Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-02-05

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Feb 5
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,085 head
▲ 801 vs last sale 284▲ 322 vs year ago 763 · +42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 36▲ 28 vs year ago 84 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 20▲ 65 vs year ago 33 · +197.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, steer, bull and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $253.47/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$253.47
247 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.77
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513258.181,325133
Medium and Large 2448257.081,15169
Medium and Large 3461234.021,07945
One grade step is worth $24.16/cwt here — about $246 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 sale247 hd
253.47
—
GA average13 barns · 1,941 hd
243.70
+9.77
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—Average1,706120.922,06311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198107.771,29137
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00191.5391614

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)1,099$1,23011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,019$1,48824

Every lot, as filed

108 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
SteersMedium and Large 2—559269.67/cwt264.00–276.001,5078
SteersMedium and Large 1—361349.02/cwt344.00–355.001,2607
SteersMedium and Large 1—424330.05/cwt320.00–340.001,39910
SteersMedium and Large 1—666242.38/cwt240.00–248.001,6145
SteersMedium and Large 1—277389.16/cwt380.00–397.501,0783
SteersMedium and Large 1—458318.83/cwt316.00–326.001,4605
SteersMedium and Large 1—518297.94/cwt292.00–303.001,5436
HeifersMedium and Large 3—618196.24/cwt190.00–200.001,2135
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463229.77/cwt225.00–235.001,0647
SteersMedium and Large 1—612255.98/cwt253.00–260.001,5673
SteersMedium and Large 1—218395.11/cwt382.00–400.008614
SteersMedium and Large 1—317364.54/cwt355.00–370.001,1565
SteersMedium and Large 1—563284.20/cwt280.00–287.001,6006
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328298.46/cwt290.00–304.009797
HeifersMedium and Large 2—671206.02/cwt200.00–210.001,3824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566224.95/cwt218.00–232.501,2739
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278304.64/cwt297.50–318.008474
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215285.12/cwt280.00–290.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 3—267284.08/cwt280.00–290.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421264.07/cwt260.00–276.001,1128
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618215.15/cwt210.00–220.001,3305
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516233.67/cwt227.50–237.501,2069
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379276.91/cwt275.00–290.001,04913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—228309.30/cwt300.00–320.007054
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462242.31/cwt240.00–251.001,1196
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675223.91/cwt220.00–229.001,51122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571238.03/cwt235.00–240.001,35915
SteersMedium and Large 2—615247.18/cwt243.00–252.001,5207
SteersMedium and Large 2—271366.83/cwt365.00–370.009945
SteersMedium and Large 2—671230.53/cwt226.00–236.001,5474
SteersMedium and Large 1—755223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6841
SteersMedium and Large 1—714226.08/cwt225.00–228.001,61442
SteersMedium and Large 2—313337.88/cwt335.00–345.001,0585
SteersMedium and Large 2—356334.24/cwt330.00–342.001,1904
SteersMedium and Large 2—485302.35/cwt300.00–308.001,46616
SteersMedium and Large 2—223372.30/cwt370.00–375.008303
SteersMedium and Large 2—430313.79/cwt310.00–318.001,3497
SteersMedium and Large 2—723207.58/cwt205.00–210.001,5012
SteersMedium and Large 3—521270.29/cwt267.00–277.001,4085
SteersMedium and Large 3—367312.37/cwt305.00–322.001,1463
SteersMedium and Large 3—557256.81/cwt250.00–262.001,4305
SteersMedium and Large 3—462297.24/cwt295.00–300.001,3735
SteersMedium and Large 3—319318.93/cwt310.00–325.001,0175
SteersMedium and Large 2—518285.54/cwt280.00–290.001,4797
SteersMedium and Large 3—627236.75/cwt233.00–240.001,4843
