Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-07-21

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jul 21
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
466 head
17 vs last sale 449 54 vs year ago 412 · +13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
10 vs last sale 75 21 vs year ago 64 · +32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
23 vs last sale 59 12 vs year ago 24 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $320.65/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 74.88 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$320.65
44 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.68
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545350.381,90910thin
Medium and Large 2543322.501,75118thin
Medium and Large 3543300.001,62716thin
One grade step is worth $50.39/cwt here — about $281 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
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 sale44 hd
320.65
GA average14 barns · 362 hd
315.97
+4.68
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−74.88
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
BullsLow1,740192.053,3428thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,498164.512,4653thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,213158.461,92250
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038137.791,43114

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)995$2,4323thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,130$2,3323thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,083$1,9432thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$2,70316

Every lot, as filed

86 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 3400–450432340.00/cwt335.00–345.001,4697
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350325350.00/cwt345.00–355.001,1384
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450429319.23/cwt310.00–335.001,3696
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600563282.33/cwt270.00–295.001,5904
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500458335.04/cwt330.00–340.001,5343
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500465320.74/cwt305.00–335.001,4916
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350334390.94/cwt389.00–395.001,3064
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300263389.71/cwt380.00–400.001,0252
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450421379.92/cwt375.00–385.001,5995
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550540356.64/cwt355.00–360.001,9263
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350334383.73/cwt375.00–390.001,2824
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450414366.78/cwt355.00–385.001,51816
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450411401.95/cwt400.00–405.001,6525
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376417.93/cwt415.00–420.001,5715
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428359.30/cwt354.00–365.001,53811
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313399.86/cwt395.00–408.001,2526
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400360359.58/cwt350.00–370.001,29411
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650600285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7101
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750723281.29/cwt280.00–282.502,0342
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527335.09/cwt330.00–340.001,7665
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9502
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600559317.48/cwt310.00–330.001,77511
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550518330.39/cwt322.00–340.001,7117
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350336435.69/cwt425.00–445.001,4648
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450438394.06/cwt390.00–400.001,7265
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363406.16/cwt400.00–415.001,4749
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618311.60/cwt308.00–315.001,9262
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0421
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356380.01/cwt375.00–385.001,35310
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300253507.57/cwt500.00–515.001,2842
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468380.27/cwt370.00–387.501,7808
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559325.91/cwt322.00–330.001,8227
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500456352.14/cwt346.00–359.001,60614
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550536353.96/cwt345.00–360.001,8976
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500459386.26/cwt380.00–400.001,7739
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,4791
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0801,885.00/head1,885.00–1,885.001,8851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0432,672.30/head2,550.00–2,800.002,6722
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558345.02/cwt340.00–350.001,9254
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615310.12/cwt305.00–315.001,9073
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558356.82/cwt355.00–360.001,9918
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550509365.36/cwt362.00–375.001,8605
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,400170.27/cwt168.00–173.002,3842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,088149.64/cwt146.00–151.001,62810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,309167.98/cwt166.00–172.002,19910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223158.23/cwt155.00–164.001,93530
CowsLean 85-90%1,069139.68/cwt134.00–143.001,4939
CowsLean 85-90%900123.33/cwt120.00–130.001,1103
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
CowsLean 85-90%1,108151.00/cwt149.00–153.001,6732
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,695153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,5931
Bulls1,585184.66/cwt183.00–188.002,9273
Bulls1,978203.00/cwt202.00–204.004,0152
Bulls1,737192.15/cwt190.00–196.003,3383
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550527309.39/cwt300.00–320.001,6308
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1382,448.13/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0482,547.79/head2,425.00–2,650.002,54812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1033,168.71/head2,900.00–3,400.003,1694
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550520329.56/cwt327.00–335.001,7143
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250227419.56/cwt400.00–440.009523
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400359364.65/cwt355.00–380.001,3099
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550511294.00/cwt280.00–305.001,5024
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400358335.81/cwt325.00–345.001,2028
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523322.85/cwt316.00–328.001,6896
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250233415.07/cwt405.00–420.009673
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400368401.21/cwt400.00–402.501,4764
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560339.99/cwt335.00–345.001,9043
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300267413.53/cwt400.00–425.001,1043
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500458296.73/cwt287.00–310.001,3597
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571308.96/cwt300.00–315.001,7645
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500461357.48/cwt347.50–367.501,64818
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500476360.78/cwt355.00–370.001,7176
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700670276.12/cwt272.50–280.001,8504
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600558290.60/cwt275.00–300.001,6228
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300290466.67/cwt450.00–475.001,3533
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700658286.25/cwt280.00–297.001,8845
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800760245.03/cwt240.00–250.001,8622
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400355388.57/cwt385.00–395.001,3797
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350338406.88/cwt400.00–420.001,3756
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500458336.13/cwt325.00–342.001,5399
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250221466.03/cwt455.00–480.001,0304
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423348.52/cwt338.00–352.001,4749

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.