Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2026-07-20

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jul 20
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
474 head
104 vs last sale 370 8 vs year ago 466 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
0 vs last sale 40 45 vs year ago 85 · 52.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
16 vs last sale 38 14 vs year ago 36 · 38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $370.00/cwt on 51 head, down $19.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 31 comparable sales and sits 25.53 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$370.00
19.86 vs prior sale
51 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531389.542,06711thin
Medium and Large 2527371.211,95629
Medium and Large 3529347.281,83811thin
One grade step is worth $42.26/cwt here — about $229 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
370.00
GA average13 barns · 400 hd
375.22
−5.22
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−25.53
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
BullsHigh1,668206.713,4487thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,558188.732,9404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,325184.332,44215
CowsLean 85-90%Low927163.061,5117thin

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)950$2,0854thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2350–400368468.03/cwt452.50–480.001,7228
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620339.23/cwt320.00–345.002,1036
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700655323.97/cwt320.00–328.002,1222
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450419425.63/cwt415.00–445.001,78322
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800770308.05/cwt300.00–316.002,3722
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700668324.70/cwt320.00–330.002,1693
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300260542.74/cwt530.00–555.001,4112
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600561354.25/cwt350.00–360.001,9879
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550514377.14/cwt365.00–390.001,93820
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450424399.17/cwt390.00–415.001,69212
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368417.59/cwt415.00–420.001,5372
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550514410.47/cwt405.00–415.002,1104
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700668335.06/cwt330.00–340.002,2382
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578385.11/cwt380.00–390.002,2262
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500459409.72/cwt400.00–420.001,88114
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610357.92/cwt350.00–370.002,1837
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325495.31/cwt490.00–505.001,6103
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300257548.31/cwt540.00–555.001,4093
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325486.56/cwt485.00–490.001,5813
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670342.98/cwt342.00–344.002,2982
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410423.25/cwt420.00–425.001,7353
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273574.86/cwt570.00–580.001,5692
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500473437.43/cwt425.00–450.002,0692
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700673338.53/cwt337.00–340.002,2782
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350310530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550507399.98/cwt395.00–410.002,0286
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465427.49/cwt425.00–435.001,9888
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550506392.28/cwt380.00–405.001,9857
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605335.53/cwt332.00–340.002,0304
Bred CowsSmall 1-28152,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600559377.02/cwt370.00–385.002,1085
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,568191.43/cwt190.00–193.003,0022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,388184.85/cwt180.00–190.002,5668
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248175.83/cwt170.00–179.002,1944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258194.29/cwt191.00–198.002,4443
CowsLean 85-90%892156.62/cwt153.00–159.001,3973
CowsLean 85-90%940172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,6171
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600556358.03/cwt350.00–365.001,9919
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500475380.37/cwt370.00–395.001,80710
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500462385.10/cwt370.00–400.001,77910
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750719330.79/cwt327.00–334.002,3784
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750703310.48/cwt305.00–316.002,1832
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650614324.18/cwt320.00–330.001,9904
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350318445.85/cwt440.00–470.001,4185
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350323413.81/cwt400.00–420.001,3373
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523365.87/cwt360.00–375.001,9146
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450419396.19/cwt380.00–410.001,6604
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600558335.04/cwt330.00–345.001,8704
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400374418.40/cwt405.00–435.001,5657
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550513354.28/cwt347.00–362.001,8177
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700668302.53/cwt300.00–305.002,0212
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550505382.52/cwt380.00–385.001,9322
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350312462.35/cwt450.00–480.001,4433
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650603284.97/cwt275.00–300.001,7183
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600568333.43/cwt325.00–340.001,8943
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400359390.05/cwt385.00–395.001,4004
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450415431.79/cwt430.00–435.001,7923
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700670265.11/cwt260.00–270.001,7764
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300265474.15/cwt460.00–490.001,2562
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450423381.00/cwt377.00–385.001,6124
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500467363.77/cwt360.00–368.001,6997
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550520350.96/cwt350.00–352.001,8252
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650608372.47/cwt370.00–375.002,2652
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250239548.72/cwt545.00–555.001,3114
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750711337.62/cwt335.00–340.002,4004
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569364.33/cwt362.00–370.002,0736
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400370436.42/cwt430.00–442.501,6152
Bulls2,205223.00/cwt223.00–223.004,9171
Bulls1,357194.39/cwt190.00–197.002,6383
Bulls1,800213.60/cwt208.00–217.003,8453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,548186.03/cwt183.00–189.002,8802
CowsLean 85-90%957166.51/cwt160.00–170.001,5943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39952,030.15/head2,000.00–2,100.002,0303

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.