SteersMedium and Large 3—280333.39/cwt330.00–337.509333
SteersMedium and Large 3—420303.15/cwt300.00–307.001,2734
SteersMedium and Large 3—668214.71/cwt210.00–220.001,4343
BullsMedium and Large 1—663229.67/cwt229.00–230.001,5233
BullsMedium and Large 2—760196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4901
BullsMedium and Large 3—358305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,0924
BullsMedium and Large 3—272314.91/cwt310.00–320.008573
BullsMedium and Large 3—523247.31/cwt240.00–255.001,2939
BullsMedium and Large 3—459280.41/cwt270.00–287.501,2877
CowsLean 85-90%—94687.49/cwt84.00–90.008287
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05595.58/cwt93.00–99.001,0087
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,213110.19/cwt107.00–114.001,33719
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,138102.71/cwt99.00–106.001,16915
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,400117.73/cwt115.00–122.001,6483
Bulls——1,706120.92/cwt118.00–123.002,06311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2261,420.46/head1,300.00–1,575.001,4204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0271,121.29/head975.00–1,285.001,1217
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,812.45/head1,650.00–1,950.001,8124
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0851,567.09/head1,550.00–1,575.001,5676
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8501,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9951,487.56/head1,475.00–1,500.001,4884
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9881,343.32/head1,225.00–1,500.001,3436
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8801,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
BullsMedium and Large 1—217374.92/cwt370.00–380.008143
BullsMedium and Large 1—755206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5551
BullsMedium and Large 1—366345.28/cwt335.00–354.001,2647
BullsMedium and Large 1—419325.67/cwt320.00–332.501,3657
BullsMedium and Large 1—514278.97/cwt272.00–290.001,4346
BullsMedium and Large 1—320351.97/cwt347.50–360.001,12611
BullsMedium and Large 1—618234.31/cwt230.00–240.001,4485
BullsMedium and Large 1—558263.78/cwt260.00–270.001,4724
BullsMedium and Large 1—274368.77/cwt360.00–380.001,0104
BullsMedium and Large 1—723210.12/cwt206.00–214.001,5192
BullsMedium and Large 2—509264.77/cwt258.00–270.001,34812
BullsMedium and Large 2—420312.14/cwt308.00–318.001,3116
BullsMedium and Large 1—459311.41/cwt307.00–315.001,42910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—783194.95/cwt190.00–200.001,5262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514245.48/cwt240.00–250.001,2625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728204.91/cwt200.00–210.001,4923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359302.20/cwt295.00–308.001,08512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479259.98/cwt252.00–262.001,24528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225340.44/cwt330.00–350.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275326.87/cwt320.00–340.008998
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424287.00/cwt280.00–292.001,2178
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319314.27/cwt306.00–322.001,0039
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626225.44/cwt222.00–232.501,41119
HeifersMedium and Large 3—671189.53/cwt185.00–195.001,2724
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323274.17/cwt270.00–280.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 3—364254.99/cwt250.00–260.009285
HeifersMedium and Large 3—517220.56/cwt210.00–225.001,1407
HeifersMedium and Large 3—560203.39/cwt200.00–210.001,1393
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418247.02/cwt240.00–254.001,0335
BullsMedium and Large 2—663213.99/cwt212.00–218.001,4193
BullsMedium and Large 3—429292.98/cwt290.00–300.001,2575
BullsMedium and Large 3—325307.39/cwt305.00–310.009996
BullsMedium and Large 3—562235.23/cwt230.00–240.001,3225
BullsMedium and Large 2—329336.30/cwt328.00–345.001,1064
BullsMedium and Large 2—364325.38/cwt315.00–333.001,1845
BullsMedium and Large 2—560249.60/cwt245.00–255.001,39818
BullsMedium and Large 2—218360.11/cwt355.00–365.007853
BullsMedium and Large 2—630229.68/cwt229.00–230.001,4473
BullsMedium and Large 2—272340.31/cwt330.00–350.009263
BullsMedium and Large 2—458299.77/cwt295.00–305.001,37312

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.