Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-08-22

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 22
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
928 head
203 vs last sale 725 21 vs year ago 907 · +2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
36 vs last sale 188 110 vs year ago 262 · 42.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
217 head
103 vs last sale 114 40 vs year ago 177 · +22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.05/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$244.05
137 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,222
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.14
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537247.231,32764
Medium and Large 2497243.431,20922
Medium and Large 3457240.331,09851
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $229 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 sale137 hd
244.05
GA average16 barns · 925 hd
243.92
+0.14
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
BullsHigh1,492128.761,92216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,425104.591,49117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,122103.071,15661
CowsLean 85-90%Low99988.5088423

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)1,145$1,40928
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,30218
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)866$1,06217
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)913$1,61728

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
BullsMedium and Large 2525229.92/cwt227.50–232.501,2075
BullsMedium and Large 2475239.89/cwt237.50–242.501,1392
HeifersMedium and Large 2584201.88/cwt200.00–207.501,1799
HeifersMedium and Large 3524200.30/cwt200.00–207.501,05024
HeifersMedium and Large 3627181.91/cwt177.50–187.501,1415
HeifersMedium and Large 1660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3202
HeifersMedium and Large 2434223.72/cwt220.00–225.0097126
HeifersMedium and Large 3315227.50/cwt227.50–227.507171
SteersMedium and Large 2605232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4071
HeifersMedium and Large 2385227.50/cwt227.50–227.508761
HeifersMedium and Large 3427213.21/cwt210.00–217.509103
HeifersMedium and Large 3495210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 1368268.21/cwt265.00–270.009873
HeifersMedium and Large 1622210.72/cwt205.00–215.001,3113
SteersMedium and Large 3325255.00/cwt255.00–255.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 2710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 3675175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 2450222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0012
SteersMedium and Large 3618219.13/cwt217.50–220.001,3543
SteersMedium and Large 3525228.70/cwt227.50–230.001,2012
SteersMedium and Large 2520241.16/cwt235.00–245.001,2546
SteersMedium and Large 1578242.08/cwt240.00–245.001,3997
SteersMedium and Large 1668236.53/cwt230.00–240.001,5803
SteersMedium and Large 1619241.05/cwt237.50–243.001,4925
SteersMedium and Large 2785199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5621
SteersMedium and Large 3475234.79/cwt230.00–240.001,1152
SteersMedium and Large 2477245.86/cwt242.50–250.001,1736
SteersMedium and Large 3790190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5011
SteersMedium and Large 3412247.81/cwt240.00–250.001,02133
SteersMedium and Large 3395247.50/cwt247.50–247.509782
SteersMedium and Large 3735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3971
SteersMedium and Large 2577230.74/cwt227.50–235.001,3313
SteersMedium and Large 2430252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0861
SteersMedium and Large 2395257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0171
SteersMedium and Large 2332266.53/cwt265.00–270.008853
SteersMedium and Large 1524248.02/cwt247.50–249.001,30046
SteersMedium and Large 3579221.92/cwt220.00–225.001,2855
BullsMedium and Large 1371260.42/cwt257.50–262.509665
BullsMedium and Large 1525242.31/cwt237.50–247.501,2722
BullsMedium and Large 2682192.44/cwt190.00–197.501,3126
BullsMedium and Large 1632216.60/cwt215.00–220.001,3693
BullsMedium and Large 1760190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4441
BullsMedium and Large 1250280.00/cwt280.00–280.007001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37496.85/cwt92.50–100.001,3314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,441106.97/cwt104.00–110.001,54113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03197.70/cwt93.00–100.001,00722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,121104.24/cwt101.00–108.001,16928
CowsLean 85-90%95483.36/cwt80.00–88.0079511
CowsLean 85-90%1,04093.22/cwt90.00–97.0096912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,306110.85/cwt109.00–112.001,44811
Bulls1,893137.02/cwt136.00–138.002,5944
Bulls1,416130.15/cwt127.00–132.001,8437
Bulls1,279120.21/cwt115.00–123.001,5375
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-39001,401.61/head1,320.00–1,470.001,4026
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28631,581.48/head1,500.00–1,630.001,58110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0881,887.24/head1,875.00–1,900.001,8874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28881,249.69/head1,240.00–1,260.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1311,415.56/head1,325.00–1,525.001,4169
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1181,299.14/head1,225.00–1,375.001,29914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38631,036.71/head950.00–1,175.001,03715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39741,188.74/head1,125.00–1,300.001,1899
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1711,518.85/head1,400.00–1,600.001,51914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39251,846.01/head1,750.00–1,925.001,8464
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38051,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4602
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
BullsMedium and Large 3315250.00/cwt250.00–250.007881
BullsMedium and Large 3473221.54/cwt217.50–225.001,04814
BullsMedium and Large 2355255.00/cwt255.00–255.009051
BullsMedium and Large 3374238.81/cwt235.00–242.508937
BullsMedium and Large 3675181.14/cwt177.50–185.001,2232
BullsMedium and Large 2755180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3591
BullsMedium and Large 3423230.37/cwt225.00–235.009745
BullsMedium and Large 3587210.47/cwt210.00–212.501,2355
BullsMedium and Large 3526214.68/cwt210.00–220.001,12911
BullsMedium and Large 1688201.59/cwt200.00–210.001,3876
BullsMedium and Large 3625192.45/cwt190.00–195.001,2033
BullsMedium and Large 2580218.66/cwt215.00–225.001,26812
BullsMedium and Large 2635202.38/cwt200.00–210.001,28512
BullsMedium and Large 2330260.00/cwt260.00–260.008581
BullsMedium and Large 3715172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2332
BullsMedium and Large 2734181.83/cwt179.00–187.501,3355
BullsMedium and Large 2425243.65/cwt240.00–247.501,0368
BullsMedium and Large 1428238.41/cwt205.00–260.001,0203
HeifersMedium and Large 2670190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2731
HeifersMedium and Large 3578195.00/cwt190.00–197.501,1276
HeifersMedium and Large 2618198.26/cwt195.00–200.001,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 3375217.37/cwt215.00–220.008152

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.