Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-06-10

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jun 10
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
549 head
72 vs last sale 621 57 vs year ago 606 · 9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
50 vs last sale 80 6 vs year ago 136 · 4.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
22 vs last sale 38 2 vs year ago 58 · +3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.09/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 120.13 against this barn's trailing median of $376.22.
Average price
$256.09
50 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,381
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.82
vs GA average
9.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537262.381,40812thin
Medium and Large 2544256.091,39332
Medium and Large 3518243.501,2616thin
One grade step is worth $18.88/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
427385343301median 376.2212/1502/2304/2006/1508/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.59, low $315.00, median $376.22 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale50 hd
256.09
GA average15 barns · 461 hd
246.26
+9.82
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−9.28
This barn, trailing median31 sales
376.22
−120.13
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
BullsAverage1,514162.802,46412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,467138.762,0363thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,221136.801,67061
CowsLean 85-90%High1,025123.811,26924

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)1,220$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,111$1,52912
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,9256

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2400–450413272.32/cwt268.00–278.001,1258
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600560272.17/cwt253.00–287.001,52416
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350321298.58/cwt295.00–305.009588
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278315.05/cwt310.00–320.008764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0601,277.12/head1,000.00–1,500.001,2774
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450439309.97/cwt308.00–312.001,3617
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330336.00/cwt335.00–340.001,1095
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460295.05/cwt290.00–300.001,3574
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300273349.94/cwt345.00–355.009553
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400358329.01/cwt327.00–330.001,1783
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500461265.90/cwt260.00–270.001,22615
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450433321.29/cwt320.00–325.001,3914
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800755237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7891
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600564288.00/cwt286.00–290.001,6245
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550517298.37/cwt295.00–305.001,5437
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620245.78/cwt240.00–250.001,5243
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550518278.59/cwt255.00–290.001,44316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550532296.02/cwt293.00–300.001,5756
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650623261.04/cwt260.00–262.001,6264
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500459309.76/cwt307.00–312.001,4224
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500466309.94/cwt305.00–315.001,4446
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450404280.34/cwt280.00–282.001,13312
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458273.00/cwt271.00–275.001,2509
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570261.03/cwt258.00–262.001,4884
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275331.85/cwt330.00–336.009133
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227144.43/cwt143.00–147.001,7723
CowsBoner 80-85%1,239138.04/cwt135.00–142.001,71042
CowsLean 85-90%1,132131.10/cwt130.00–133.001,4843
CowsLean 85-90%1,018123.68/cwt121.00–128.001,25916
Bulls1,574165.50/cwt163.00–169.002,6059
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,467138.76/cwt137.00–141.002,0363
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615237.51/cwt233.00–241.001,4616
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600562286.65/cwt285.00–290.001,6113
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350321307.97/cwt307.00–310.009895
Bulls1,333154.72/cwt152.00–158.002,0623
CowsLean 85-90%982119.84/cwt119.00–120.001,1775
CowsBoner 80-85%1,172132.13/cwt130.00–134.001,54916
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500457254.02/cwt250.00–258.001,1619
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450443259.50/cwt254.00–264.001,1508
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450423310.26/cwt306.00–315.001,3122
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366303.52/cwt302.00–305.001,1116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1361,655.39/head1,600.00–1,725.001,6558
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520263.05/cwt260.00–266.001,3688
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600570270.06/cwt265.00–275.001,5393
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300265334.00/cwt330.00–338.008855
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400358277.05/cwt272.00–282.009926
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550518243.50/cwt240.00–250.001,2616
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650623232.59/cwt230.00–235.001,4494
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350331285.77/cwt282.00–292.009468
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3652
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500458285.86/cwt280.00–290.001,3096
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700683258.52/cwt257.00–260.001,7662
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600556249.56/cwt244.00–254.001,3889
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350335324.26/cwt320.00–330.001,0869
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700663224.99/cwt220.00–230.001,4926
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450433303.69/cwt300.00–306.001,3154
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400361318.12/cwt315.00–325.001,1488
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550528265.13/cwt260.00–270.001,4006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1001,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7752
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571255.49/cwt251.00–260.001,45916
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550517256.69/cwt254.00–260.001,32716
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400358291.70/cwt285.00–295.001,0446
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500460301.52/cwt300.00–303.001,3872
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650612230.35/cwt230.00–231.001,4103

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.