Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-06-17

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jun 17
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
271 vs last sale 549 391 vs year ago 669 · 58.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
52 vs last sale 130 18 vs year ago 60 · +30.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
11 vs last sale 60 29 vs year ago 78 · 37.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, 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 $253.02/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 123.89 against this barn's trailing median of $376.91.
Average price
$253.02
27 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,364
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs GA average
14.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540259.801,40211thin
Medium and Large 2539254.231,3709thin
Medium and Large 3538240.801,2957thin
One grade step is worth $19.01/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
427385343301median 376.9101/0503/0204/2706/1508/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.59, low $315.00, median $376.91 across 30 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 sale27 hd
253.02
GA average15 barns · 653 hd
250.02
+3.00
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−14.20
This barn, trailing median30 sales
376.91
−123.89
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
BullsAverage1,749167.062,9214thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,158137.621,59351
CowsLean 85-90%Low947121.741,1539thin

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)1,298$2,0413thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,106$1,5708
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,101$2,11412

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2250–300275320.67/cwt320.00–322.008823
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650618263.23/cwt260.00–270.001,6273
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530301.94/cwt300.00–304.001,6003
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350318354.22/cwt350.00–358.001,1262
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700663222.49/cwt218.00–225.001,4754
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550516286.05/cwt282.00–292.001,4768
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430309.38/cwt308.00–310.001,3303
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600561251.38/cwt248.00–253.001,4105
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320301.51/cwt296.00–305.009655
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1781,728.98/head1,650.00–1,825.001,7294
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600576277.64/cwt276.00–282.001,5996
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460296.60/cwt291.00–300.001,3645
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250205355.00/cwt355.00–355.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650617243.90/cwt240.00–250.001,5053
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350320344.65/cwt340.00–348.001,1035
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610246.33/cwt244.00–249.001,5033
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565297.02/cwt296.00–298.001,6782
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3882
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300263330.68/cwt330.00–332.008703
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300270358.27/cwt355.00–360.009673
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700655243.47/cwt240.00–247.001,5952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2982,040.92/head1,950.00–2,175.002,0413
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2232,465.85/head2,200.00–2,700.002,4664
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450408282.20/cwt280.00–288.001,1516
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800768209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6052
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550514263.97/cwt263.00–265.001,3575
CowsLean 85-90%793116.07/cwt114.00–118.009203
CowsLean 85-90%1,024124.57/cwt122.00–128.001,2766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,101132.06/cwt128.00–135.001,45418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224148.77/cwt145.00–154.001,8216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,181138.85/cwt136.00–143.001,64027
Bulls1,698170.08/cwt169.00–172.002,8883
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561256.33/cwt255.00–258.001,4386
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605283.02/cwt280.00–286.001,7122
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360344.47/cwt340.00–350.001,2404
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550518295.32/cwt295.00–296.001,5303
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330351.00/cwt350.00–352.001,1582
Bulls1,900158.00/cwt158.00–158.003,0021
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400361320.46/cwt315.00–325.001,1575
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650623231.30/cwt230.00–232.501,4412
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550521272.65/cwt268.00–278.001,4214
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450433298.40/cwt295.00–302.001,2924
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4192
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315313.96/cwt310.00–318.009893
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750700205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4351
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550520244.85/cwt240.00–250.001,2734
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600562235.39/cwt230.00–240.001,3233
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350303283.41/cwt280.00–290.008593
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550512282.39/cwt280.00–285.001,4463
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700658225.01/cwt220.00–230.001,4813
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650611233.77/cwt232.00–235.001,4284
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350322328.91/cwt325.00–332.001,0593
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460283.03/cwt280.00–286.001,3024
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500459265.76/cwt263.00–270.001,2208
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700668247.53/cwt245.00–250.001,6542
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600565279.02/cwt278.00–280.001,5762
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450413274.40/cwt270.00–278.001,1337
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400359279.15/cwt278.00–280.001,0027
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650618249.03/cwt248.00–250.001,5392
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250235327.45/cwt325.00–330.007702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0341,410.10/head1,200.00–1,525.001,4104
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0401,938.82/head1,765.00–2,050.001,9398
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360331.82/cwt328.00–338.001,1959
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550511257.80/cwt254.00–260.001,3174
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400359290.27/cwt288.00–296.001,0428

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.