Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-08-29

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 29
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
932 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 928▲ 43 vs year ago 889 · +4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 152▼ 31 vs year ago 196 · −15.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 217▼ 11 vs year ago 124 · −8.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher with an exceptional individual bringing 127.00, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves 5.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.53/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$225.53
232 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.64
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476236.561,127105
Medium and Large 2513216.621,11066
Medium and Large 3445216.2096261
One grade step is worth $20.36/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 sale232 hd
225.53
—
GA average16 barns · 1,217 hd
220.90
+4.64
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—Low1,556135.222,10415
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,496113.011,69120
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,197107.431,28691
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01194.0995115

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)1,112$1,3127
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,18812
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)847$1,0137
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,003$1,64130

Every lot, as filed

98 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—625205.97/cwt205.00–207.001,2872
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582211.56/cwt210.00–215.001,23117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475236.09/cwt232.50–240.001,1212
SteersMedium and Large 1—682238.96/cwt238.00–241.001,6303
SteersMedium and Large 1—555249.74/cwt242.50–252.501,38653
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775173.97/cwt173.00–175.001,3482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,16232
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575202.43/cwt200.00–205.001,1648
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475224.81/cwt220.00–230.001,06826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—404253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,02250
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618193.26/cwt190.00–195.001,1943
HeifersMedium and Large 3—668178.92/cwt175.00–181.001,1953
HeifersMedium and Large 3—524203.80/cwt200.00–207.501,0689
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575193.71/cwt192.50–195.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428231.99/cwt230.00–235.009936
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524215.22/cwt210.00–220.001,12817
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355242.50/cwt242.50–242.508611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—637181.42/cwt180.00–187.501,1565
HeifersMedium and Large 3—419224.04/cwt218.00–227.5093917
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375228.55/cwt225.00–232.508572
HeifersMedium and Large 3—308235.00/cwt235.00–235.0072416
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335247.50/cwt247.50–247.508291
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469213.81/cwt207.50–217.501,0037
BullsMedium and Large 2—628210.56/cwt207.50–215.001,3224
BullsMedium and Large 2—255280.00/cwt280.00–280.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715178.05/cwt172.50–180.001,2734
SteersMedium and Large 3—473245.46/cwt240.00–250.001,1618
SteersMedium and Large 3—230285.00/cwt285.00–285.006561
SteersMedium and Large 3—421255.87/cwt250.00–260.001,0775
SteersMedium and Large 3—282270.75/cwt270.00–272.507643
SteersMedium and Large 3—545230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2541
SteersMedium and Large 3—690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
SteersMedium and Large 2—585231.19/cwt230.00–235.001,3524
SteersMedium and Large 2—332276.53/cwt275.00–280.009183
SteersMedium and Large 3—318261.60/cwt260.00–262.508323
SteersMedium and Large 3—725206.28/cwt205.00–207.501,4962
SteersMedium and Large 3—575224.91/cwt222.50–227.501,2932
SteersMedium and Large 2—416268.19/cwt262.50–270.001,11643
SteersMedium and Large 2—625223.63/cwt220.00–227.501,3982
SteersMedium and Large 1—632238.30/cwt237.50–240.001,5063
SteersMedium and Large 2—365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0041
SteersMedium and Large 1—505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3131
SteersMedium and Large 2—730216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5771
SteersMedium and Large 2—525247.42/cwt245.00–250.001,2999
SteersMedium and Large 2—468255.06/cwt252.50–262.501,19431
BullsMedium and Large 1—431253.49/cwt250.00–260.001,09316
BullsMedium and Large 1—673214.82/cwt210.00–217.501,4464
BullsMedium and Large 1—475247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1762
BullsMedium and Large 1—375268.68/cwt267.50–270.001,0082
BullsMedium and Large 1—325280.00/cwt280.00–280.009104
BullsMedium and Large 1—616223.51/cwt220.00–225.001,3777
CowsLean 85-90%—1,083103.43/cwt103.00–104.001,1202
CowsLean 85-90%—97198.36/cwt95.00–100.009554
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01290.11/cwt85.00–92.009129
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,507116.20/cwt114.00–120.001,75110
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,494111.28/cwt108.00–113.001,6638
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,448104.00/cwt103.00–105.001,5062
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13699.42/cwt95.00–103.001,12926
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,279114.68/cwt112.00–118.001,46726
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,184107.94/cwt104.00–111.001,27839
Bulls——1,483128.55/cwt125.00–131.001,9064
Bulls——1,695145.15/cwt142.00–148.002,4602
Bulls——1,558135.97/cwt132.00–140.002,1189
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2731,523.18/head1,450.00–1,575.001,5232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—827972.07/head900.00–1,050.009725
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0471,227.65/head1,120.00–1,350.001,2285
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9471,083.31/head990.00–1,140.001,0838
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2641,398.70/head1,300.00–1,450.001,3994
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0001,570.00/head1,570.00–1,570.001,5702
BullsMedium and Large 2—479233.79/cwt230.00–240.001,12014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8981,115.65/head1,110.00–1,120.001,1162
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0481,929.83/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9304
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1851,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
BullsMedium and Large 1—250285.00/cwt285.00–285.007131
BullsMedium and Large 2—534222.58/cwt220.00–230.001,18914
BullsMedium and Large 2—775173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3411
BullsMedium and Large 1—572235.77/cwt230.00–240.001,3496
BullsMedium and Large 2—725186.15/cwt182.50–190.001,3502
BullsMedium and Large 1—508239.78/cwt237.50–240.001,21812
BullsMedium and Large 2—580220.17/cwt217.50–225.001,27711
BullsMedium and Large 2—374253.79/cwt250.00–257.509499
BullsMedium and Large 2—665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
BullsMedium and Large 3—345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008632
BullsMedium and Large 3—525214.94/cwt212.50–217.501,1283
BullsMedium and Large 2—315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008512
BullsMedium and Large 3—435231.16/cwt230.00–235.001,0064
BullsMedium and Large 2—232286.47/cwt285.00–290.006653
BullsMedium and Large 3—478221.59/cwt217.50–227.501,0599
BullsMedium and Large 2—421243.30/cwt237.50–247.501,02413
BullsMedium and Large 3—275265.00/cwt265.00–265.007291
BullsMedium and Large 3—582211.59/cwt210.00–215.001,2316
BullsMedium and Large 3—380241.10/cwt237.50–247.509166
BullsMedium and Large 3—618202.39/cwt197.50–205.001,2513
BullsMedium and Large 3—670188.07/cwt185.00–190.001,2604
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—8911,651.40/head1,625.00–1,675.001,6518
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—9401,120.00/head1,120.00–1,120.001,1202
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9491,509.57/head1,430.00–1,550.001,5108
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2351,874.09/head1,850.00–1,900.001,8744

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.