Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-09-12

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 12
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,141 head
▲ 340 vs last sale 801▲ 156 vs year ago 985 · +15.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 170▲ 36 vs year ago 175 · +20.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 175▲ 75 vs year ago 108 · +69.4%
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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 unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.55/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$205.55
143 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$209
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.19
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2558208.051,16145
Medium and Large 3504205.531,03685
Medium and Large 1695197.061,37013thin
One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale143 hd
205.55
—
GA average16 barns · 1,595 hd
216.74
−11.19
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—Low1,666133.792,22917
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,384107.911,49320
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,168105.281,229108
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01695.2696818

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)1,187$1,55613
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,056$1,37514
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,2012thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)971$1,57946

Every lot, as filed

90 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—633208.02/cwt205.00–215.001,3174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—782180.80/cwt180.00–182.501,4143
BullsMedium and Large 2—527222.00/cwt217.50–227.501,1706
BullsMedium and Large 2—670203.07/cwt200.00–205.001,3614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675184.95/cwt182.50–187.501,2483
HeifersMedium and Large 3—343230.83/cwt230.00–232.507923
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528200.48/cwt197.50–205.001,05919
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475209.86/cwt205.00–215.0099712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415223.09/cwt217.50–225.0092611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—665180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1972
HeifersMedium and Large 2—577205.93/cwt202.50–210.001,18810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—729178.05/cwt175.00–182.501,2984
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382227.36/cwt225.00–232.5086910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—624185.17/cwt180.00–190.001,1558
HeifersMedium and Large 3—725170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2332
HeifersMedium and Large 3—567194.20/cwt190.00–200.001,10117
SteersMedium and Large 1—583243.95/cwt242.50–247.501,4225
HeifersMedium and Large 2—765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433228.20/cwt227.50–230.0098810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475222.43/cwt217.50–227.501,0579
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630197.76/cwt195.00–202.501,2468
SteersMedium and Large 3—735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3971
SteersMedium and Large 3—521225.85/cwt220.00–230.001,17710
SteersMedium and Large 3—574215.14/cwt210.00–220.001,2359
SteersMedium and Large 3—485231.17/cwt230.00–235.001,1214
SteersMedium and Large 1—668229.13/cwt227.50–230.001,5313
SteersMedium and Large 1—528249.54/cwt247.50–252.501,3186
SteersMedium and Large 2—675212.43/cwt210.00–215.001,4342
SteersMedium and Large 3—385250.00/cwt250.00–250.009634
SteersMedium and Large 3—615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2923
SteersMedium and Large 3—275275.00/cwt275.00–275.007562
SteersMedium and Large 3—655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
SteersMedium and Large 3—425248.69/cwt247.50–250.001,0572
SteersMedium and Large 1—630232.76/cwt230.00–237.501,4668
SteersMedium and Large 2—528242.01/cwt240.00–245.001,2786
SteersMedium and Large 2—613219.47/cwt217.50–220.001,3455
SteersMedium and Large 2—571230.87/cwt225.00–235.001,3188
SteersMedium and Large 2—466252.72/cwt247.50–255.001,1788
BullsMedium and Large 2—580210.22/cwt207.50–215.001,21920
BullsMedium and Large 1—745197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4711
BullsMedium and Large 1—621217.92/cwt215.00–220.001,3535
BullsMedium and Large 1—675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4184
BullsMedium and Large 1—585221.19/cwt220.00–225.001,2944
BullsMedium and Large 1—525232.40/cwt230.00–235.001,2202
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04789.97/cwt88.00–92.009426
CowsLean 85-90%—1,018102.95/cwt102.00–104.001,0483
CowsLean 85-90%—99596.22/cwt93.00–100.009579
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,388100.61/cwt100.00–102.001,3964
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,398113.55/cwt113.00–114.001,5874
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,378108.46/cwt104.00–111.001,49512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11599.14/cwt95.00–102.001,10540
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,280113.64/cwt111.00–118.001,45523
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,157106.46/cwt103.00–110.001,23245
Bulls——1,607127.29/cwt124.00–130.002,0466
Bulls——1,608134.63/cwt133.00–137.002,1656
Bulls——1,806140.59/cwt140.00–143.002,5395
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1081,633.05/head1,625.00–1,650.001,6333
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1731,437.95/head1,340.00–1,525.001,4386
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1991,657.62/head1,575.00–1,750.001,6587
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0531,201.27/head1,180.00–1,225.001,2012
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0021,643.86/head1,500.00–1,700.001,64412
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—9831,565.25/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5656
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0421,304.65/head1,200.00–1,425.001,30511
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9301,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8451,373.82/head1,280.00–1,425.001,3748
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0741,794.06/head1,725.00–1,875.001,79410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—687198.45/cwt197.50–202.501,3635
HeifersMedium and Large 3—290240.00/cwt240.00–240.006961
BullsMedium and Large 3—715179.35/cwt177.50–180.001,2824
BullsMedium and Large 3—590200.65/cwt200.00–205.001,18411
BullsMedium and Large 1—317276.80/cwt270.00–280.008775
BullsMedium and Large 2—785175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3741
BullsMedium and Large 1—255290.00/cwt290.00–290.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2—725187.36/cwt182.50–192.501,3582
BullsMedium and Large 3—340250.00/cwt250.00–250.008505
BullsMedium and Large 3—529210.31/cwt207.50–215.001,1137
BullsMedium and Large 2—280275.00/cwt275.00–275.007701
BullsMedium and Large 2—605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2712
BullsMedium and Large 2—485232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1283
BullsMedium and Large 3—385241.15/cwt240.00–245.009284
BullsMedium and Large 3—475222.41/cwt217.50–227.501,05613
BullsMedium and Large 3—275265.00/cwt265.00–265.007291
BullsMedium and Large 3—619196.51/cwt190.00–200.001,21614
BullsMedium and Large 3—433232.43/cwt230.00–235.001,0062
BullsMedium and Large 3—765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3012
BullsMedium and Large 3—673188.04/cwt182.50–192.501,2664
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0651,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—9281,251.48/head1,210.00–1,300.001,2514
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—7801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3502

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.