Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2020-09-15

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 15
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
920 head
▲ 352 vs last sale 568▲ 37 vs year ago 883 · +4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 39▼ 33 vs year ago 142 · −23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 55▼ 7 vs year ago 107 · −6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.45/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$114.45
196 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$169
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$5.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3486115.34561134
Medium and Large 2575113.4165247
Medium and Large 1665109.7573015thin
One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$169 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 sale196 hd
114.45
—
GA average18 barns · 1,667 hd
119.63
−5.18
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—Average1,67588.941,48916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15960.7470450
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55158.989155thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02452.4753722

Every lot, as filed

54 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—473146.56/cwt142.50–150.006933
BullsMedium and Large 1—678110.95/cwt107.50–115.0075213
BullsMedium and Large 1—719109.94/cwt105.00–112.507905
Bulls——1,66091.42/cwt89.00–94.001,51810
Bulls——1,69984.81/cwt80.00–87.001,4416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,131865.62/cwt800.00–960.009,7906
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,086871.52/cwt830.00–940.009,4658
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,051776.93/cwt695.00–870.008,1664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,0001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—1,115795.00/cwt795.00–795.008,8642
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—805808.36/cwt740.00–870.006,5076
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—970730.00/cwt730.00–730.007,0812
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0851,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,3932
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,1451,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0011,5652
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—850950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,0752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,4001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0015,7502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,4002
SteersMedium and Large 3—569125.12/cwt120.00–128.0071210
SteersMedium and Large 3—633112.67/cwt110.00–119.007136
SteersMedium and Large 3—523134.42/cwt130.00–138.007034
SteersMedium and Large 3—425156.19/cwt155.00–157.506642
SteersMedium and Large 2—574136.55/cwt133.00–140.007845
SteersMedium and Large 2—432165.31/cwt165.00–166.007143
SteersMedium and Large 2—625125.65/cwt122.50–129.007852
SteersMedium and Large 1—675124.96/cwt122.50–127.508434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472118.22/cwt112.50–122.5055849
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525109.92/cwt105.00–115.0057737
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03855.35/cwt53.00–60.0057513
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00448.31/cwt45.00–52.004859
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49057.66/cwt57.00–58.008593
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64360.96/cwt60.00–62.001,0022
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14863.39/cwt61.00–68.0072825
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16958.08/cwt55.00–60.0067925
HeifersMedium and Large 3—437121.41/cwt120.00–127.5053124
HeifersMedium and Large 3—571103.29/cwt97.50–107.5059017
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330134.27/cwt132.50–137.504434
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368129.82/cwt125.00–132.504783
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579113.66/cwt110.00–118.0065823
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532119.04/cwt117.50–122.0063314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625104.93/cwt100.00–110.0065610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—687106.89/cwt105.00–115.007349
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632114.04/cwt112.50–117.007216
BullsMedium and Large 3—573113.01/cwt107.50–117.5064829
BullsMedium and Large 3—527121.87/cwt117.50–127.5064226
BullsMedium and Large 3—628103.12/cwt100.00–107.5064811
BullsMedium and Large 3—486129.18/cwt127.50–135.0062810
BullsMedium and Large 3—320166.00/cwt160.00–170.005316
BullsMedium and Large 3—371152.87/cwt150.00–155.005675
BullsMedium and Large 3—275171.16/cwt170.00–172.504712
BullsMedium and Large 2—629113.87/cwt110.00–120.0071626
BullsMedium and Large 2—587121.02/cwt120.00–125.0071019
BullsMedium and Large 2—377164.49/cwt160.00–170.006206
BullsMedium and Large 2—687100.95/cwt100.00–105.006945
BullsMedium and Large 2—429156.93/cwt155.00–160.006735

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.