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
Bulls—Low1,476110.731,63417
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 1—500208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0408
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533194.02/cwt192.50–197.501,0348
HeifersMedium and Large 3—471193.37/cwt187.50–197.5091121
BullsMedium and Large 3—482220.79/cwt220.00–222.501,0643
BullsMedium and Large 3—355252.50/cwt252.50–252.508961
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475202.42/cwt200.00–205.009615
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523185.45/cwt180.00–190.0097031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305225.00/cwt225.00–225.006861
SteersMedium and Large 2—655219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4341
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371211.77/cwt207.50–215.007868
HeifersMedium and Large 2—671167.93/cwt165.00–170.001,1275
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578186.58/cwt182.50–192.501,07823
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435212.50/cwt212.50–212.509242
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425201.06/cwt197.50–205.0085513
SteersMedium and Large 3—315275.00/cwt275.00–275.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—629173.78/cwt170.00–180.001,0939
HeifersMedium and Large 3—576174.69/cwt170.00–180.001,00615
SteersMedium and Large 3—524233.90/cwt230.00–237.501,22612
SteersMedium and Large 3—479244.44/cwt242.50–247.501,1715
SteersMedium and Large 3—623214.08/cwt210.00–217.501,3343
SteersMedium and Large 2—576232.12/cwt227.50–237.501,3378
SteersMedium and Large 1—493258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,27217
SteersMedium and Large 1—573247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,41824
SteersMedium and Large 2—535243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 2—375271.05/cwt267.50–275.001,0162
SteersMedium and Large 2—745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
SteersMedium and Large 3—395257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0171
SteersMedium and Large 3—575222.46/cwt220.00–225.001,2794
SteersMedium and Large 3—445247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1011
SteersMedium and Large 2—638221.71/cwt220.00–230.001,4157
BullsMedium and Large 2—579216.26/cwt212.50–222.501,25213
BullsMedium and Large 1—624218.90/cwt215.00–222.501,3665
BullsMedium and Large 2—455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0921
BullsMedium and Large 1—679211.37/cwt207.50–217.501,4357
BullsMedium and Large 1—595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3391
BullsMedium and Large 1—355277.50/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
Bulls——1,249105.29/cwt103.00–108.001,3156
Bulls——1,850119.34/cwt119.00–120.002,2083
Bulls——1,506111.59/cwt109.00–116.001,6818
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3501,290.00/head1,290.00–1,290.001,2901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1981,278.75/head1,150.00–1,375.001,2799
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2401,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,6001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2821,485.21/head1,400.00–1,600.001,4857
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—1,0101,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0591,114.13/head1,025.00–1,200.001,11410
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9401,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8351,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,1311,381.88/head1,350.00–1,425.001,3828
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2351,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9831,065.34/head1,050.00–1,080.001,0652
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,2951,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
BullsMedium and Large 3—332256.53/cwt255.00–260.008523
BullsMedium and Large 2—325269.90/cwt267.50–272.508773
BullsMedium and Large 3—734170.24/cwt167.50–177.501,2509
BullsMedium and Large 3—425232.38/cwt230.00–235.009882
BullsMedium and Large 1—335277.50/cwt277.50–277.509301
BullsMedium and Large 3—527211.98/cwt207.50–217.501,11711
BullsMedium and Large 2—538220.39/cwt220.00–222.501,1866
BullsMedium and Large 2—623209.01/cwt205.00–212.501,3028
BullsMedium and Large 2—678200.57/cwt197.50–205.001,3604
BullsMedium and Large 3—584202.72/cwt200.00–210.001,1847
BullsMedium and Large 3—679183.98/cwt180.00–190.001,2498
BullsMedium and Large 3—622195.72/cwt190.00–200.001,2173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635183.10/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.