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
Bulls—High1,615123.511,9958thin
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 3—428238.62/cwt234.00–244.001,0219
HeifersMedium and Large 3—267269.26/cwt265.00–275.007196
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268283.43/cwt282.00–285.007604
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417280.01/cwt275.00–285.001,1685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—778202.54/cwt200.00–205.001,5762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458243.98/cwt240.00–252.001,1178
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366270.23/cwt268.00–273.009898
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326274.63/cwt270.00–280.008958
HeifersMedium and Large 2—227293.53/cwt290.00–300.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 3—357257.16/cwt252.00–264.0091811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—564230.99/cwt228.00–235.001,3037
HeifersMedium and Large 2—439258.63/cwt255.00–265.001,13517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522236.94/cwt232.00–242.001,23712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668206.52/cwt205.00–208.001,3804
SteersMedium and Large 1—630275.12/cwt270.00–277.501,7333
SteersMedium and Large 1—358343.00/cwt342.00–344.001,2283
SteersMedium and Large 1—473307.59/cwt305.00–310.001,4554
SteersMedium and Large 1—420328.54/cwt327.00–330.001,3804
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523224.78/cwt220.00–230.001,1766
HeifersMedium and Large 2—712190.07/cwt186.00–194.001,3533
SteersMedium and Large 1—516301.48/cwt300.00–305.001,5567
SteersMedium and Large 2—623257.18/cwt252.00–262.001,6022
SteersMedium and Large 1—568288.47/cwt287.00–290.001,6394
SteersMedium and Large 2—425311.35/cwt310.00–315.001,3235
SteersMedium and Large 2—663248.01/cwt244.00–250.001,6443
SteersMedium and Large 2—572278.38/cwt275.00–280.001,5923
SteersMedium and Large 2—312346.60/cwt345.00–347.501,0813
SteersMedium and Large 3—363315.07/cwt310.00–320.001,1443
SteersMedium and Large 2—513288.05/cwt284.00–290.001,4783
SteersMedium and Large 2—718219.59/cwt216.00–223.001,5772
BullsMedium and Large 1—434309.67/cwt306.00–315.001,3449
BullsMedium and Large 1—523284.44/cwt280.00–290.001,4887
BullsMedium and Large 1—460305.79/cwt300.00–310.001,4074
BullsMedium and Large 3—460275.05/cwt270.00–280.001,2654
BullsMedium and Large 2—439300.70/cwt295.00–305.001,32016
BullsMedium and Large 2—561265.05/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
Bulls——1,933129.01/cwt128.00–130.002,4942
Bulls——978117.44/cwt116.00–119.001,1492
Bulls——1,775123.80/cwt120.00–127.002,1974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0651,006.10/head900.00–1,100.001,0062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1301,505.31/head1,300.00–1,700.001,5052
Bred CowsSmall 2-3—857883.03/head875.00–900.008833
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1301,478.32/head1,350.00–1,600.001,4782
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8651,192.20/head1,175.00–1,210.001,1924
BullsMedium and Large 2—521273.69/cwt270.00–280.001,42614
BullsMedium and Large 2—318333.31/cwt330.00–337.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 2—630229.37/cwt228.00–230.001,4453
BullsMedium and Large 1—315352.42/cwt347.50–357.501,11011
BullsMedium and Large 1—362341.98/cwt340.00–344.001,2386
BullsMedium and Large 1—565275.24/cwt272.00–280.001,5555
BullsMedium and Large 3—442283.94/cwt280.00–294.001,2557
BullsMedium and Large 3—327318.16/cwt310.00–325.001,0406
BullsMedium and Large 3—370305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,1298
BullsMedium and Large 3—525264.51/cwt260.00–268.001,3897
BullsMedium and Large 1—718221.54/cwt220.00–223.001,5912
BullsMedium and Large 2—356322.97/cwt317.50–330.001,15011
HeifersMedium and Large 3—561218.71/cwt215.00–220.001,2274
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458228.48/cwt224.00–234.001,0464
HeifersMedium and Large 3—228270.16/cwt265.00–275.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312264.02/cwt260.00–267.008247
BullsMedium and Large 2—263353.23/cwt350.00–355.009293
BullsMedium and Large 2—467289.18/cwt285.00–298.001,35012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557242.01/cwt238.00–248.001,3486
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616232.44/cwt226.00–234.001,4325
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469257.92/cwt255.00–265.001,2107
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505256.63/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.