Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-01-31

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 31
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
713 head
▲ 201 vs last sale 512▼ 411 vs year ago 1,124 · −36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 104▼ 115 vs year ago 239 · −48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
238 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 103▲ 23 vs year ago 215 · +10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher with exceptional individuals bringing 104.00 to 105.00, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 7.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 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 $148.90/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$148.90
183 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553154.9185657
Medium and Large 2494151.4374957
Medium and Large 3488141.8569269
One grade step is worth $13.06/cwt here — about $165 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 sale183 hd
148.90
—
GA average15 barns · 1,459 hd
155.56
−6.66
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—High1,560111.241,73519
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39490.461,26111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15087.741,00953
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00677.0877514

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)1,023$1,01420
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)955$90128
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)949$86714
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)878$1,10028

Every lot, as filed

84 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—575149.93/cwt145.00–155.0086212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—682136.84/cwt134.00–142.509336
BullsMedium and Large 2—282221.51/cwt220.00–225.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 3—727118.29/cwt115.00–120.008606
HeifersMedium and Large 3—384161.36/cwt160.00–165.006207
HeifersMedium and Large 2—487151.42/cwt150.00–158.0073714
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523132.84/cwt127.50–137.5069510
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370173.61/cwt170.00–176.0064211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—628133.35/cwt130.00–138.008376
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423162.87/cwt157.50–167.506895
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477141.88/cwt137.50–147.5067720
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325169.85/cwt165.00–175.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525144.87/cwt140.00–150.0076115
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573137.91/cwt132.50–142.507905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632141.23/cwt139.00–146.008936
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775125.00/cwt125.00–125.009691
HeifersMedium and Large 1—710132.50/cwt132.50–132.509411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518154.60/cwt152.00–156.008019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410175.00/cwt175.00–175.007181
SteersMedium and Large 2—575169.91/cwt167.50–172.509772
SteersMedium and Large 2—740150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1102
SteersMedium and Large 2—475188.70/cwt187.50–190.008962
SteersMedium and Large 1—760152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,1591
SteersMedium and Large 1—499210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,04827
SteersMedium and Large 1—375222.37/cwt220.00–225.008342
SteersMedium and Large 2—630165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 2—360215.00/cwt215.00–215.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1—650163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0601
SteersMedium and Large 3—575164.19/cwt162.50–166.009444
SteersMedium and Large 2—520185.00/cwt185.00–185.009621
SteersMedium and Large 2—445205.00/cwt205.00–205.009121
SteersMedium and Large 1—535191.18/cwt190.00–195.001,0234
SteersMedium and Large 1—575182.24/cwt182.00–182.501,0482
SteersMedium and Large 2—305225.00/cwt225.00–225.006861
BullsMedium and Large 2—625149.19/cwt147.50–151.009322
BullsMedium and Large 1—345220.00/cwt220.00–220.007591
BullsMedium and Large 1—520179.28/cwt177.00–181.009323
BullsMedium and Large 1—575172.34/cwt168.00–177.009912
BullsMedium and Large 1—417206.96/cwt200.00–210.0086312
BullsMedium and Large 1—475195.39/cwt193.00–198.009282
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00372.11/cwt69.00–74.007234
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00779.07/cwt75.00–82.0079610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42295.53/cwt93.00–98.001,3583
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38488.56/cwt85.00–92.001,2268
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12686.29/cwt84.00–91.0097228
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06681.15/cwt77.00–83.0086511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26595.83/cwt92.00–99.001,21214
Bulls——1,706116.42/cwt115.00–118.001,9869
Bulls——1,479109.38/cwt105.00–112.001,6187
Bulls——1,310100.04/cwt99.00–101.001,3113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,231.30/head1,175.00–1,300.001,2314
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—917792.21/head770.00–810.007925
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—966908.33/head870.00–950.009089
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—937871.84/head790.00–930.0087221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,007987.17/head960.00–1,020.009877
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—992959.71/head870.00–1,050.0096016
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—883950.53/head880.00–1,060.0095110
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8391,190.65/head1,125.00–1,275.001,1918
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9281,085.65/head1,075.00–1,100.001,0864
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—930970.00/head970.00–970.009702
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—8701,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3754
BullsMedium and Large 3—285210.00/cwt210.00–210.005991
BullsMedium and Large 3—472165.75/cwt160.00–170.0078220
BullsMedium and Large 3—575151.21/cwt150.00–152.508692
BullsMedium and Large 3—526154.56/cwt150.00–160.008138
BullsMedium and Large 3—371191.73/cwt187.50–195.007114
BullsMedium and Large 3—335201.14/cwt200.00–205.006744
BullsMedium and Large 2—382201.55/cwt200.00–205.007703
BullsMedium and Large 2—579163.24/cwt159.00–167.5094514
BullsMedium and Large 2—325212.35/cwt210.00–215.006902
BullsMedium and Large 2—518172.44/cwt170.00–175.008934
BullsMedium and Large 1—625160.15/cwt158.00–162.501,0017
BullsMedium and Large 3—427179.35/cwt175.00–185.0076614
BullsMedium and Large 2—725140.49/cwt140.00–141.001,0192
BullsMedium and Large 2—483178.02/cwt175.00–185.008608
BullsMedium and Large 1—725149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1—672155.47/cwt153.00–157.501,0456
BullsMedium and Large 1—375214.80/cwt210.00–220.008066
BullsMedium and Large 2—418193.27/cwt190.00–195.008086
HeifersMedium and Large 3—572125.69/cwt120.00–130.007196
HeifersMedium and Large 3—432148.26/cwt145.00–155.0064015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484168.50/cwt168.50–168.5081621

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.