.30/cwt326.00–342.501,1936
BullsMedium and Large 1—428306.79/cwt302.00–316.001,3135
BullsMedium and Large 2—611204.42/cwt200.00–210.001,2494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272272.19/cwt270.00–277.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 2—723187.58/cwt185.00–190.001,3562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609220.62/cwt220.00–222.001,3445
BullsMedium and Large 2—560233.05/cwt229.00–239.001,3058
BullsMedium and Large 3—283297.44/cwt292.50–300.008423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362276.27/cwt270.00–282.001,0005
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305283.44/cwt280.00–290.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360258.04/cwt252.00–262.009296
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620207.40/cwt200.00–212.001,2864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518237.81/cwt235.00–240.001,2325
HeifersMedium and Large 3—457225.22/cwt220.00–230.001,0295

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.