Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-03-10

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Mar 10
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
331 vs last sale 582 69 vs year ago 320 · 21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
42 vs last sale 80 22 vs year ago 60 · 36.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
32 vs last sale 58 4 vs year ago 22 · +18.2%
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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 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.63/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 89.58 against this barn's trailing median of $376.22.
Average price
$286.63
23 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.79
vs GA average
28.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532297.911,58611thin
Medium and Large 2536283.631,5199thin
Medium and Large 3578254.311,4703thin
One grade step is worth $43.60/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale23 hd
286.63
GA average15 barns · 402 hd
280.84
+5.79
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−28.33
This barn, trailing median31 sales
376.22
−89.58
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
BullsLow1,594175.652,7998thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,206143.981,73616
CowsLean 85-90%Low982119.021,1695thin

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)953$1,49810
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)889$2,1666

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1550–600558288.20/cwt287.00–290.001,6085
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700668249.72/cwt247.50–252.001,6682
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600578254.31/cwt251.00–261.001,4703
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350333350.99/cwt345.00–360.001,1695
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0671
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400363329.90/cwt325.00–335.001,1984
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325375.10/cwt370.00–380.001,2193
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400373392.15/cwt385.00–400.001,4632
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400375378.56/cwt370.00–382.501,4203
SteersMedium and Large 3200–250240425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610267.54/cwt265.00–270.001,6322
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650618250.86/cwt247.50–255.001,5503
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600563271.61/cwt267.00–278.001,5293
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670290.86/cwt290.00–292.501,9493
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405396.88/cwt395.00–397.501,6074
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550539348.24/cwt345.00–357.501,8777
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478307.62/cwt300.00–314.001,4704
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350302441.63/cwt435.00–445.001,3343
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615313.66/cwt300.00–328.001,9292
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800750257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9311
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700669282.73/cwt277.50–287.501,8914
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315412.46/cwt410.00–415.001,2992
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421319.82/cwt310.00–325.001,34611
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600574325.57/cwt318.00–330.001,8695
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579337.12/cwt332.50–345.001,9525
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450429386.99/cwt380.00–390.001,6605
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550508338.89/cwt332.50–342.501,7227
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500466345.47/cwt340.00–355.001,6106
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465371.24/cwt365.00–375.001,7264
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650617289.05/cwt285.00–292.501,7835
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600580295.81/cwt290.00–305.001,7166
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658281.50/cwt280.00–282.501,8523
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458348.35/cwt345.00–350.001,5953
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4632
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350332351.68/cwt350.00–355.001,1683
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600565279.82/cwt270.00–290.001,5812
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400373343.39/cwt335.00–355.001,2813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320157.05/cwt155.00–160.002,0733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229145.16/cwt140.00–150.001,7847
CowsLean 85-90%923112.05/cwt110.00–114.001,0342
CowsLean 85-90%1,022123.67/cwt120.00–129.001,2643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,121136.07/cwt131.00–139.001,5256
Bulls1,425165.69/cwt160.00–170.002,3613
Bulls1,830189.17/cwt187.00–191.003,4622
Bulls1,605176.60/cwt172.00–182.002,8343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0001,475.89/head1,300.00–1,650.001,4767
Bred CowsSmall 2-37851,423.73/head1,375.00–1,475.001,4242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28002,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39332,086.19/head2,050.00–2,125.002,0864
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450410342.56/cwt340.00–345.001,4042
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505342.52/cwt340.00–345.001,7302
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450415357.41/cwt355.00–365.001,4834
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400376379.87/cwt370.00–390.001,4287
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300273418.65/cwt410.00–435.001,1434
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650640282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8081
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500462285.97/cwt284.00–290.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300270340.00/cwt340.00–340.009181
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2602
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270447.34/cwt440.00–460.001,2084
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800780254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,9811
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600562312.17/cwt312.00–312.501,7543
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430331.63/cwt330.00–335.001,4263
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400363355.89/cwt350.00–360.001,2923
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500487334.97/cwt325.00–340.001,6313
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550505315.54/cwt312.00–320.001,5934
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550523297.61/cwt295.00–300.001,5572
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450437296.64/cwt290.00–300.001,2963
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511306.00/cwt300.00–311.001,5646
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250230395.00/cwt395.00–395.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670255.50/cwt255.00–256.001,7122
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280367.23/cwt360.00–375.001,0282
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800770228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7561
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458317.59/cwt316.00–320.001,4555
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550522289.64/cwt284.00–298.001,5126

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.