Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-10-24

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 24
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,027 head
1 vs last sale 1,028 11 vs year ago 1,016 · +1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
31 vs last sale 144 2 vs year ago 177 · 1.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
147 head
37 vs last sale 110 24 vs year ago 171 · 14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves 7.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 10.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 10.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.83/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$189.83
153 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.11
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545199.701,08812thin
Medium and Large 3489190.6093289
Medium and Large 2573186.241,06852
One grade step is worth $13.46/cwt here — about $20 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 sale153 hd
189.83
GA average16 barns · 1,222 hd
202.94
−13.11
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
BullsLow1,476110.731,63417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41692.071,30423
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18289.381,05674
CowsLean 85-90%Average99276.2375622

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)1,235$1,36916
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,085$1,13011
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)983$1,0652thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,153$1,46022

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1500208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0408
HeifersMedium and Large 2533194.02/cwt192.50–197.501,0348
HeifersMedium and Large 3471193.37/cwt187.50–197.5091121
BullsMedium and Large 3482220.79/cwt220.00–222.501,0643
BullsMedium and Large 3355252.50/cwt252.50–252.508961
HeifersMedium and Large 2475202.42/cwt200.00–205.009615
HeifersMedium and Large 3523185.45/cwt180.00–190.0097031
HeifersMedium and Large 3305225.00/cwt225.00–225.006861
SteersMedium and Large 2655219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4341
HeifersMedium and Large 3371211.77/cwt207.50–215.007868
HeifersMedium and Large 2671167.93/cwt165.00–170.001,1275
HeifersMedium and Large 2578186.58/cwt182.50–192.501,07823
HeifersMedium and Large 2435212.50/cwt212.50–212.509242
HeifersMedium and Large 3425201.06/cwt197.50–205.0085513
SteersMedium and Large 3315275.00/cwt275.00–275.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 2629173.78/cwt170.00–180.001,0939
HeifersMedium and Large 3576174.69/cwt170.00–180.001,00615
SteersMedium and Large 3524233.90/cwt230.00–237.501,22612
SteersMedium and Large 3479244.44/cwt242.50–247.501,1715
SteersMedium and Large 3623214.08/cwt210.00–217.501,3343
SteersMedium and Large 2576232.12/cwt227.50–237.501,3378
SteersMedium and Large 1493258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,27217
SteersMedium and Large 1573247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,41824
SteersMedium and Large 2535243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 2375271.05/cwt267.50–275.001,0162
SteersMedium and Large 2745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
SteersMedium and Large 3395257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0171
SteersMedium and Large 3575222.46/cwt220.00–225.001,2794
SteersMedium and Large 3445247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1011
SteersMedium and Large 2638221.71/cwt220.00–230.001,4157
BullsMedium and Large 2579216.26/cwt212.50–222.501,25213
BullsMedium and Large 1624218.90/cwt215.00–222.501,3665
BullsMedium and Large 2455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0921
BullsMedium and Large 1679211.37/cwt207.50–217.501,4357
BullsMedium and Large 1595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3391
BullsMedium and Large 1355277.50/cwt277.50–277.509851
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22386.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0522
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42790.73/cwt88.00–94.001,29514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19289.97/cwt86.00–93.001,07240
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10482.89/cwt79.00–85.0091519
CowsLean 85-90%1,01880.44/cwt78.00–85.008198
CowsLean 85-90%97773.83/cwt70.00–77.0072114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45096.48/cwt95.00–98.001,3997
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25396.01/cwt94.00–101.001,20315
Bulls1,249105.29/cwt103.00–108.001,3156
Bulls1,850119.34/cwt119.00–120.002,2083
Bulls1,506111.59/cwt109.00–116.001,6818
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3501,290.00/head1,290.00–1,290.001,2901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1981,278.75/head1,150.00–1,375.001,2799
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2401,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2821,485.21/head1,400.00–1,600.001,4857
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-31,0101,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0591,114.13/head1,025.00–1,200.001,11410
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39401,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38351,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,1311,381.88/head1,350.00–1,425.001,3828
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39831,065.34/head1,050.00–1,080.001,0652
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,2951,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
BullsMedium and Large 3332256.53/cwt255.00–260.008523
BullsMedium and Large 2325269.90/cwt267.50–272.508773
BullsMedium and Large 3734170.24/cwt167.50–177.501,2509
BullsMedium and Large 3425232.38/cwt230.00–235.009882
BullsMedium and Large 1335277.50/cwt277.50–277.509301
BullsMedium and Large 3527211.98/cwt207.50–217.501,11711
BullsMedium and Large 2538220.39/cwt220.00–222.501,1866
BullsMedium and Large 2623209.01/cwt205.00–212.501,3028
BullsMedium and Large 2678200.57/cwt197.50–205.001,3604
BullsMedium and Large 3584202.72/cwt200.00–210.001,1847
BullsMedium and Large 3679183.98/cwt180.00–190.001,2498
BullsMedium and Large 3622195.72/cwt190.00–200.001,2173
HeifersMedium and Large 1635183.10/cwt182.50–185.001,1634

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.