Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2020-01-14

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 14
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
619 vs last sale 1,119 500 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
69 vs last sale 136 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
95 vs last sale 129 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves steady to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 4.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.32/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$126.32
172 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.43
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503132.3666538
Medium and Large 2473126.10596105
Medium and Large 3423119.2050429
One grade step is worth $13.16/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale172 hd
126.32
GA average16 barns · 1,745 hd
125.89
+0.43
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
BullsAverage1,64588.311,45310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62361.971,0062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21161.8974933
CowsLean 85-90%Average98849.4648916

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Franklin County Livestock - Carnesville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2580112.94/cwt110.00–118.0065514
HeifersMedium and Large 3274138.88/cwt135.00–142.503815
HeifersMedium and Large 3325126.13/cwt122.50–130.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 2532118.81/cwt115.00–125.0063223
HeifersMedium and Large 1475137.08/cwt132.50–141.006517
HeifersMedium and Large 1675119.93/cwt117.00–122.508105
HeifersMedium and Large 2682109.10/cwt107.50–112.507443
SteersMedium and Large 1525150.55/cwt147.50–155.007904
SteersMedium and Large 1480157.51/cwt155.00–163.007564
SteersMedium and Large 2428160.63/cwt157.50–165.006877
HeifersMedium and Large 3476111.98/cwt107.50–119.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 3531109.62/cwt105.00–112.505827
HeifersMedium and Large 3413118.92/cwt115.00–120.004915
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,138906.56/cwt885.00–930.0010,3174
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,300900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7002
SteersMedium and Large 2568137.38/cwt132.50–140.007803
SteersMedium and Large 2382166.24/cwt165.00–169.006353
SteersMedium and Large 2325173.52/cwt170.00–177.505642
SteersMedium and Large 1635135.95/cwt135.00–139.008634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,055577.16/cwt520.00–640.006,0892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,061589.13/cwt550.00–650.006,2517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3805600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8301
BullsMedium and Large 2579134.47/cwt132.50–137.5077910
BullsMedium and Large 2372164.40/cwt160.00–167.5061210
BullsMedium and Large 2623125.46/cwt120.00–130.007829
BullsMedium and Large 2324167.76/cwt162.50–172.005445
BullsMedium and Large 1432168.05/cwt166.00–175.0072612
BullsMedium and Large 1373172.76/cwt170.00–175.006448
BullsMedium and Large 2524147.57/cwt142.50–152.007737
BullsMedium and Large 2475153.48/cwt150.00–157.007296
Bulls1,65386.34/cwt83.00–89.001,4275
Bulls1,68194.10/cwt93.00–95.001,5824
Bulls1,46575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0991
BullsMedium and Large 3523136.30/cwt130.00–140.0071311
BullsMedium and Large 1479165.22/cwt162.50–169.007915
BullsMedium and Large 1675124.93/cwt120.00–130.008434
BullsMedium and Large 3382147.33/cwt145.00–152.505633
BullsMedium and Large 3325156.17/cwt155.00–157.505082
BullsMedium and Large 2426157.05/cwt152.50–162.5066915
BullsMedium and Large 2669115.15/cwt110.00–118.007707
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05154.56/cwt52.00–57.005736
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19068.33/cwt67.00–71.008134
BullsMedium and Large 3476139.69/cwt135.00–145.006659
BullsMedium and Large 3574125.87/cwt120.00–130.007228
BullsMedium and Large 3415149.33/cwt147.50–150.006204
BullsMedium and Large 1334177.01/cwt175.00–183.005917
HeifersMedium and Large 2616113.67/cwt110.00–115.007007
HeifersMedium and Large 2428126.67/cwt122.50–132.505427
CowsLean 85-90%98950.42/cwt47.00–53.0049913
CowsLean 85-90%98545.32/cwt45.00–46.004463
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62361.97/cwt58.00–65.001,0062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25662.68/cwt59.00–66.0078723
HeifersMedium and Large 1432137.37/cwt135.00–142.0059318
HeifersMedium and Large 1578124.72/cwt120.00–128.007218
HeifersMedium and Large 2374139.71/cwt135.00–143.0052320
HeifersMedium and Large 2329140.39/cwt137.50–145.0046216
HeifersMedium and Large 2480125.12/cwt122.50–130.0060115

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.