Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2026-08-17

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Aug 17
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Aug 10Aug 17latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
277 head
89 vs last sale 366 142 vs year ago 419 · 33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
23 vs last sale 48 17 vs year ago 54 · +31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
17 vs last sale 38 17 vs year ago 38 · +44.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder steers 5.00 to 10,00 lower, feeder bulls 5.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $326.46/cwt on 24 head, down $19.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 69.08 against this barn's trailing median of $395.53.
Average price
$326.46
19.23 vs prior sale
24 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$291
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.25
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538350.311,8867thin
Medium and Large 2536324.841,74212thin
Medium and Large 3537296.971,5955thin
One grade step is worth $53.34/cwt here — about $291 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 sale24 hd
326.46
GA average12 barns · 317 hd
336.71
−10.25
This barn, trailing median31 sales
395.53
−69.08
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
BullsLow1,511188.752,8538thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,127167.831,89138
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,533163.562,5072thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average932148.861,38817

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$2,64319
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,143$2,5752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)993$3,0504thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2132,390.27/head2,050.00–2,500.002,3905
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3452,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bulls1,248184.92/cwt183.00–187.002,3082
CowsLean 85-90%974149.53/cwt147.00–157.001,4567
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132167.26/cwt162.00–172.001,89324
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700685275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8841
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550515305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,5713
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550535305.99/cwt305.00–307.001,6372
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450400432.50/cwt430.00–435.001,7302
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1781
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460421.01/cwt420.00–422.001,9372
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750700275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9251
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6652
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400363384.95/cwt380.00–395.001,3973
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600570284.87/cwt280.00–290.001,6242
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450438352.71/cwt340.00–365.001,5452
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500458331.65/cwt330.00–335.001,5193
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250223472.25/cwt450.00–495.001,0532
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400383388.35/cwt385.00–390.001,4873
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380432.66/cwt420.00–445.001,6442
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615323.07/cwt320.00–326.001,9872
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600572309.22/cwt305.00–312.501,7693
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700658274.98/cwt270.00–280.001,8092
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350333434.96/cwt430.00–440.001,4482
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460339.80/cwt325.00–345.001,5634
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700663302.66/cwt300.00–307.002,0073
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650617304.79/cwt300.00–310.001,8813
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550515328.66/cwt325.00–335.001,6937
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350335402.76/cwt385.00–420.001,3492
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550527316.63/cwt314.00–318.001,6693
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500464356.05/cwt340.00–375.001,6524
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400359426.00/cwt412.00–440.001,52910
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350324474.68/cwt465.00–485.001,5386
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450409390.42/cwt380.00–400.001,5978
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618302.45/cwt300.00–305.001,8692
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250245495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,2131
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300274530.11/cwt505.00–545.001,4534
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750730295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1541
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275487.24/cwt482.00–490.001,3403
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425415.12/cwt410.00–420.001,7642
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600571334.49/cwt320.00–346.001,9105
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465401.54/cwt390.00–415.001,8673
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550532358.98/cwt350.00–385.001,9105
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600566319.48/cwt307.00–326.001,8085
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300250587.50/cwt580.00–595.001,4692
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9121
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250225546.19/cwt545.00–547.501,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625332.42/cwt330.00–335.002,0782
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650617321.62/cwt320.00–325.001,9843
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750738312.01/cwt310.00–314.002,3032
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400358447.52/cwt445.00–450.001,6022
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350310506.77/cwt500.00–510.001,5713
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700660305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0131
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565345.54/cwt340.00–348.001,9524
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500464386.19/cwt382.00–395.001,7925
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510336.74/cwt336.00–337.501,7172
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418412.72/cwt405.00–420.001,7256
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550503356.66/cwt350.00–365.001,7943
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563367.40/cwt350.00–371.002,0686
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750713340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,42443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0372,762.64/head2,600.00–2,950.002,76313
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1553,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555320.67/cwt320.00–322.001,7803
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350343447.52/cwt445.00–450.001,5352
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466359.76/cwt355.00–365.001,6764
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38302,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Bred CowsSmall 2-38752,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250230640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,4721
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413382.55/cwt375.00–390.001,5802
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400358412.52/cwt410.00–415.001,4772
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533163.56/cwt163.00–164.002,5072
CowsBoner 80-85%1,065157.72/cwt152.00–160.001,6805
CowsBoner 80-85%1,147174.96/cwt173.00–180.002,0079
Bulls1,599190.03/cwt188.00–192.003,0396
CowsLean 85-90%868138.81/cwt132.00–142.001,2056
CowsLean 85-90%956162.76/cwt160.00–165.001,5564

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.