Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2025-10-20

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Oct 20
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
169 vs last sale 400 207 vs year ago 776 · 26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
41 vs last sale 130 32 vs year ago 57 · +56.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
15 vs last sale 60 0 vs year ago 45 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows are mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 14.00 lower. 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 $359.70/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits 35.83 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$359.70
51 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.68
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539369.231,99129
Medium and Large 2542352.921,91418thin
Medium and Large 3579321.151,8594thin
One grade step is worth $48.08/cwt here — about $132 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 sale51 hd
359.70
GA average14 barns · 365 hd
346.02
+13.68
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−35.83
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
BullsLow1,536190.652,92810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,146161.251,84840
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,232159.711,9683thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average951139.481,32719

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)1,465$3,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,038$2,32011
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,068$1,7253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,187$2,69920

Every lot, as filed

103 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
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475422.95/cwt412.00–430.002,0096
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330403.73/cwt400.00–415.001,3325
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,3631
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600582348.35/cwt342.00–349.002,02711
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700675350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3631
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600575386.25/cwt385.00–387.502,2212
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300285440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2542
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423423.10/cwt410.00–435.001,7909
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527405.98/cwt400.00–414.002,1407
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382448.43/cwt440.00–460.001,7133
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422415.95/cwt400.00–425.001,75510
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250225569.89/cwt565.00–575.001,2822
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620330.72/cwt312.50–340.002,0507
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500473384.33/cwt370.00–397.501,8183
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700661334.42/cwt328.00–342.002,2114
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725330.23/cwt326.00–335.002,3945
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0741
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300284505.11/cwt500.00–520.001,4354
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750716296.44/cwt285.00–305.002,1234
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428386.42/cwt375.00–395.001,6548
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550519355.22/cwt350.00–360.001,84411
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750738302.02/cwt300.00–304.002,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620364.61/cwt360.00–371.002,2617
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450422360.72/cwt350.00–370.001,52222
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800758272.52/cwt270.00–275.002,0662
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560399.33/cwt394.00–404.002,2363
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7671
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300276453.13/cwt445.00–465.001,2515
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363436.02/cwt430.00–450.001,5837
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350323462.76/cwt455.00–475.001,4955
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520372.18/cwt365.00–385.001,93516
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250213625.20/cwt600.00–650.001,3323
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240699.00/cwt699.00–699.001,6781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3502,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2033,326.20/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3262
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2772,731.79/head2,600.00–2,850.002,7326
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468405.39/cwt395.00–417.501,8977
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600563365.59/cwt360.00–378.002,05813
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-31,0232,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Bred CowsSmall 2-38451,767.16/head1,600.00–1,950.001,7674
Bred CowsSmall 2-38051,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsSmall 1-28002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650633350.62/cwt345.00–362.502,2193
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300255555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,4151
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37052,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1502
Bulls1,400180.63/cwt174.00–186.002,5294
Bulls1,050216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,2681
CowsLean 85-90%971145.57/cwt143.00–149.001,4138
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,232159.71/cwt159.00–160.001,9683
CowsBoner 80-85%1,164168.88/cwt167.00–173.001,9665
CowsBoner 80-85%1,010151.63/cwt147.00–154.001,5315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4653,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3583,648.71/head3,550.00–3,750.003,6494
CowsLean 85-90%968152.31/cwt150.00–154.001,4744
Bulls1,742193.59/cwt187.00–199.003,3725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,166161.58/cwt156.00–166.001,88430
CowsLean 85-90%919125.20/cwt120.00–132.001,1517
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300271465.31/cwt425.00–480.001,2616
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450433334.28/cwt320.00–348.001,4478
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4053,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1652,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0501,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2082,411.18/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4114
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500483363.34/cwt360.00–365.001,7553
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400364347.75/cwt330.00–360.001,2665
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650630309.65/cwt300.00–318.001,9514
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350338350.99/cwt350.00–353.001,1863
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300273477.71/cwt475.00–480.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335411.62/cwt410.00–415.001,3793
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250235460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0811
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350334425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4207
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450413371.46/cwt355.00–415.001,5346
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550522321.89/cwt310.00–327.501,6805
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300275379.82/cwt375.00–385.001,0452
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370369.26/cwt360.00–375.001,36613
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500477328.29/cwt320.00–333.001,56610
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700671313.45/cwt309.00–322.002,1038
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350324435.69/cwt400.00–450.001,41213
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380413.15/cwt380.00–425.001,57014
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570326.23/cwt315.00–337.501,86015
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650622319.46/cwt314.00–329.001,98713
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550521335.56/cwt330.00–347.501,74820
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250220535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,1771
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600579349.31/cwt334.00–358.002,0237
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450436406.00/cwt400.00–412.501,7706
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700678316.85/cwt308.00–322.002,1488
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500450362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6311
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700685320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1921
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650629346.94/cwt338.00–352.502,1827
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530377.85/cwt370.00–390.002,0036
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473351.58/cwt340.00–362.001,66320
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478379.87/cwt370.00–390.001,81614
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400375378.13/cwt372.50–390.001,4184
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600588307.53/cwt305.00–310.001,8082
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750730277.55/cwt270.00–285.002,0262
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650613331.02/cwt330.00–332.002,0292
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550510339.19/cwt336.00–345.001,7304
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350322364.51/cwt320.00–375.001,1747
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600579321.15/cwt310.00–330.001,8594
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750720280.01/cwt275.00–285.002,0163
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700651310.50/cwt310.00–312.002,0214

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.