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
BullsLow1,332118.201,57420
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 2569194.01/cwt188.00–197.501,1045
HeifersMedium and Large 3374190.09/cwt185.00–195.0071125
HeifersMedium and Large 3735132.50/cwt132.50–132.509741
HeifersMedium and Large 3225217.50/cwt217.50–217.504891
HeifersMedium and Large 3320196.97/cwt192.50–200.0063012
HeifersMedium and Large 3615148.69/cwt145.00–150.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1480194.99/cwt192.50–198.0093612
HeifersMedium and Large 2578165.32/cwt162.50–169.009564
HeifersMedium and Large 2665155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0311
HeifersMedium and Large 3528160.58/cwt157.50–165.008488
HeifersMedium and Large 1665159.35/cwt157.50–160.001,0608
HeifersMedium and Large 3570156.11/cwt150.00–160.008906
HeifersMedium and Large 3768124.14/cwt122.50–125.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 2473185.30/cwt180.00–190.0087616
HeifersMedium and Large 2531173.31/cwt170.00–180.009208
HeifersMedium and Large 3480172.58/cwt170.00–177.5082811
SteersMedium and Large 1615223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3711
HeifersMedium and Large 2422195.55/cwt190.00–200.0082526
HeifersMedium and Large 3282203.14/cwt200.00–210.005736
HeifersMedium and Large 2367199.17/cwt197.50–200.0073113
HeifersMedium and Large 1582178.19/cwt175.00–185.001,03710
HeifersMedium and Large 2275218.48/cwt215.00–222.506012
SteersMedium and Large 3405232.50/cwt232.50–232.509421
HeifersMedium and Large 2625160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0005
HeifersMedium and Large 1528187.01/cwt185.00–190.009876
SteersMedium and Large 3525204.45/cwt197.00–212.501,0732
SteersMedium and Large 1525234.95/cwt233.00–237.001,2333
SteersMedium and Large 1575231.41/cwt229.00–234.001,3312
SteersMedium and Large 2475233.70/cwt230.00–237.501,1108
HeifersMedium and Large 1772145.25/cwt140.00–149.001,1213
HeifersMedium and Large 2315210.00/cwt210.00–210.006621
SteersMedium and Large 3660177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,1721
SteersMedium and Large 3630185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1661
SteersMedium and Large 3482214.86/cwt212.50–220.001,0363
SteersMedium and Large 2645195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2581
SteersMedium and Large 3365239.32/cwt237.50–240.008744
SteersMedium and Large 3555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 2380249.28/cwt247.50–252.509474
SteersMedium and Large 2420240.82/cwt238.00–243.001,0118
BullsMedium and Large 2529199.04/cwt195.00–205.001,05311
BullsMedium and Large 2368234.11/cwt232.50–235.008623
BullsMedium and Large 1578203.07/cwt200.00–207.501,1748
BullsMedium and Large 2275247.83/cwt240.00–252.5068210
BullsMedium and Large 1685182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2501
BullsMedium and Large 1605200.00/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
Bulls1,266109.22/cwt106.00–112.001,3835
Bulls1,423124.20/cwt122.00–126.001,7676
Bulls1,307119.19/cwt116.00–120.001,5589
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1421,077.34/head1,000.00–1,190.001,0773
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3895851.09/head780.00–910.008515
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3976867.50/head810.00–940.008687
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-37601,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0721,072.60/head1,000.00–1,160.001,07311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39321,619.32/head1,500.00–1,700.001,61922
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38741,105.05/head970.00–1,175.001,1058
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29251,836.96/head1,825.00–1,850.001,8374
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39121,591.44/head1,540.00–1,650.001,5916
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29031,003.43/head940.00–1,040.001,0033
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28491,317.97/head1,225.00–1,425.001,3188
BullsMedium and Large 3713149.48/cwt147.50–150.001,0665
BullsMedium and Large 1375244.97/cwt240.00–250.009196
BullsMedium and Large 3325227.35/cwt225.00–230.007394
BullsMedium and Large 3565185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 2735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1762
BullsMedium and Large 3685162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1132
BullsMedium and Large 2675172.45/cwt170.00–175.001,1643
BullsMedium and Large 3377219.44/cwt215.00–225.008276
BullsMedium and Large 3474197.61/cwt192.50–202.5093712
BullsMedium and Large 3425209.91/cwt205.00–215.0089211
BullsMedium and Large 3625172.42/cwt170.00–175.001,0782
BullsMedium and Large 3520188.03/cwt185.00–190.009788
BullsMedium and Large 3775141.41/cwt138.00–145.001,0962
BullsMedium and Large 1322250.29/cwt247.50–252.508067
BullsMedium and Large 2485207.38/cwt205.00–215.001,0065
BullsMedium and Large 2628183.51/cwt180.00–188.001,1527
BullsMedium and Large 3235250.00/cwt250.00–250.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2329241.85/cwt240.00–245.007965
HeifersMedium and Large 1715157.43/cwt150.00–160.001,1266
HeifersMedium and Large 1634169.62/cwt167.50–175.001,0758
HeifersMedium and Large 3675142.50/cwt142.50–142.509622
HeifersMedium and Large 3430183.46/cwt180.00–189.0078913
BullsMedium and Large 2795150.00/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.