Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2023-12-19

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 19
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
562 head
262 vs last sale 824 311 vs year ago 873 · 35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
6 vs last sale 118 30 vs year ago 154 · 19.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
82 vs last sale 78 18 vs year ago 142 · +12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 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 $248.32/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 28 of 27 comparable sales and sits +32.84 against this barn's trailing median of $215.48.
Average price
$248.32
143 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1348286.9799919thin
Medium and Large 2462249.311,15365
Medium and Large 3472234.791,10859
One grade step is worth $52.18/cwt here — about −$109 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

27 sales
243217191165median 215.4812/1602/1704/2106/0908/11
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.74, low $178.92, median $215.48 across 27 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 sale143 hd
248.32
GA average15 barns · 947 hd
218.43
+29.89
This barn, trailing median27 sales
215.48
+32.84
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
BullsLow1,739113.331,97016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40795.321,34115
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18691.811,08943
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04974.9778712

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)1,198$1,25318
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,041$1,16015
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,09818
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,039$1,56430

Every lot, as filed

72 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 3245265.00/cwt265.00–265.006491
BullsMedium and Large 3529222.97/cwt220.00–227.301,1809
BullsMedium and Large 3427244.32/cwt240.00–250.001,04314
BullsMedium and Large 3568215.35/cwt211.00–217.501,2239
BullsMedium and Large 2230300.00/cwt300.00–300.006901
BullsMedium and Large 2481245.14/cwt240.00–250.001,17932
SteersMedium and Large 1420277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1661
SteersMedium and Large 3475241.20/cwt240.00–242.501,1462
SteersMedium and Large 3525233.85/cwt230.00–238.001,2282
SteersMedium and Large 2525243.70/cwt242.50–245.001,2792
SteersMedium and Large 3565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
SteersMedium and Large 2485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
HeifersMedium and Large 2475212.29/cwt207.50–217.501,0084
HeifersMedium and Large 3615171.48/cwt170.00–172.501,0554
HeifersMedium and Large 3571179.42/cwt175.00–182.501,0245
HeifersMedium and Large 2582191.62/cwt190.00–195.001,1156
SteersMedium and Large 1475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,25919
SteersMedium and Large 2575234.97/cwt232.50–237.501,3515
HeifersMedium and Large 1485219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0621
HeifersMedium and Large 2355231.27/cwt230.00–232.508212
HeifersMedium and Large 2326234.55/cwt230.00–240.0076516
HeifersMedium and Large 3275233.60/cwt230.00–237.506424
HeifersMedium and Large 2625182.42/cwt180.00–185.001,1402
HeifersMedium and Large 2533200.30/cwt197.50–207.001,0685
HeifersMedium and Large 3423210.38/cwt205.00–215.0089010
HeifersMedium and Large 3522191.52/cwt187.50–195.001,00011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added499235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,17316
HeifersMedium and Large 3482199.67/cwt197.50–205.009629
HeifersMedium and Large 2434219.31/cwt217.50–225.009529
HeifersMedium and Large 1332247.42/cwt245.00–250.008213
BullsMedium and Large 3275277.32/cwt275.00–280.007632
BullsMedium and Large 3305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008243
BullsMedium and Large 3478232.99/cwt230.00–237.501,1148
BullsMedium and Large 1334292.13/cwt290.00–297.5097610
HeifersMedium and Large 3335220.00/cwt220.00–220.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 3374216.31/cwt212.50–220.008097
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286100.62/cwt99.00–102.501,2947
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20994.91/cwt92.00–98.001,14713
CowsLean 85-90%1,08268.50/cwt65.00–72.007415
CowsLean 85-90%1,02679.59/cwt75.00–82.008177
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47390.95/cwt88.00–92.001,3406
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36398.23/cwt94.00–100.001,3399
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14387.38/cwt82.00–90.0099923
Bulls1,833107.58/cwt104.00–112.001,9726
Bulls1,682116.78/cwt115.00–120.001,96410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1501,097.72/head1,000.00–1,190.001,0985
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0791,176.37/head1,100.00–1,275.001,17612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,002941.92/head860.00–1,010.009426
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1731,908.74/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9094
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-39901,271.21/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2714
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0941,279.85/head1,150.00–1,350.001,2807
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39941,054.24/head925.00–1,100.001,0548
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2171,312.92/head1,225.00–1,425.001,31313
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,0851,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0751,667.91/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6686
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29351,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-39671,270.39/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2706
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2351,790.00/head1,790.00–1,790.001,7902
BullsMedium and Large 3384252.72/cwt250.00–260.009707
BullsMedium and Large 3628204.08/cwt200.00–210.001,2826
BullsMedium and Large 1475253.70/cwt252.50–255.001,2052
BullsMedium and Large 1275303.48/cwt300.00–307.508352
BullsMedium and Large 1245305.00/cwt305.00–305.007471
BullsMedium and Large 2275289.64/cwt285.00–295.007976
BullsMedium and Large 2335281.14/cwt280.00–285.009424
BullsMedium and Large 2375268.55/cwt265.00–272.501,0072
BullsMedium and Large 1383277.95/cwt275.00–285.001,0654
BullsMedium and Large 2531233.48/cwt230.00–240.001,24012
BullsMedium and Large 2578223.23/cwt220.00–227.501,2906
BullsMedium and Large 2425259.88/cwt257.50–262.501,1042

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.