Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2020-02-18

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
653 head
▲ 349 vs last sale 304▲ 653 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 78▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 70▲ 93 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 steady, slaughter bulls 8.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.84/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$131.84
228 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481137.6966294
Medium and Large 2466128.5059993
Medium and Large 3376126.0347341
One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about $189 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 sale228 hd
131.84
—
GA average15 barns · 1,348 hd
130.80
+1.05
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
Bulls—Average1,65998.831,63916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46067.549866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11666.9374744
CowsLean 85-90%Average94556.0152927

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1—325154.90/cwt150.00–159.005039
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372153.10/cwt147.50–157.505707
BullsMedium and Large 3—574131.52/cwt128.00–135.0075515
BullsMedium and Large 3—535137.39/cwt135.00–144.0073515
BullsMedium and Large 3—475149.93/cwt145.00–155.0071214
BullsMedium and Large 3—373169.79/cwt165.00–175.0063310
BullsMedium and Large 3—623121.79/cwt117.50–125.007599
BullsMedium and Large 3—424162.74/cwt158.00–167.506908
BullsMedium and Large 2—478160.65/cwt157.50–165.0076810
BullsMedium and Large 2—674125.20/cwt120.00–129.008448
BullsMedium and Large 2—421175.85/cwt170.00–180.007408
BullsMedium and Large 2—275199.13/cwt195.00–202.505487
BullsMedium and Large 2—322187.79/cwt185.00–190.006056
BullsMedium and Large 2—724116.56/cwt113.00–119.008445
BullsMedium and Large 2—621130.65/cwt127.50–133.008115
BullsMedium and Large 1—378189.17/cwt185.00–195.0071512
BullsMedium and Large 1—418187.46/cwt182.50–190.0078410
BullsMedium and Large 1—329197.76/cwt195.00–202.506517
BullsMedium and Large 1—482173.15/cwt170.00–180.008353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—895684.62/cwt610.00–775.006,1274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,128974.72/cwt950.00–1,000.0010,9952
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—790680.00/cwt680.00–680.005,3722
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—880667.34/cwt620.00–710.005,8738
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—903890.00/cwt890.00–890.008,0374
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—890853.97/cwt820.00–880.007,6006
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,078957.09/cwt940.00–975.0010,3176
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,005960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,6482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1231,123.15/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0012,6136
SteersMedium and Large 1—555150.59/cwt145.00–154.0083616
HeifersMedium and Large 3—417121.89/cwt115.00–125.0050820
HeifersMedium and Large 3—329128.83/cwt125.00–135.0042410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368126.73/cwt120.00–130.004668
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275142.38/cwt140.00–145.003923
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571115.48/cwt113.00–120.0065930
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474130.01/cwt125.00–135.0061616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422133.14/cwt127.50–137.5056214
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515123.45/cwt119.00–125.0063610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374137.65/cwt132.50–142.505159
HeifersMedium and Large 2—331140.92/cwt137.50–147.504667
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275154.61/cwt150.00–158.004257
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479141.27/cwt137.50–146.0067723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427144.06/cwt139.00–149.0061519
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526130.95/cwt127.50–135.0068915
CowsLean 85-90%—94656.22/cwt53.00–60.0053219
CowsLean 85-90%—95862.68/cwt61.00–68.006004
CowsLean 85-90%—92648.35/cwt45.00–52.004484
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44065.33/cwt62.00–68.009414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50071.95/cwt71.00–73.001,0792
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12465.94/cwt62.00–69.0074122
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17372.89/cwt70.00–77.0085514
CowsBoner 80-85%—99359.22/cwt55.00–61.005888
Bulls——1,737100.70/cwt98.00–103.001,74910
Bulls——1,31489.96/cwt87.00–94.001,1824
Bulls——1,955107.21/cwt104.00–110.002,0962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—913733.50/cwt690.00–780.006,6973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,024772.42/cwt690.00–840.007,9104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583125.13/cwt122.50–130.0073011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625114.97/cwt112.50–120.0071910

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.