Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-12-05

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 5
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
791 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 815▲ 246 vs year ago 545 · +45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 193▲ 71 vs year ago 94 · +75.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 190▲ 39 vs year ago 98 · +39.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.69/cwt on 211 head.
Average price
$202.69
211 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$316
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$10.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.48
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3409205.8384291
Medium and Large 2487202.1998487
Medium and Large 1593195.351,15833
One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about −$316 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 sale211 hd
202.69
—
GA average14 barns · 1,486 hd
207.17
−4.48
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—High1,838120.452,2147thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38297.641,35023
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13191.641,03693
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01179.3680219

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)1,233$1,22222
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,124$1,1187
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,071$1,0428
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$1,38514

Every lot, as filed

75 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
BullsMedium and Large 3—315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685161.79/cwt160.00–167.501,1084
HeifersMedium and Large 2—715160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438210.44/cwt210.00–213.0092222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—379211.34/cwt207.50–218.0080123
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322223.16/cwt217.50–227.5071918
HeifersMedium and Large 3—426202.20/cwt197.50–207.5086113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—635160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577198.30/cwt195.00–202.501,14417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—338230.78/cwt230.00–235.0078012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775164.87/cwt160.00–170.001,2782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0311
SteersMedium and Large 1—445285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2681
SteersMedium and Large 1—760201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5281
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521195.95/cwt190.00–200.001,02126
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275229.82/cwt225.00–235.006328
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469194.93/cwt190.00–197.5091413
HeifersMedium and Large 3—527183.35/cwt180.00–187.509668
SteersMedium and Large 2—505239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2071
SteersMedium and Large 2—365287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0491
SteersMedium and Large 2—675209.90/cwt205.00–215.001,4173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632188.44/cwt186.00–195.001,1917
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615178.69/cwt175.00–180.001,0994
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582186.46/cwt185.00–189.001,0856
SteersMedium and Large 2—325287.35/cwt285.00–290.009342
SteersMedium and Large 1—575234.83/cwt230.00–240.001,3502
SteersMedium and Large 1—615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4151
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476204.69/cwt200.00–210.0097412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526205.24/cwt202.50–209.001,0805
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565177.40/cwt170.00–180.001,0026
BullsMedium and Large 2—315282.42/cwt280.00–285.0089012
BullsMedium and Large 2—705186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 2—495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2381
BullsMedium and Large 2—245275.00/cwt275.00–275.006741
BullsMedium and Large 1—425279.88/cwt275.00–285.001,1898
BullsMedium and Large 1—455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2291
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11773.00/cwt70.00–77.008156
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06891.30/cwt88.00–94.009752
CowsLean 85-90%—94280.66/cwt78.00–85.0076011
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32196.15/cwt92.00–99.001,2709
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30689.31/cwt87.00–90.001,1664
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,468102.32/cwt100.00–107.001,50210
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13984.44/cwt80.00–87.0096226
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22799.77/cwt97.00–103.001,22422
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07991.83/cwt89.00–96.0099145
Bulls——1,825125.24/cwt121.00–128.002,2864
Bulls——1,688111.08/cwt110.00–112.001,8752
Bulls——2,190120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,6281
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,3351,605.99/head1,500.00–1,700.001,6064
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—7881,118.33/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1184
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,1971,414.78/head1,400.00–1,425.001,4156
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1241,045.55/head970.00–1,100.001,0465
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2311,170.50/head1,070.00–1,225.001,17116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2401,359.30/head1,275.00–1,475.001,3596
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—880895.00/head890.00–900.008952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1351,090.34/head1,050.00–1,160.001,0906
BullsMedium and Large 3—215285.00/cwt285.00–285.006131
BullsMedium and Large 3—285270.00/cwt270.00–270.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1—315297.34/cwt290.00–300.0093720
BullsMedium and Large 1—374287.65/cwt282.50–292.501,07610
BullsMedium and Large 3—621201.93/cwt197.50–205.001,2545
BullsMedium and Large 2—432270.09/cwt269.00–272.501,1673
BullsMedium and Large 3—434252.64/cwt250.00–260.001,09611
BullsMedium and Large 3—531226.87/cwt222.50–233.001,2058
BullsMedium and Large 3—678186.60/cwt182.50–192.501,2656
BullsMedium and Large 2—518239.55/cwt235.00–242.001,2413
BullsMedium and Large 3—375262.37/cwt260.00–265.009842
BullsMedium and Large 3—585214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2521
BullsMedium and Large 1—275299.88/cwt295.00–305.008259
BullsMedium and Large 2—373275.23/cwt270.00–280.001,0276
BullsMedium and Large 2—585221.78/cwt220.00–227.501,2974
BullsMedium and Large 2—283282.87/cwt280.00–290.008018
BullsMedium and Large 3—468246.62/cwt245.00–247.501,1543

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.