Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-10-13

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Oct 13
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
566 vs last sale 966 258 vs year ago 658 · 39.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
15 vs last sale 115 23 vs year ago 107 · +21.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
29 vs last sale 31 22 vs year ago 82 · 26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and feeder heifers unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.33/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits 61.18 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.
Average price
$332.33
35 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.09/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 1557351.871,95811thin
Medium and Large 2541344.151,86211thin
Medium and Large 3551305.791,68413thin
One grade step is worth $46.09/cwt here — about $274 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

32 sales
443399356312median 393.5012/1503/0204/2706/2208/17
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $429.02, low $326.46, median $393.50 across 32 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 sale35 hd
332.33
GA average14 barns · 469 hd
337.01
−4.68
This barn, trailing median32 sales
393.50
−61.18
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
BullsAverage1,393199.892,78421
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,382173.302,3957thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,282161.332,06842
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001145.111,45310

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)1,338$2,3752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,007$2,25219
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$1,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$1,6753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,500$2,9502thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 2600–650628321.05/cwt318.00–330.002,0166
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1421
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750720310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2321
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300261488.80/cwt485.00–495.001,2764
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350335462.28/cwt455.00–470.001,5492
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250235560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,3161
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435404.41/cwt392.00–410.001,7596
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7111
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750708286.00/cwt285.00–288.002,0253
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600562316.90/cwt312.50–320.001,7813
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800773277.49/cwt275.00–280.002,1452
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550533354.37/cwt325.00–370.001,8898
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250218484.48/cwt470.00–500.001,0562
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300263522.25/cwt517.50–530.001,3743
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500476415.48/cwt410.00–425.001,9785
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655345.95/cwt336.00–356.002,2664
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600572383.99/cwt380.00–387.002,1963
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800760328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4931
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600574342.59/cwt330.00–350.001,9668
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500466416.37/cwt407.00–425.001,9406
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400373432.94/cwt425.00–445.001,6158
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623361.64/cwt360.00–365.002,2533
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270478.70/cwt470.00–490.001,2925
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313439.80/cwt430.00–455.001,3774
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375451.64/cwt450.00–455.001,6943
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508423.04/cwt420.00–426.002,1492
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510376.63/cwt375.00–380.001,9213
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250219637.64/cwt597.50–660.001,3964
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660318.17/cwt307.00–327.502,1003
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615335.37/cwt330.00–341.002,0632
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450424422.20/cwt415.00–435.001,79013
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463436.92/cwt434.00–440.002,0232
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450407421.39/cwt405.00–455.001,7153
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5002,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600550400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2102,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred CowsSmall 1-29852,202.54/head2,100.00–2,300.002,2033
Bred CowsSmall 2-39201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsSmall 2-38391,761.30/head1,400.00–1,950.001,7617
CowsLean 85-90%1,107144.90/cwt140.00–148.001,6043
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,230185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2761
Bulls1,531200.71/cwt194.00–208.003,07311
Bulls1,274187.90/cwt183.00–193.002,3947
CowsBoner 80-85%1,084146.14/cwt142.00–155.001,5848
CowsBoner 80-85%1,382168.07/cwt167.00–170.002,32318
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
CowsLean 85-90%932134.45/cwt132.00–136.001,2533
CowsLean 85-90%974153.25/cwt152.00–156.001,4934
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,407171.35/cwt169.00–175.002,4116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,269161.33/cwt156.00–166.002,04716
Bulls1,163224.87/cwt220.00–231.002,6153
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750713243.73/cwt242.50–245.001,7382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0432,434.35/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1962,758.12/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7586
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4652,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400373353.69/cwt345.00–365.001,3197
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450433369.78/cwt350.00–440.001,6015
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550524315.60/cwt310.00–320.001,6544
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450431333.94/cwt327.50–348.001,4394
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350338362.22/cwt350.00–375.001,2242
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600576308.85/cwt290.00–320.001,7795
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335440.07/cwt435.00–445.001,4742
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650620316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9591
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500468326.79/cwt320.00–335.001,5297
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300279408.86/cwt395.00–420.001,1414
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700672298.46/cwt290.00–308.002,0063
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600563292.76/cwt275.00–300.001,6489
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500479387.29/cwt380.00–400.001,8555
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300260525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,3651
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550514386.67/cwt375.00–395.001,9875
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450418366.85/cwt360.00–375.001,5336
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550523335.10/cwt325.00–345.001,7534
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523331.17/cwt324.00–342.001,73212
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400374375.00/cwt370.00–385.001,40315
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350318435.24/cwt425.00–445.001,3842
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300268496.45/cwt475.00–520.001,3302
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400371380.10/cwt375.00–395.001,4109
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500478360.62/cwt350.00–375.001,7247
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300282454.76/cwt445.00–465.001,2823
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400372408.74/cwt400.00–420.001,5218
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600574327.17/cwt326.00–328.001,8785
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350310419.98/cwt415.00–425.001,3025
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550500410.50/cwt405.00–416.002,0532
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750730335.51/cwt335.00–336.002,4492
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428364.52/cwt355.00–375.001,56019
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700659299.66/cwt285.00–318.001,9755
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500466345.35/cwt340.00–360.001,60913
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450411421.49/cwt415.00–435.001,7324
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650628321.98/cwt320.00–324.002,0224
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700677307.78/cwt300.00–315.502,0843

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.