Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-02-26

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Feb 26
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
729 head
575 vs last sale 154 399 vs year ago 330 · +120.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
1,049 vs last sale 1,097 26 vs year ago 74 · 35.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
58 vs last sale 102 19 vs year ago 25 · +76.0%
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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 lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $250.33/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$250.33
164 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523251.731,31839
Medium and Large 2452251.061,13474
Medium and Large 3386248.2095851
One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about $360 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 sale164 hd
250.33
GA average16 barns · 2,058 hd
247.48
+2.85
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
BullsHigh1,615123.511,9958thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,194111.231,32826
CowsLean 85-90%Low93389.028318thin

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)1,500$1,7252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)994$1,0967
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$1,2886

Every lot, as filed

72 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 3428238.62/cwt234.00–244.001,0219
HeifersMedium and Large 3267269.26/cwt265.00–275.007196
HeifersMedium and Large 2268283.43/cwt282.00–285.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 1417280.01/cwt275.00–285.001,1685
HeifersMedium and Large 1778202.54/cwt200.00–205.001,5762
HeifersMedium and Large 2458243.98/cwt240.00–252.001,1178
HeifersMedium and Large 2366270.23/cwt268.00–273.009898
HeifersMedium and Large 2326274.63/cwt270.00–280.008958
HeifersMedium and Large 2227293.53/cwt290.00–300.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 3357257.16/cwt252.00–264.0091811
HeifersMedium and Large 2564230.99/cwt228.00–235.001,3037
HeifersMedium and Large 2439258.63/cwt255.00–265.001,13517
HeifersMedium and Large 2522236.94/cwt232.00–242.001,23712
HeifersMedium and Large 2668206.52/cwt205.00–208.001,3804
SteersMedium and Large 1630275.12/cwt270.00–277.501,7333
SteersMedium and Large 1358343.00/cwt342.00–344.001,2283
SteersMedium and Large 1473307.59/cwt305.00–310.001,4554
SteersMedium and Large 1420328.54/cwt327.00–330.001,3804
HeifersMedium and Large 3523224.78/cwt220.00–230.001,1766
HeifersMedium and Large 2712190.07/cwt186.00–194.001,3533
SteersMedium and Large 1516301.48/cwt300.00–305.001,5567
SteersMedium and Large 2623257.18/cwt252.00–262.001,6022
SteersMedium and Large 1568288.47/cwt287.00–290.001,6394
SteersMedium and Large 2425311.35/cwt310.00–315.001,3235
SteersMedium and Large 2663248.01/cwt244.00–250.001,6443
SteersMedium and Large 2572278.38/cwt275.00–280.001,5923
SteersMedium and Large 2312346.60/cwt345.00–347.501,0813
SteersMedium and Large 3363315.07/cwt310.00–320.001,1443
SteersMedium and Large 2513288.05/cwt284.00–290.001,4783
SteersMedium and Large 2718219.59/cwt216.00–223.001,5772
BullsMedium and Large 1434309.67/cwt306.00–315.001,3449
BullsMedium and Large 1523284.44/cwt280.00–290.001,4887
BullsMedium and Large 1460305.79/cwt300.00–310.001,4074
BullsMedium and Large 3460275.05/cwt270.00–280.001,2654
BullsMedium and Large 2439300.70/cwt295.00–305.001,32016
BullsMedium and Large 2561265.05/cwt260.00–270.001,48714
CowsLean 85-90%90882.74/cwt82.00–84.007514
CowsLean 85-90%95895.30/cwt94.00–97.009134
CowsBoner 80-85%992102.39/cwt100.00–106.001,0165
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178116.54/cwt115.00–119.001,3738
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281111.36/cwt107.00–114.001,42713
Bulls1,933129.01/cwt128.00–130.002,4942
Bulls978117.44/cwt116.00–119.001,1492
Bulls1,775123.80/cwt120.00–127.002,1974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0651,006.10/head900.00–1,100.001,0062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,505.31/head1,300.00–1,700.001,5052
Bred CowsSmall 2-3857883.03/head875.00–900.008833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1301,478.32/head1,350.00–1,600.001,4782
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38651,192.20/head1,175.00–1,210.001,1924
BullsMedium and Large 2521273.69/cwt270.00–280.001,42614
BullsMedium and Large 2318333.31/cwt330.00–337.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 2630229.37/cwt228.00–230.001,4453
BullsMedium and Large 1315352.42/cwt347.50–357.501,11011
BullsMedium and Large 1362341.98/cwt340.00–344.001,2386
BullsMedium and Large 1565275.24/cwt272.00–280.001,5555
BullsMedium and Large 3442283.94/cwt280.00–294.001,2557
BullsMedium and Large 3327318.16/cwt310.00–325.001,0406
BullsMedium and Large 3370305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,1298
BullsMedium and Large 3525264.51/cwt260.00–268.001,3897
BullsMedium and Large 1718221.54/cwt220.00–223.001,5912
BullsMedium and Large 2356322.97/cwt317.50–330.001,15011
HeifersMedium and Large 3561218.71/cwt215.00–220.001,2274
HeifersMedium and Large 3458228.48/cwt224.00–234.001,0464
HeifersMedium and Large 3228270.16/cwt265.00–275.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 3312264.02/cwt260.00–267.008247
BullsMedium and Large 2263353.23/cwt350.00–355.009293
BullsMedium and Large 2467289.18/cwt285.00–298.001,35012
HeifersMedium and Large 1557242.01/cwt238.00–248.001,3486
HeifersMedium and Large 1616232.44/cwt226.00–234.001,4325
HeifersMedium and Large 1469257.92/cwt255.00–265.001,2107
HeifersMedium and Large 1505256.63/cwt252.00–262.501,29614

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.