Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2026-09-28

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Sep 28
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
448 head
▲ 425 vs last sale 23▼ 152 vs year ago 600 · −25.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 42▼ 36 vs year ago 76 · −47.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 346 vs last sale 388▲ 15 vs year ago 27 · +55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $333.21/cwt on 52 head, down $13.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −37.10 against this barn's trailing median of $370.31.
Average price
$333.21
▼ 13.86 vs prior sale
52 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531355.531,88910thin
Medium and Large 2527340.611,79523
Medium and Large 3541312.511,69119thin
One grade step is worth $43.02/cwt here — about $198 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
333.21
—
GA average14 barns · 410 hd
335.30
−2.09
This barn, trailing median34 sales
370.31
−37.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
443396350303median 370.3103/0204/2707/0608/3110/26
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $429.02, low $316.81, median $370.31 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,505175.382,6397thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,555149.002,3171thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,069147.391,57613
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,088137.581,49711

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)957$2,0134thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$1,8502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$2,9502thin

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383399.35/cwt380.00–420.001,5302
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9142
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,9662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463417.57/cwt405.00–430.001,9332
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513391.79/cwt380.00–400.002,0103
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515376.47/cwt370.00–380.001,9393
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562370.66/cwt370.00–372.002,0833
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568355.00/cwt350.00–360.002,0163
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614329.34/cwt326.00–335.002,0224
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665326.02/cwt322.00–330.002,1684
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710322.99/cwt322.00–324.002,2932
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715313.41/cwt307.00–320.002,2412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758322.99/cwt322.00–324.002,4482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233504.95/cwt500.00–510.001,1772
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272504.85/cwt500.00–510.001,3733
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275442.91/cwt435.00–450.001,2182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3317374.61/cwt355.00–400.001,1885
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320473.28/cwt470.00–475.001,5143
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320463.63/cwt450.00–467.501,4846
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368454.02/cwt435.00–470.001,6715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370387.27/cwt375.00–400.001,4337
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413401.20/cwt390.00–415.001,6575
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415381.25/cwt375.00–388.001,5823
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425353.25/cwt350.00–355.001,5013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465329.00/cwt325.00–335.001,5305
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466347.02/cwt342.00–355.001,61710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2506324.76/cwt316.00–330.001,64316
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513335.86/cwt335.00–337.501,7233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3519300.26/cwt290.00–308.001,5587
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558327.16/cwt325.00–330.001,8266
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563316.24/cwt307.00–324.001,78012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563298.30/cwt285.00–305.001,6797
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605316.51/cwt315.00–318.001,9152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605302.31/cwt290.00–310.001,82914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3618275.09/cwt270.00–280.001,7003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673285.99/cwt282.00–290.001,9252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275527.03/cwt520.00–540.001,4493
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3277479.28/cwt450.00–495.001,3283
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3307446.63/cwt445.00–450.001,3713
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323486.91/cwt475.00–495.001,5733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1357473.34/cwt470.00–475.001,6903
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361447.14/cwt430.00–460.001,61415
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3368401.85/cwt375.00–420.001,4798
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419410.94/cwt390.00–425.001,72218
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423435.15/cwt430.00–440.001,8416
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438351.35/cwt340.00–370.001,5396
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460399.97/cwt370.00–415.001,84016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464350.13/cwt330.00–365.001,6256
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467421.00/cwt420.00–425.001,9665
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510361.73/cwt355.00–365.001,8456
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2512346.22/cwt340.00–354.001,77316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3512325.39/cwt320.00–332.501,6667
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558304.99/cwt295.00–315.001,70212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561327.78/cwt320.00–335.001,8397
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563346.23/cwt340.00–355.001,9494
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3605280.08/cwt270.00–290.001,6944
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2616303.68/cwt300.00–315.001,8714
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660307.52/cwt305.00–310.002,0302
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3660275.04/cwt270.00–280.001,8152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678294.91/cwt290.00–300.001,9994
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705305.04/cwt300.00–310.002,1512
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3713257.46/cwt255.00–260.001,8362
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2715280.10/cwt275.00–285.002,0032
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765278.80/cwt275.00–282.502,1332
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320168.71/cwt165.00–172.002,2272
Bulls——1,579178.05/cwt176.00–183.002,8115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%913126.96/cwt124.00–130.001,1592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,069147.39/cwt143.00–151.001,57613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083143.50/cwt143.00–144.001,5542
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140138.92/cwt137.00–142.001,5847
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,3171
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-37051,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Small 1-28032,075.08/head2,050.00–2,100.002,0752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1101,950.34/head1,875.00–2,025.001,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2152,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0402,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502

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.