Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-10-17

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 17
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,028 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 859▲ 163 vs year ago 865 · +18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 156▲ 3 vs year ago 141 · +2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 198▲ 11 vs year ago 99 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers 5.00 higher, steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls 5.00 higher, bull calves 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 $202.87/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$202.87
191 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$335
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$15.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.60
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3484204.41989119
Medium and Large 2555202.561,12460
Medium and Large 1700189.171,32412thin
One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about −$335 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 sale191 hd
202.87
—
GA average16 barns · 2,176 hd
211.47
−8.60
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—Low1,583111.451,7649thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42995.861,37017
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22291.271,11561
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01776.8578223

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)1,253$1,2765
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,248$1,2546
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$1,61416

Every lot, as filed

84 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 3—425214.85/cwt210.00–220.0091316
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481213.33/cwt210.00–220.001,02616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625192.94/cwt190.00–196.001,20613
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525194.98/cwt190.00–200.001,02426
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378224.15/cwt220.00–230.0084718
HeifersMedium and Large 3—474202.73/cwt200.00–207.5096126
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579197.97/cwt195.00–202.501,14614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375233.68/cwt232.50–235.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524206.36/cwt202.50–210.001,0817
HeifersMedium and Large 2—671185.73/cwt180.00–190.001,2465
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009792
SteersMedium and Large 1—725224.94/cwt220.00–230.001,6318
SteersMedium and Large 1—477264.45/cwt260.00–270.001,2616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719185.68/cwt182.50–187.501,3357
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675194.28/cwt192.00–197.001,3113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—795172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—545215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1721
SteersMedium and Large 3—725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4501
SteersMedium and Large 3—665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
SteersMedium and Large 1—574248.93/cwt245.00–253.001,4299
SteersMedium and Large 1—675232.62/cwt227.50–238.001,5705
SteersMedium and Large 1—778210.57/cwt207.50–215.001,6384
SteersMedium and Large 1—345295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0181
SteersMedium and Large 3—375267.41/cwt265.00–270.001,0033
SteersMedium and Large 3—625218.63/cwt215.00–222.501,3662
SteersMedium and Large 3—495240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1882
SteersMedium and Large 3—305280.00/cwt280.00–280.008542
SteersMedium and Large 3—435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 3—575227.41/cwt225.00–230.001,3082
SteersMedium and Large 2—577236.91/cwt232.50–242.501,3675
SteersMedium and Large 2—625230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4382
SteersMedium and Large 1—620243.59/cwt237.50–247.001,51010
SteersMedium and Large 2—490245.05/cwt240.00–250.001,2012
SteersMedium and Large 2—430263.65/cwt260.00–270.001,1348
SteersMedium and Large 1—518254.91/cwt250.00–257.501,3207
BullsMedium and Large 1—679216.37/cwt212.50–222.501,4697
BullsMedium and Large 1—475254.79/cwt250.00–260.001,2102
BullsMedium and Large 1—578234.17/cwt230.00–240.001,35417
BullsMedium and Large 1—624228.95/cwt225.00–232.501,42910
BullsMedium and Large 1—372280.64/cwt275.00–285.001,0443
BullsMedium and Large 1—525241.20/cwt240.00–242.501,2666
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05573.87/cwt70.00–76.0077911
CowsLean 85-90%—98379.58/cwt77.00–84.0078212
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29988.75/cwt85.00–90.001,1534
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,515102.66/cwt100.00–106.001,5555
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44195.17/cwt92.00–98.001,3718
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21892.49/cwt89.00–96.001,12733
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17784.50/cwt80.00–88.0099518
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31499.43/cwt97.00–104.001,30710
Bulls——1,525107.87/cwt105.00–110.001,6454
Bulls——1,629114.32/cwt112.00–119.001,8625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1381,150.61/head1,025.00–1,210.001,1514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4681,461.97/head1,450.00–1,475.001,4622
BullsMedium and Large 3—476229.74/cwt225.00–235.001,09414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2761,238.42/head1,150.00–1,325.001,2384
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1601,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8201,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—9201,356.02/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3566
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9131,665.69/head1,600.00–1,750.001,6666
BullsMedium and Large 3—730181.42/cwt178.00–188.001,3244
BullsMedium and Large 3—682191.60/cwt190.00–195.001,3073
BullsMedium and Large 3—380251.82/cwt250.00–255.0095713
BullsMedium and Large 3—430241.80/cwt240.00–245.001,0404
BullsMedium and Large 3—345265.00/cwt265.00–265.009142
BullsMedium and Large 2—625214.91/cwt210.00–220.001,3437
BullsMedium and Large 2—723195.93/cwt192.00–199.001,4173
BullsMedium and Large 2—425252.42/cwt250.00–255.001,0733
BullsMedium and Large 3—521220.83/cwt215.00–225.001,15117
BullsMedium and Large 3—611199.62/cwt197.50–200.001,2207
BullsMedium and Large 3—272282.68/cwt280.00–285.007697
BullsMedium and Large 2—375265.00/cwt265.00–265.009941
BullsMedium and Large 2—477243.07/cwt240.00–247.001,1593
BullsMedium and Large 1—324293.75/cwt290.00–297.509529
BullsMedium and Large 3—583211.50/cwt210.00–215.001,2338
BullsMedium and Large 2—275292.14/cwt287.50–297.508032
BullsMedium and Large 2—335280.00/cwt280.00–280.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—583192.75/cwt187.50–197.501,12414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625184.15/cwt180.00–188.001,15112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—331229.15/cwt227.50–232.007587
BullsMedium and Large 2—579221.51/cwt217.50–227.501,28311
BullsMedium and Large 2—676204.53/cwt200.00–210.001,3837
BullsMedium and Large 2—528231.71/cwt227.50–237.501,2237

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.