Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2024-01-16

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 16
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
649 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 570▼ 381 vs year ago 1,030 · −37.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 114▼ 50 vs year ago 169 · −29.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 70▼ 98 vs year ago 167 · −58.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls 9.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves 8.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 7.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 7.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.85/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$216.85
134 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.39
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2500218.441,09342
Medium and Large 1565216.981,2265thin
Medium and Large 3458216.0899087
One grade step is worth $2.36/cwt here — about $103 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 sale134 hd
216.85
—
GA average16 barns · 2,022 hd
218.24
−1.39
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—High1,625130.272,1179thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,523108.501,65212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181105.111,24151
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03291.9494912

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,123$1,27410
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,138$1,27012
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,074$1,1314thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)983$1,59612

Every lot, as filed

79 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—582213.30/cwt212.50–215.001,2413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—645202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3061
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484222.61/cwt220.00–230.001,07713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420221.24/cwt215.00–225.0092913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0961
HeifersMedium and Large 2—680183.13/cwt182.00–185.001,2453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527213.33/cwt210.00–218.001,1249
BullsMedium and Large 3—534229.27/cwt227.50–234.001,2249
BullsMedium and Large 3—285280.00/cwt280.00–280.007981
BullsMedium and Large 3—335270.00/cwt270.00–270.009051
BullsMedium and Large 3—620205.57/cwt202.50–207.501,2754
BullsMedium and Large 3—375265.00/cwt265.00–265.009941
BullsMedium and Large 2—295290.00/cwt290.00–290.008561
SteersMedium and Large 3—418264.11/cwt262.50–265.001,1043
SteersMedium and Large 3—585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3462
SteersMedium and Large 3—472252.75/cwt250.00–255.001,1937
SteersMedium and Large 2—325292.35/cwt290.00–295.009502
SteersMedium and Large 2—482260.89/cwt259.00–265.001,2573
SteersMedium and Large 2—425275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1691
SteersMedium and Large 2—568245.76/cwt242.50–247.501,3963
SteersMedium and Large 2—383285.90/cwt284.00–290.001,0954
SteersMedium and Large 3—518243.25/cwt240.00–245.001,2603
SteersMedium and Large 3—725203.72/cwt202.50–205.001,4772
SteersMedium and Large 1—345302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0441
SteersMedium and Large 3—340235.53/cwt220.00–285.008014
SteersMedium and Large 1—418290.77/cwt287.50–292.501,2156
SteersMedium and Large 3—618223.32/cwt222.50–225.001,3803
SteersMedium and Large 2—275297.32/cwt295.00–300.008182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—295255.00/cwt255.00–255.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385240.00/cwt240.00–240.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1—365297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,0861
HeifersMedium and Large 3—959190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8222
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371231.01/cwt225.00–235.0085714
HeifersMedium and Large 3—631183.40/cwt180.00–190.001,15710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568206.58/cwt200.00–210.001,1736
HeifersMedium and Large 3—269246.25/cwt240.00–250.006627
SteersMedium and Large 2—511254.24/cwt250.00–255.001,2997
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,146104.53/cwt100.00–107.001,19830
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,566110.12/cwt109.00–112.001,7249
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,392103.62/cwt103.00–104.001,4423
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15295.73/cwt92.00–99.001,1037
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,270111.06/cwt108.00–115.001,41014
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00595.39/cwt94.00–98.009594
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05588.39/cwt86.00–90.009337
CowsLean 85-90%—980103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0091
Bulls——1,883136.66/cwt135.00–139.002,5734
Bulls——1,508128.02/cwt125.00–130.001,9313
Bulls——1,285120.88/cwt120.00–122.001,5532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0631,159.18/head1,080.00–1,275.001,1596
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1281,235.75/head1,200.00–1,275.001,2362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0201,025.37/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2131,380.34/head1,300.00–1,450.001,3806
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8551,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1791,367.88/head1,275.00–1,450.001,3686
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1351,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8701,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0831,788.97/head1,775.00–1,800.001,7894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0381,132.50/head1,000.00–1,225.001,1334
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—8701,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
BullsMedium and Large 1—425284.94/cwt282.50–287.501,2114
BullsMedium and Large 2—322285.53/cwt280.00–290.0091910
BullsMedium and Large 2—715202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4481
BullsMedium and Large 2—625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1—465277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2901
BullsMedium and Large 2—425269.84/cwt265.00–275.001,1473
BullsMedium and Large 2—375274.80/cwt270.00–280.001,0318
BullsMedium and Large 3—482240.65/cwt237.50–247.501,1603
BullsMedium and Large 3—432255.78/cwt255.00–257.501,1053
BullsMedium and Large 1—321298.45/cwt292.50–303.0095810
BullsMedium and Large 2—495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2384
BullsMedium and Large 1—383287.78/cwt285.00–295.001,1026
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326235.76/cwt232.50–240.007698
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526203.65/cwt200.00–207.501,07110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427230.75/cwt227.50–235.009859
HeifersMedium and Large 3—476212.18/cwt207.50–217.501,01021
BullsMedium and Large 3—571219.28/cwt215.00–222.501,2524
BullsMedium and Large 2—582229.09/cwt227.50–232.501,3333

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.