Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2020-03-24

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
236 vs last sale 375 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
19 vs last sale 119 138 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
38 vs last sale 74 36 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 and bulls 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.84/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$119.84
21 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.81
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545125.2768310thin
Medium and Large 2562114.9164611thin
One grade step is worth $10.35/cwt here — about $37 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 sale21 hd
119.84
GA average12 barns · 369 hd
118.04
+1.81
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
BullsHigh1,454107.021,55630
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49776.761,14912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20474.4689669
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00661.7762210

Every lot, as filed

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1625135.28/cwt132.50–137.508463
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2915940.00/cwt940.00–940.008,6012
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3855765.00/cwt765.00–765.006,5412
BullsMedium and Large 1475159.79/cwt155.00–165.007592
BullsMedium and Large 2328163.95/cwt160.00–170.005383
BullsMedium and Large 2482149.07/cwt147.50–152.507193
BullsMedium and Large 2423154.07/cwt150.00–157.506526
BullsMedium and Large 3468138.24/cwt135.00–140.006473
Bulls1,449113.84/cwt113.00–116.001,6506
Bred CowsSmall 2-31,015731.48/cwt680.00–790.007,4252
HeifersMedium and Large 1580126.78/cwt124.00–132.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 2425124.76/cwt120.00–130.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 2675102.46/cwt100.00–105.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 2526120.94/cwt117.50–125.006365
SteersMedium and Large 1529143.68/cwt140.00–149.007605
SteersMedium and Large 2425159.76/cwt155.00–165.006792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58283.96/cwt83.00–85.001,3283
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49775.04/cwt74.00–78.001,1237
CowsLean 85-90%96756.03/cwt54.00–59.005423
CowsLean 85-90%1,02364.23/cwt61.00–68.006577
HeifersMedium and Large 1625114.84/cwt110.00–120.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 1470128.97/cwt122.50–133.006064
Bulls1,519108.35/cwt106.00–111.001,6469
Bulls1,417103.49/cwt100.00–105.001,46615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39483.30/cwt80.00–86.001,16110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16468.84/cwt64.00–71.0080119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17574.92/cwt72.00–79.0088040
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37072.00/cwt72.00–72.009862

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.