Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2022-08-16

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 16
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
759 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 689▲ 208 vs year ago 551 · +37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 102▲ 80 vs year ago 85 · +94.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 57▼ 49 vs year ago 137 · −35.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves 8.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.57/cwt on 188 head.
Average price
$142.57
188 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2509145.8574391
Medium and Large 1619140.3386821
Medium and Large 3475139.2866276
One grade step is worth $6.57/cwt here — about $81 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 sale188 hd
142.57
—
GA average16 barns · 2,860 hd
149.86
−7.29
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—High1,545113.261,75019
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23593.851,15982
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37391.731,25922
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07679.2985317

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,159$1,07616
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,102$9897
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)918$8227
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$1,30420
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)805$8802thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 3—381150.88/cwt147.50–157.5057513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735130.72/cwt130.00–133.009614
BullsMedium and Large 1—425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
BullsMedium and Large 1—355199.00/cwt199.00–199.007061
BullsMedium and Large 1—485176.17/cwt175.00–180.008544
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424146.17/cwt142.50–150.0062016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532143.10/cwt140.00–150.0076115
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378162.29/cwt160.00–166.006136
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581143.31/cwt140.00–150.0083316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755131.00/cwt131.00–131.009891
HeifersMedium and Large 2—621130.83/cwt125.00–135.0081214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—576123.76/cwt120.00–128.007136
SteersMedium and Large 2—578172.99/cwt165.00–182.501,00012
SteersMedium and Large 3—568156.51/cwt150.00–160.008893
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468140.72/cwt135.00–145.0065919
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526133.56/cwt130.00–137.5070317
HeifersMedium and Large 3—621119.62/cwt115.00–123.007435
HeifersMedium and Large 2—669126.39/cwt120.00–130.008465
SteersMedium and Large 2—725151.92/cwt149.00–155.001,1014
SteersMedium and Large 2—618163.26/cwt160.00–165.001,0093
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330171.71/cwt170.00–175.0056711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425159.97/cwt157.50–162.506808
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574134.91/cwt130.00–139.0077419
SteersMedium and Large 2—520178.74/cwt177.50–180.009292
SteersMedium and Large 2—390200.00/cwt200.00–200.007802
SteersMedium and Large 1—621172.95/cwt170.00–175.001,0745
SteersMedium and Large 1—710163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1571
SteersMedium and Large 1—655174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1401
SteersMedium and Large 1—575179.90/cwt175.00–185.001,03410
SteersMedium and Large 1—475189.89/cwt185.00–195.009028
SteersMedium and Large 2—763149.23/cwt147.50–151.001,1392
SteersMedium and Large 3—380183.57/cwt180.00–190.006984
SteersMedium and Large 2—415194.33/cwt192.50–195.008064
SteersMedium and Large 2—475178.52/cwt178.00–180.0084812
SteersMedium and Large 3—525166.54/cwt160.00–170.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1—320213.57/cwt207.50–217.506834
SteersMedium and Large 1—432200.67/cwt197.50–207.008676
BullsMedium and Large 1—770147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1361
BullsMedium and Large 2—625144.95/cwt142.50–147.509063
BullsMedium and Large 1—525171.06/cwt167.50–175.0089818
BullsMedium and Large 1—576164.66/cwt160.00–170.0094810
BullsMedium and Large 1—619158.15/cwt155.00–160.009797
BullsMedium and Large 1—715150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0732
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36992.70/cwt89.00–96.001,26911
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26393.77/cwt90.00–97.001,18434
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12076.03/cwt72.00–78.0085211
CowsLean 85-90%—99685.27/cwt82.00–89.008496
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29085.06/cwt82.00–88.001,0977
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,528100.75/cwt98.00–104.001,5394
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09886.28/cwt82.00–89.0094724
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,331101.53/cwt98.00–105.001,35124
Bulls——1,955120.47/cwt119.00–122.002,3552
Bulls——1,593114.09/cwt110.00–117.001,81713
Bulls——1,186106.95/cwt105.00–109.001,2684
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050967.26/head900.00–1,025.009672
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0131,184.89/head1,170.00–1,200.001,1854
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9701,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—966844.97/head820.00–875.008455
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—865763.71/head700.00–820.007645
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2401,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2181,129.38/head1,060.00–1,230.001,1293
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0801,520.00/head1,520.00–1,520.001,5202
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—805880.00/head880.00–880.008802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,015883.45/head780.00–980.008834
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2471,181.21/head1,080.00–1,240.001,18111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1391,410.31/head1,350.00–1,450.001,4108
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—755850.00/head850.00–850.008502
BullsMedium and Large 3—478154.06/cwt150.00–160.0073618
BullsMedium and Large 3—629130.36/cwt127.50–135.008206
BullsMedium and Large 3—573140.33/cwt135.00–145.0080412
BullsMedium and Large 3—425162.36/cwt157.50–167.5069016
BullsMedium and Large 3—373171.37/cwt167.50–175.0063910
BullsMedium and Large 3—515148.05/cwt142.50–150.007628
BullsMedium and Large 1—320202.50/cwt202.50–202.506481
BullsMedium and Large 3—225196.14/cwt195.00–197.504412
BullsMedium and Large 3—725122.78/cwt120.00–126.008903
BullsMedium and Large 3—275192.32/cwt190.00–195.005292
BullsMedium and Large 2—577153.24/cwt150.00–157.508843
BullsMedium and Large 2—473167.82/cwt162.50–172.507946
BullsMedium and Large 2—528159.11/cwt155.00–165.0084012
BullsMedium and Large 1—675149.88/cwt145.00–155.001,0125
BullsMedium and Large 2—382183.10/cwt180.00–190.006993
BullsMedium and Large 2—430173.78/cwt170.00–180.0074720
BullsMedium and Large 2—678135.70/cwt133.00–140.009204
BullsMedium and Large 2—725132.36/cwt127.50–137.509602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472150.49/cwt147.50–153.0071013

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.