Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-05-19

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, May 19
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
425 head
220 vs last sale 205 12 vs year ago 437 · 2.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
14 vs last sale 29 0 vs year ago 43 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
40 vs last sale 36 45 vs year ago 31 · +145.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 to 12.00 lower, steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.32/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 65.59 against this barn's trailing median of $376.91.
Average price
$311.32
36 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$45.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.05
vs GA average
22.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548331.481,81812thin
Medium and Large 2538309.041,66316thin
Medium and Large 3531285.651,5158thin
One grade step is worth $45.83/cwt here — about $302 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

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 sale36 hd
311.32
GA average15 barns · 378 hd
319.37
−8.05
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−22.94
This barn, trailing median30 sales
376.91
−65.59
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
BullsLow1,398177.712,4853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,555161.312,50810
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,198157.641,88925
CowsLean 85-90%Low934126.961,1864thin

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)1,167$2,01112
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)993$1,8074thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,061$2,61524
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)910$2,3002thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1200–250205450.00/cwt450.00–450.009231
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450408364.91/cwt360.00–370.001,4894
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550514342.10/cwt330.00–352.501,7586
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0961
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363414.81/cwt412.00–417.501,5062
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360373.52/cwt372.00–375.001,3452
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600556322.02/cwt320.00–325.001,7905
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605306.78/cwt300.00–320.001,8563
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500459343.72/cwt340.00–350.001,5784
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650605314.96/cwt310.00–320.001,9062
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400368396.79/cwt395.00–400.001,4603
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600571335.55/cwt330.00–342.501,9164
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625283.23/cwt280.00–290.001,7703
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564347.51/cwt342.50–355.001,9604
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250240425.00/cwt420.00–430.001,0202
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800770272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0981
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400367385.04/cwt375.00–395.001,4135
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650618290.71/cwt287.50–294.001,7972
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550522325.77/cwt320.00–330.001,7017
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500456342.79/cwt335.00–350.001,5638
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400363358.97/cwt347.50–370.001,3039
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572327.84/cwt320.00–333.001,8758
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550501338.75/cwt325.00–355.001,6974
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413354.27/cwt342.00–356.001,46323
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412395.75/cwt387.50–400.001,6303
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705306.50/cwt306.00–307.002,1612
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655293.01/cwt292.00–294.001,9192
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458362.54/cwt360.00–365.001,6602
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290430.09/cwt425.00–435.001,2472
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1761
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700653300.67/cwt300.00–302.001,9633
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400362398.29/cwt395.00–400.001,4423
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305431.23/cwt430.00–432.501,3152
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300270484.81/cwt475.00–495.001,3092
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0772,674.06/head2,500.00–3,000.002,67416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0032,246.88/head2,000.00–2,550.002,2474
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516367.80/cwt360.00–375.001,8987
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500462371.00/cwt365.00–377.501,7145
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,493155.86/cwt152.00–159.002,3276
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169149.72/cwt149.00–150.001,7504
Bulls1,335170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2701
Bulls1,430181.57/cwt180.00–183.002,5962
CowsLean 85-90%1,095120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3141
CowsLean 85-90%1,005139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3442,313.81/head2,175.00–2,500.002,3144
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39102,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
CowsLean 85-90%818124.41/cwt123.00–126.001,0182
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,648169.48/cwt166.00–171.002,7934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,199165.66/cwt163.00–170.001,9866
CowsBoner 80-85%1,206156.55/cwt152.00–162.001,88815
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600560272.52/cwt270.00–275.001,5264
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550501298.77/cwt290.00–305.001,4974
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0552,747.87/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7484
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0781,860.05/head1,600.00–2,075.001,8608
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29571,842.81/head1,825.00–1,850.001,8433
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400366331.39/cwt322.00–340.001,2136
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350333339.96/cwt325.00–350.001,1324
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500458309.27/cwt300.00–317.001,4168
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450413335.75/cwt330.00–340.001,3873
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450424330.95/cwt325.00–338.001,4036
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550524310.94/cwt308.00–316.001,6294
SteersMedium and Large 3750–800795267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1271
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550514321.92/cwt320.00–327.501,6554
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500455324.04/cwt320.00–332.001,4743
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400363356.79/cwt350.00–370.001,2953
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250225477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,0741
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500462355.18/cwt347.50–362.501,6419
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450441323.74/cwt310.00–330.001,4288
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500460332.40/cwt320.00–337.501,5294
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400362381.01/cwt370.00–395.001,3793
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350317383.00/cwt375.00–395.001,2143
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300267394.88/cwt385.00–405.001,0543
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700675312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,1061
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350323377.56/cwt370.00–390.001,2204
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450436361.95/cwt350.00–370.001,5785
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350335407.61/cwt400.00–415.001,3652
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800770282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1751
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510317.61/cwt310.00–327.501,6207
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450424347.28/cwt340.00–355.001,47212
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520346.10/cwt340.00–352.001,8007
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500455328.77/cwt320.00–337.501,49610
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560302.37/cwt297.50–310.001,6939
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350328365.06/cwt355.00–375.001,1975
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750715282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,0201
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350331410.02/cwt395.00–415.001,3574
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450443334.61/cwt330.00–340.001,48216
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670282.56/cwt280.00–285.001,8932
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300278412.43/cwt410.00–415.001,1472

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.