Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2024-06-11

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 11
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
801 head
28 vs last sale 829 130 vs year ago 931 · 14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
54 vs last sale 210 65 vs year ago 221 · 29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
107 vs last sale 257 27 vs year ago 123 · +22.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.01/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 120.97 against this barn's trailing median of $362.98.
Average price
$242.01
41 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,309
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.17
vs GA average
23.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537249.171,33717thin
Medium and Large 3544236.931,28924
One grade step is worth $12.24/cwt here — about $48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
416374332290median 362.9812/1603/0304/2806/2308/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.88, low $303.81, median $362.98 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
242.01
GA average14 barns · 563 hd
246.17
−4.17
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−23.36
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.98
−120.97
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
BullsHigh1,715166.782,86012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477135.902,00720
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,234135.221,66963
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,057116.061,22717

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)1,172$1,87924
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,133$1,84017
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,064$1,5917
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,029$2,44530

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0552,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300282318.14/cwt315.00–325.008976
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325309.69/cwt305.00–315.001,0062
Bulls1,978176.14/cwt173.00–179.003,4842
Bulls1,706166.97/cwt164.00–170.002,8498
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,521139.40/cwt136.00–143.002,1209
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438131.93/cwt128.00–134.001,89710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1241
Bulls1,488156.64/cwt155.00–158.002,3312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1461,972.64/head1,900.00–2,075.001,9736
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0911,638.09/head1,575.00–1,750.001,6384
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240325.00/cwt325.00–325.007801
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700685262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,7981
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700685207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4212
HeifersMedium and Large 3750–800750199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4931
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600571231.03/cwt225.00–235.001,3199
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550537277.02/cwt275.00–285.001,48812
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600577269.42/cwt265.00–275.001,55510
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350332281.53/cwt280.00–285.009359
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500482250.80/cwt247.50–257.501,20923
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400377272.00/cwt267.50–277.501,02512
CowsLean 85-90%1,091121.28/cwt119.00–125.001,3236
CowsLean 85-90%980127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2451
CowsLean 85-90%1,044111.84/cwt109.00–115.001,16810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,356146.36/cwt144.00–151.001,9857
CowsBoner 80-85%1,293139.14/cwt136.00–143.001,79918
CowsBoner 80-85%1,184131.31/cwt127.00–135.001,55538
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,0502,165.24/head2,125.00–2,225.002,1654
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,1252,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29152,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2752
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-38571,954.86/head1,850.00–2,050.001,9556
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1841,943.27/head1,825.00–2,025.001,94313
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375352.37/cwt350.00–355.001,3212
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320361.04/cwt355.00–365.001,1554
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0853,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325344.69/cwt340.00–350.001,1202
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400387331.83/cwt330.00–340.001,2845
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2633,061.39/head3,025.00–3,100.003,0614
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450437271.34/cwt270.00–277.501,1867
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350329291.85/cwt290.00–295.009605
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525252.39/cwt247.50–257.501,32513
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265307.22/cwt300.00–310.008144
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2802,193.07/head2,150.00–2,225.002,1933
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4362
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650632219.10/cwt217.50–222.501,3853
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600575274.94/cwt272.50–277.501,5813
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300275295.00/cwt295.00–295.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250245300.00/cwt300.00–300.007351
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350325332.35/cwt330.00–335.001,0802
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700675252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0281,527.51/head1,475.00–1,550.001,5283
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0002,517.50/head2,500.00–2,525.002,5186
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650625261.21/cwt260.00–262.501,6332
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450430261.14/cwt257.50–267.501,12312
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550528240.47/cwt237.50–245.001,27015
HeifersMedium and Large 3700–750721204.30/cwt200.00–207.501,4734
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400382282.36/cwt280.00–287.501,0795
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600555290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6101
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550532290.79/cwt290.00–292.501,5473
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400385320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1131,655.31/head1,600.00–1,800.001,6558
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1261,767.27/head1,650.00–1,825.001,76711
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2941
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300265365.00/cwt365.00–365.009671
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650628230.80/cwt227.50–236.001,4494
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600575238.71/cwt237.50–240.001,3734

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.