Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-04-04

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 4
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
839 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 676▲ 42 vs year ago 797 · +5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 149▲ 70 vs year ago 137 · +51.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 184▼ 16 vs year ago 164 · −9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.93/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$180.93
221 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$192
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.56
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2454188.0085476
Medium and Large 3440178.7178692
Medium and Large 1599174.641,04653
One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about −$192 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 sale221 hd
180.93
—
GA average13 barns · 1,402 hd
186.49
−5.56
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—Low1,332118.201,57420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37794.691,30318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08591.6799573
CowsLean 85-90%Average99083.1182328

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)903$1,0033thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$99318
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)988$9368
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)902$1,49452

Every lot, as filed

91 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—569194.01/cwt188.00–197.501,1045
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374190.09/cwt185.00–195.0071125
HeifersMedium and Large 3—735132.50/cwt132.50–132.509741
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225217.50/cwt217.50–217.504891
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320196.97/cwt192.50–200.0063012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—615148.69/cwt145.00–150.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480194.99/cwt192.50–198.0093612
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578165.32/cwt162.50–169.009564
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528160.58/cwt157.50–165.008488
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665159.35/cwt157.50–160.001,0608
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570156.11/cwt150.00–160.008906
HeifersMedium and Large 3—768124.14/cwt122.50–125.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473185.30/cwt180.00–190.0087616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531173.31/cwt170.00–180.009208
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480172.58/cwt170.00–177.5082811
SteersMedium and Large 1—615223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422195.55/cwt190.00–200.0082526
HeifersMedium and Large 3—282203.14/cwt200.00–210.005736
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367199.17/cwt197.50–200.0073113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582178.19/cwt175.00–185.001,03710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275218.48/cwt215.00–222.506012
SteersMedium and Large 3—405232.50/cwt232.50–232.509421
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0005
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528187.01/cwt185.00–190.009876
SteersMedium and Large 3—525204.45/cwt197.00–212.501,0732
SteersMedium and Large 1—525234.95/cwt233.00–237.001,2333
SteersMedium and Large 1—575231.41/cwt229.00–234.001,3312
SteersMedium and Large 2—475233.70/cwt230.00–237.501,1108
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772145.25/cwt140.00–149.001,1213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315210.00/cwt210.00–210.006621
SteersMedium and Large 3—660177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,1721
SteersMedium and Large 3—630185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 3—482214.86/cwt212.50–220.001,0363
SteersMedium and Large 2—645195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2581
SteersMedium and Large 3—365239.32/cwt237.50–240.008744
SteersMedium and Large 3—555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 2—380249.28/cwt247.50–252.509474
SteersMedium and Large 2—420240.82/cwt238.00–243.001,0118
BullsMedium and Large 2—529199.04/cwt195.00–205.001,05311
BullsMedium and Large 2—368234.11/cwt232.50–235.008623
BullsMedium and Large 1—578203.07/cwt200.00–207.501,1748
BullsMedium and Large 2—275247.83/cwt240.00–252.5068210
BullsMedium and Large 1—685182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1—605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37890.94/cwt90.00–92.001,2536
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36596.25/cwt93.00–99.001,31411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06987.44/cwt82.00–90.0093533
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,203100.83/cwt99.00–104.001,2137
CowsLean 85-90%—98786.41/cwt84.00–91.0085316
CowsLean 85-90%—99578.70/cwt75.00–83.0078312
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,495100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4951
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07793.95/cwt91.00–98.001,01233
Bulls——1,266109.22/cwt106.00–112.001,3835
Bulls——1,423124.20/cwt122.00–126.001,7676
Bulls——1,307119.19/cwt116.00–120.001,5589
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1421,077.34/head1,000.00–1,190.001,0773
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—895851.09/head780.00–910.008515
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—976867.50/head810.00–940.008687
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—7601,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0721,072.60/head1,000.00–1,160.001,07311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9321,619.32/head1,500.00–1,700.001,61922
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8741,105.05/head970.00–1,175.001,1058
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9251,836.96/head1,825.00–1,850.001,8374
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9121,591.44/head1,540.00–1,650.001,5916
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9031,003.43/head940.00–1,040.001,0033
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8491,317.97/head1,225.00–1,425.001,3188
BullsMedium and Large 3—713149.48/cwt147.50–150.001,0665
BullsMedium and Large 1—375244.97/cwt240.00–250.009196
BullsMedium and Large 3—325227.35/cwt225.00–230.007394
BullsMedium and Large 3—565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 2—735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1762
BullsMedium and Large 3—685162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1132
BullsMedium and Large 2—675172.45/cwt170.00–175.001,1643
BullsMedium and Large 3—377219.44/cwt215.00–225.008276
BullsMedium and Large 3—474197.61/cwt192.50–202.5093712
BullsMedium and Large 3—425209.91/cwt205.00–215.0089211
BullsMedium and Large 3—625172.42/cwt170.00–175.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 3—520188.03/cwt185.00–190.009788
BullsMedium and Large 3—775141.41/cwt138.00–145.001,0962
BullsMedium and Large 1—322250.29/cwt247.50–252.508067
BullsMedium and Large 2—485207.38/cwt205.00–215.001,0065
BullsMedium and Large 2—628183.51/cwt180.00–188.001,1527
BullsMedium and Large 3—235250.00/cwt250.00–250.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2—329241.85/cwt240.00–245.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715157.43/cwt150.00–160.001,1266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—634169.62/cwt167.50–175.001,0758
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675142.50/cwt142.50–142.509622
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430183.46/cwt180.00–189.0078913
BullsMedium and Large 2—795150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1932

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.