Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-02-07

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 7
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
813 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 713▲ 45 vs year ago 768 · +5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 124▲ 33 vs year ago 145 · +22.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 238▲ 30 vs year ago 123 · +24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 6.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, heifer calves 8.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.71/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$162.71
246 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.45
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445167.31745110
Medium and Large 3418160.9067367
Medium and Large 1561157.1388269
One grade step is worth $10.18/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale246 hd
162.71
—
GA average14 barns · 1,663 hd
161.26
+1.45
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—Average1,600111.591,78517
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45593.851,36534
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16690.551,05662
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06176.2180921

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,031$96314
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,002$92211
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)961$8759
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)992$1,18228

Every lot, as filed

87 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—728134.33/cwt130.00–137.509784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574150.40/cwt145.00–155.0086315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472175.60/cwt170.00–180.0082911
BullsMedium and Large 3—529163.88/cwt160.00–169.0086713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525139.95/cwt137.50–142.507358
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429161.48/cwt157.50–167.506938
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275183.71/cwt180.00–188.005052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568139.92/cwt135.00–142.507956
HeifersMedium and Large 1—504169.06/cwt160.00–170.0085223
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371170.90/cwt165.00–175.0063417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420175.41/cwt170.00–180.0073734
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523150.41/cwt145.00–155.0078720
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225193.42/cwt190.00–197.504352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326187.23/cwt182.50–193.0061013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270193.47/cwt190.00–196.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—632131.60/cwt130.00–135.008323
SteersMedium and Large 2—580172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0011
SteersMedium and Large 3—375206.05/cwt202.50–210.007732
SteersMedium and Large 3—475189.86/cwt185.00–195.009023
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678136.66/cwt132.50–142.009277
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
SteersMedium and Large 1—325231.17/cwt230.00–232.507512
SteersMedium and Large 1—665162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0771
SteersMedium and Large 1—560194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0861
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476149.63/cwt145.00–155.0071220
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325177.42/cwt175.00–180.005779
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629141.37/cwt137.50–148.008899
SteersMedium and Large 3—655140.00/cwt140.00–140.009171
SteersMedium and Large 2—370221.32/cwt215.00–225.008194
SteersMedium and Large 2—610160.00/cwt160.00–160.009761
SteersMedium and Large 3—415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1—412221.02/cwt212.50–228.009113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
SteersMedium and Large 2—325225.00/cwt225.00–225.007311
SteersMedium and Large 2—483200.49/cwt197.50–207.509684
SteersMedium and Large 2—435206.82/cwt205.00–210.009004
BullsMedium and Large 2—529173.91/cwt170.00–180.0092018
BullsMedium and Large 2—620158.71/cwt152.00–162.5098413
BullsMedium and Large 1—369221.48/cwt215.00–225.0081719
BullsMedium and Large 1—327226.83/cwt222.50–232.507429
BullsMedium and Large 1—418215.43/cwt210.00–218.009008
BullsMedium and Large 1—575178.83/cwt174.00–184.001,0282
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12286.29/cwt82.00–89.0096832
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0031
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05880.26/cwt77.00–84.008498
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37388.28/cwt85.00–90.001,21214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,277103.14/cwt98.00–105.001,3176
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19893.08/cwt90.00–97.001,11524
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05772.53/cwt67.50–75.0076712
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,541101.77/cwt99.00–105.001,5689
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48894.47/cwt91.00–98.001,40611
Bulls——1,582114.73/cwt110.00–116.001,8156
Bulls——1,451104.64/cwt103.00–108.001,5187
Bulls——1,886119.04/cwt118.00–120.002,2454
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2201,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,6102
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9481,160.19/head1,110.00–1,220.001,1606
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0431,092.78/head1,030.00–1,140.001,0934
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—954884.67/head820.00–940.008858
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1331,066.49/head990.00–1,175.001,0666
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—939839.67/head810.00–870.008407
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1111,064.95/head960.00–1,160.001,0654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—923821.26/head750.00–860.008216
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,038981.38/head900.00–1,100.009813
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1401,330.88/head1,260.00–1,390.001,3316
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383179.55/cwt177.50–185.0068813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480161.07/cwt157.50–167.5077315
BullsMedium and Large 3—477174.27/cwt170.00–180.0083117
BullsMedium and Large 1—625165.97/cwt165.00–167.001,0372
BullsMedium and Large 1—725145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0512
BullsMedium and Large 3—573155.31/cwt150.00–160.0089017
BullsMedium and Large 2—478186.63/cwt182.00–192.508924
BullsMedium and Large 3—428184.19/cwt180.00–190.007888
BullsMedium and Large 3—372195.51/cwt190.00–200.007277
BullsMedium and Large 3—675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009451
BullsMedium and Large 2—675150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0131
BullsMedium and Large 2—576167.19/cwt162.50–172.5096320
BullsMedium and Large 2—269227.38/cwt222.50–230.006128
BullsMedium and Large 2—428199.20/cwt195.00–205.0085311
BullsMedium and Large 3—335201.14/cwt200.00–205.006748
BullsMedium and Large 3—275210.00/cwt210.00–210.005782
BullsMedium and Large 2—329213.74/cwt210.00–220.007037
BullsMedium and Large 1—518186.62/cwt185.00–187.509673
BullsMedium and Large 1—683156.35/cwt155.00–160.001,0685
BullsMedium and Large 3—632143.19/cwt140.00–150.009053
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2201,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—776913.20/head890.00–950.009138

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.