Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2024-11-18

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Nov 18
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
88 vs last sale 513 425 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
28 vs last sale 77 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
7 vs last sale 38 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $248.23/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 147.30 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$248.23
46 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,347
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.12
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541259.921,40518thin
Medium and Large 2543245.811,33415thin
Medium and Large 3546234.841,28213thin
One grade step is worth $25.08/cwt here — about $123 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 sale46 hd
248.23
GA average14 barns · 340 hd
243.11
+5.12
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−147.30
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
BullsAverage1,354129.441,7538thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521129.691,9728thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,214118.731,44218
CowsLean 85-90%Average84596.798186thin

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)1,023$1,52215
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)921$1,95618

Every lot, as filed

73 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
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450421265.47/cwt258.00–275.001,1186
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550515239.32/cwt236.00–242.001,2326
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400367277.42/cwt275.00–280.001,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400358265.03/cwt260.00–270.009494
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300272244.79/cwt240.00–250.006666
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668193.98/cwt192.00–196.001,2964
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2151
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550505214.63/cwt210.00–220.001,0846
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573233.80/cwt231.00–236.001,3405
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550505294.42/cwt286.00–303.001,4872
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510241.85/cwt238.00–246.001,2335
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500459240.02/cwt234.00–248.001,10210
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650613205.00/cwt200.00–210.001,2573
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300268293.88/cwt290.00–298.007883
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550511231.78/cwt230.00–234.001,1844
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450427306.72/cwt304.00–308.001,3103
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417260.48/cwt254.00–270.001,08610
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600573224.00/cwt220.00–228.001,2844
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250217273.11/cwt270.00–275.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350323269.91/cwt266.00–274.008724
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363327.45/cwt325.00–330.001,1892
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425316.45/cwt312.00–322.001,3454
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460313.36/cwt306.00–320.001,4413
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450436247.70/cwt240.00–254.001,0809
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600558211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,1774
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500462299.67/cwt295.00–304.001,3843
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400367315.42/cwt314.00–318.001,1583
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350328321.02/cwt320.00–322.001,0532
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5251
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650628212.34/cwt210.00–216.001,3336
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350322296.80/cwt290.00–305.009565
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500458255.30/cwt250.00–260.001,1697
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400363293.02/cwt285.00–300.001,06412
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600572231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,3217
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360310.00/cwt305.00–315.001,1166
CowsLean 85-90%849104.09/cwt100.00–110.008844
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555134.34/cwt130.00–139.002,0894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486125.03/cwt122.00–128.001,8584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,262112.57/cwt111.00–114.001,4213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240124.91/cwt123.00–128.001,5494
CowsLean 85-90%83882.19/cwt80.00–84.006892
Bulls1,450134.09/cwt130.00–140.001,9444
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192118.17/cwt116.00–122.001,40911
Bulls1,258124.78/cwt120.00–128.001,5704
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0311,683.05/head1,600.00–1,850.001,6838
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39882,109.46/head1,875.00–2,225.002,10910
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37501,553.33/head1,475.00–1,675.001,5536
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1001,380.00/head1,300.00–1,500.001,3805
Bred CowsSmall 2-38001,236.33/head1,175.00–1,300.001,2362
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700668219.32/cwt218.00–220.001,4653
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463297.15/cwt290.00–303.001,3766
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400373324.52/cwt324.00–325.001,2104
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250223342.47/cwt340.00–345.007642
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250218331.01/cwt330.00–332.007222
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521264.54/cwt260.00–270.001,3789
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450424284.01/cwt277.50–292.501,2049
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605222.68/cwt218.00–226.001,3473
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421304.34/cwt295.00–310.001,2818
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300274337.44/cwt335.00–340.009254
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560255.29/cwt250.00–260.001,4309
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600559240.49/cwt236.00–246.001,3448
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300274323.23/cwt317.00–330.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500459226.12/cwt220.00–230.001,03810
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750715191.02/cwt190.00–192.001,3662
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700660205.00/cwt200.00–210.001,3532
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550524251.90/cwt246.00–257.001,3207
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350327319.11/cwt315.00–325.001,0436
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450422229.99/cwt229.00–232.009715
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603222.02/cwt218.00–226.001,3392
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457260.30/cwt252.00–265.001,1906
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500461271.60/cwt268.00–287.501,25212

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.