Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-09-15

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Sep 15
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
486 head
95 vs last sale 581 55 vs year ago 541 · 10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
72 vs last sale 116 32 vs year ago 76 · 42.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
38 vs last sale 73 14 vs year ago 21 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower, all feeder classes 5.00 to 10.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $350.38/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits 45.15 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$350.38
52 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.76
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537371.471,99516thin
Medium and Large 2531353.991,88021
Medium and Large 3536322.841,73215thin
One grade step is worth $48.63/cwt here — about $263 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 sale52 hd
350.38
GA average15 barns · 493 hd
343.62
+6.76
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−45.15
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
BullsHigh1,594192.733,0728thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,528171.102,6144thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,183167.131,97725
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093152.611,6686thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,425$3,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$2,4108
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)835$2,6888

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2600–650609321.56/cwt317.00–326.001,9585
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600555345.02/cwt340.00–355.001,91511
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600555382.51/cwt375.00–390.002,1234
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550505363.86/cwt355.00–372.001,83710
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350329439.59/cwt435.00–445.001,4466
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564347.15/cwt342.00–355.001,9585
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315457.10/cwt440.00–467.501,4405
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518368.88/cwt366.00–372.001,9116
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250228495.11/cwt490.00–500.001,1293
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700658339.34/cwt336.00–346.002,2333
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560362.76/cwt355.00–370.002,0318
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623361.20/cwt360.00–362.502,2502
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500474375.24/cwt368.00–390.001,77913
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768334.99/cwt331.00–339.002,5732
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424430.38/cwt420.00–445.001,8259
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463421.73/cwt415.00–425.001,9533
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500476400.48/cwt395.00–415.001,9067
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300277519.24/cwt500.00–540.001,4385
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723311.03/cwt310.00–312.002,2492
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800773317.72/cwt310.00–325.002,4562
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550514380.18/cwt372.50–400.001,9548
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465379.80/cwt375.00–385.001,7667
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250220565.00/cwt550.00–580.001,2432
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650607332.27/cwt330.00–335.002,0178
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300283480.00/cwt465.00–495.001,3583
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450411393.94/cwt390.00–400.001,6195
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372413.35/cwt405.00–425.001,5386
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360448.90/cwt440.00–460.001,6167
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661357.99/cwt352.00–360.002,3664
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405443.77/cwt442.50–445.001,7972
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650611338.19/cwt334.00–344.002,0664
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658332.51/cwt330.00–335.002,1882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4253,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750723330.64/cwt328.00–332.002,3913
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3504
Bred CowsSmall 1-28432,368.28/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3683
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550513405.11/cwt400.00–410.002,0783
CowsLean 85-90%1,215152.26/cwt150.00–155.001,8502
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380167.59/cwt166.00–169.002,3132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,675174.61/cwt173.00–176.002,9252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,161167.15/cwt162.00–170.001,94118
Bulls1,603203.31/cwt202.00–204.003,2592
CowsLean 85-90%1,015142.93/cwt142.00–144.001,4512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29903,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323174.61/cwt173.00–177.002,3104
Bulls1,455185.99/cwt185.00–187.002,7062
Bulls1,659190.81/cwt189.00–194.003,1664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,127157.04/cwt155.00–160.001,7703
CowsLean 85-90%1,048162.65/cwt161.00–164.001,7052
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350330409.96/cwt400.00–420.001,3534
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29152,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39402,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750713341.42/cwt337.00–347.002,4343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0512,256.36/head1,900.00–2,400.002,2564
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500457320.84/cwt312.00–330.001,4665
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700662303.67/cwt300.00–306.002,0103
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450429342.47/cwt327.00–355.001,4699
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550522328.85/cwt320.00–345.001,7179
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400371379.84/cwt365.00–395.001,4095
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300277386.63/cwt385.00–390.001,0713
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350310455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4111
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600565306.02/cwt300.00–315.001,7295
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650612301.73/cwt300.00–305.001,8473
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650614309.25/cwt300.00–315.001,8996
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600558313.83/cwt307.00–330.001,7516
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600578327.47/cwt320.00–335.001,8932
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550516340.70/cwt330.00–360.001,75810
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400363387.84/cwt385.00–395.001,4089
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550519315.07/cwt310.00–320.001,6356
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650600349.33/cwt344.00–354.002,0963
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350330466.25/cwt465.00–467.501,5392
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500458341.25/cwt325.00–355.001,56311
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500459358.72/cwt350.00–370.001,6478
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700661313.49/cwt310.00–318.002,0724
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450436350.97/cwt340.00–360.001,5307
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565329.58/cwt324.00–335.001,8625
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350327405.58/cwt395.00–425.001,3265
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450442370.87/cwt360.00–385.001,63911
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400354424.42/cwt400.00–435.001,5029
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650609322.61/cwt318.00–330.001,9655
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450437430.08/cwt420.00–440.001,8793
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700662314.01/cwt310.00–318.002,0793
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750710327.39/cwt320.00–332.002,3243
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250223511.53/cwt495.00–530.001,1413
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515375.15/cwt370.00–380.001,9323
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450419396.20/cwt380.00–415.001,66015

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.