Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-07-29

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jul 29
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
5 vs last sale 412 54 vs year ago 353 · +15.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
1 vs last sale 64 3 vs year ago 60 · +5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
45 vs last sale 24 30 vs year ago 39 · +76.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls and steer calves mostly steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.77/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 123.76 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$271.77
30 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,443
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551282.011,5539thin
Medium and Large 2531271.601,44315thin
Medium and Large 3501256.841,2876thin
One grade step is worth $25.17/cwt here — about $266 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
443399356312median 395.5301/0503/0204/2706/2208/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $429.02, low $326.46, median $395.53 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 sale30 hd
271.77
GA average14 barns · 357 hd
261.64
+10.13
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−123.76
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
BullsAverage1,567151.982,3818thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,252128.071,60333
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,533123.001,8852thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low972117.041,13716

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)1,290$2,32537
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,395$2,2252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,098$1,4142thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)902$1,72414

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2200–250238327.58/cwt325.00–330.007802
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550501275.71/cwt272.00–282.001,3817
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416287.31/cwt283.00–292.001,1957
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668226.52/cwt225.00–228.001,5132
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350328344.15/cwt340.00–350.001,1298
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650614234.10/cwt230.00–240.001,4375
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650619268.49/cwt268.00–270.001,6624
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550514288.62/cwt285.00–295.001,4847
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500457304.02/cwt300.00–310.001,3897
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425320.89/cwt318.00–325.001,3643
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450427303.95/cwt300.00–310.001,29810
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600558268.01/cwt262.00–276.001,4958
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663231.02/cwt230.00–232.001,5322
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618279.36/cwt276.00–282.001,7263
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750705230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6221
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500457288.98/cwt285.00–298.001,32110
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350320360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1521
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600558285.84/cwt284.00–288.001,5956
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400359351.02/cwt346.00–356.001,2604
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530287.40/cwt285.00–290.001,5233
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350322324.84/cwt320.00–330.001,0463
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400358336.34/cwt330.00–345.001,20413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2992,392.24/head2,310.00–2,525.002,39227
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500461275.56/cwt272.00–280.001,2704
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350314358.94/cwt352.50–362.501,1275
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700657239.34/cwt238.00–240.001,5723
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450410315.80/cwt312.00–320.001,2957
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364302.18/cwt300.00–306.001,1005
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468316.74/cwt312.00–320.001,4827
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610251.31/cwt250.00–254.001,5333
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37531,710.88/head1,550.00–1,875.001,7114
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38301,561.60/head1,525.00–1,600.001,5624
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515264.98/cwt262.00–270.001,3655
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562255.34/cwt254.00–256.001,4353
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300268362.38/cwt360.00–365.009712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,505129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,9411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,560117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,221123.33/cwt120.00–127.001,50610
CowsLean 85-90%935107.86/cwt104.00–113.001,0084
CowsLean 85-90%970126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2222
Bulls1,628157.24/cwt156.00–159.002,5605
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563297.83/cwt295.00–300.001,6776
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658268.99/cwt268.00–270.001,7702
CowsLean 85-90%987118.92/cwt114.00–123.001,17410
Bulls1,465143.20/cwt140.00–149.002,0983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,263129.87/cwt128.00–134.001,64022
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550523226.44/cwt220.00–235.001,1843
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450426298.65/cwt295.00–305.001,2724
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600561279.32/cwt277.50–285.001,5676
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417336.40/cwt330.00–350.001,4033
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8061
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300285385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0971
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650623215.18/cwt210.00–220.001,3414
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550501256.84/cwt252.00–262.001,2876
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250220312.50/cwt310.00–315.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300280300.26/cwt300.00–302.008417
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500457286.64/cwt280.00–300.001,3103
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500459238.79/cwt230.00–250.001,0964
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450422287.95/cwt282.00–298.001,2156
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350326324.23/cwt320.00–330.001,0576
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400368319.15/cwt315.00–327.501,1745
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550506281.04/cwt280.00–284.001,4224
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500463270.05/cwt260.00–280.001,25013
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400357273.04/cwt268.00–280.009755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,3952,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0981,413.61/head1,400.00–1,425.001,4142
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2602,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450419249.81/cwt240.00–260.001,0477
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39451,647.62/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6484
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600563271.52/cwt268.00–276.001,5294
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550509253.93/cwt250.00–258.001,29310
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450416272.14/cwt268.00–280.001,1329
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300272348.91/cwt345.00–357.509493
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300276332.95/cwt330.00–335.009195
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400358290.02/cwt285.00–295.001,0383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2642,143.17/head2,075.00–2,200.002,14310
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600557246.67/cwt244.00–253.001,3749
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350323303.76/cwt300.00–310.009814
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465308.52/cwt307.00–310.001,4352
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630232.39/cwt230.00–235.001,4643
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300272326.56/cwt320.00–330.008883
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460265.38/cwt260.00–270.001,2216

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.