Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-10-31

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 31
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
805 head
▼ 222 vs last sale 1,027▲ 205 vs year ago 600 · +34.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 175▼ 3 vs year ago 135 · −2.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 147▼ 14 vs year ago 118 · −11.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $229.22/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 29 of 28 comparable sales and sits +14.23 against this barn's trailing median of $215.00.
Average price
$229.22
176 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.68
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517240.981,24535
Medium and Large 2496231.691,15059
Medium and Large 3488222.431,08582
One grade step is worth $18.56/cwt here — about $160 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

28 sales
243215188160median 215.0002/0303/3105/2607/2809/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.74, low $174.19, median $215.00 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale176 hd
229.22
—
GA average16 barns · 994 hd
206.54
+22.68
This barn, trailing median28 sales
215.00
+14.23
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—Average1,399108.821,5238thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42291.141,29614
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21789.981,09571
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08676.928358thin

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)1,176$1,2489
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$1,0687
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$9552thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,057$1,47728

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
SteersMedium and Large 1—525244.88/cwt240.00–250.001,2864
SteersMedium and Large 1—617231.64/cwt230.00–232.501,4293
SteersMedium and Large 1—685226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5481
SteersMedium and Large 1—325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 1—721173.24/cwt165.00–177.501,2496
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482210.79/cwt210.00–212.501,0163
BullsMedium and Large 1—332277.37/cwt275.00–282.509216
HeifersMedium and Large 3—376209.57/cwt205.00–215.0078817
HeifersMedium and Large 3—580171.82/cwt170.00–175.009974
HeifersMedium and Large 3—332215.77/cwt215.00–217.507163
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469191.44/cwt185.00–195.0089813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522180.75/cwt175.00–185.009449
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573191.35/cwt190.00–192.501,0969
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480201.22/cwt197.50–207.5096617
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528191.68/cwt187.50–197.501,01220
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623175.30/cwt170.00–180.001,0926
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422200.75/cwt195.00–205.0084718
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310227.50/cwt227.50–227.507051
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3022
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431209.92/cwt207.50–215.0090513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626187.12/cwt182.50–193.001,1718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674180.16/cwt175.00–184.001,2147
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574182.59/cwt177.50–187.501,04812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 2—325280.00/cwt280.00–280.009101
SteersMedium and Large 3—435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 2—525236.20/cwt235.00–237.501,2402
SteersMedium and Large 2—755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5101
SteersMedium and Large 3—575222.41/cwt220.00–225.001,2792
SteersMedium and Large 3—385260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 2—700210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4701
SteersMedium and Large 2—575230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3232
SteersMedium and Large 2—473244.06/cwt240.00–247.501,1543
SteersMedium and Large 2—419259.74/cwt259.00–260.001,0884
SteersMedium and Large 2—620226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4011
BullsMedium and Large 1—616218.51/cwt215.00–220.001,3467
BullsMedium and Large 1—735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
BullsMedium and Large 1—670216.18/cwt210.00–220.001,4488
BullsMedium and Large 1—425257.41/cwt255.00–260.001,0945
BullsMedium and Large 1—575222.41/cwt220.00–225.001,2792
BullsMedium and Large 1—495242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2001
CowsLean 85-90%—90370.94/cwt70.00–72.006412
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03587.00/cwt87.00–87.009001
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16977.29/cwt75.00–82.009045
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46692.12/cwt88.00–95.001,3507
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30984.80/cwt82.00–86.001,1104
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47297.30/cwt96.00–98.001,4323
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25483.64/cwt78.00–86.001,04919
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31297.46/cwt95.00–102.001,2799
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18191.21/cwt87.00–94.001,07743
Bulls——1,343113.95/cwt110.00–117.001,5303
Bulls——1,433105.74/cwt102.00–109.001,5155
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—920954.59/head930.00–980.009552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0151,067.74/head940.00–1,130.001,0687
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1561,192.44/head1,075.00–1,275.001,1927
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2481,440.63/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4412
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0981,657.93/head1,575.00–1,760.001,6588
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—1,0951,313.64/head1,300.00–1,325.001,3144
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0451,491.50/head1,350.00–1,550.001,49212
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—9731,233.21/head1,140.00–1,325.001,2334
BullsMedium and Large 2—617210.95/cwt207.50–212.501,3025
BullsMedium and Large 3—438231.17/cwt230.00–237.501,0138
BullsMedium and Large 3—332257.30/cwt255.00–262.508543
BullsMedium and Large 3—487221.41/cwt220.00–227.501,07817
BullsMedium and Large 3—768168.28/cwt165.00–170.001,2923
BullsMedium and Large 3—527211.84/cwt207.50–217.501,11613
BullsMedium and Large 2—523224.26/cwt220.00–227.501,17311
BullsMedium and Large 3—581200.92/cwt197.50–207.501,16710
BullsMedium and Large 3—259269.37/cwt265.00–270.006989
BullsMedium and Large 3—621197.92/cwt195.00–200.001,2295
BullsMedium and Large 3—391245.45/cwt245.00–250.0096010
BullsMedium and Large 3—723179.32/cwt175.00–182.501,2964
BullsMedium and Large 1—382267.36/cwt265.00–272.501,0215
BullsMedium and Large 2—477234.32/cwt230.00–240.001,1185
BullsMedium and Large 2—280275.00/cwt275.00–275.007704
BullsMedium and Large 2—765185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4151
BullsMedium and Large 2—315268.66/cwt265.00–270.008466
BullsMedium and Large 2—578214.06/cwt210.00–220.001,23712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532202.37/cwt200.00–207.501,0773
BullsMedium and Large 2—424245.17/cwt240.00–250.001,0408
BullsMedium and Large 2—382256.55/cwt255.00–260.009803
BullsMedium and Large 2—685200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3702
BullsMedium and Large 2—725189.86/cwt185.00–195.001,3762

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.