Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2025-10-21

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 21
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
810 head
2 vs last sale 808 387 vs year ago 1,197 · 32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
46 vs last sale 141 141 vs year ago 236 · 59.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
160 head
20 vs last sale 140 43 vs year ago 117 · +36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves and bull calves sharply higher. Heifer calves 6.00 - 8.00 higher. Slaughter cattle steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $347.62/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits 49.57 against this barn's trailing median of $397.19.
Average price
$347.62
79 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.67
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545367.182,00120
Medium and Large 2555349.981,94237
Medium and Large 3538325.871,75422
One grade step is worth $41.31/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
451405358311median 397.1912/1603/0304/2806/2308/18
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $437.33, low $324.94, median $397.19 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 sale79 hd
347.62
GA average14 barns · 289 hd
348.29
−0.67
This barn, trailing median32 sales
397.19
−49.57
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
BullsLow1,616182.562,95010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,457161.702,35611
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,234157.741,94637
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038141.481,46828

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)1,221$2,81229
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$2,50129
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)899$2,21418
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,051$3,12417

Every lot, as filed

121 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 3700–750725257.53/cwt255.00–260.001,8672
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350315404.84/cwt400.00–410.001,2752
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450420358.67/cwt350.00–375.001,50612
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250228478.08/cwt460.00–495.001,0902
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750718255.09/cwt250.00–260.001,8323
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300279414.22/cwt400.00–440.001,1564
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300253405.05/cwt400.00–410.001,0252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0692,276.35/head1,750.00–2,650.002,27610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0642,125.18/head1,625.00–2,450.002,1258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39991,774.72/head1,600.00–2,125.001,7754
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400374442.09/cwt420.00–460.001,6539
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650626329.82/cwt310.00–340.002,06523
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450417389.15/cwt375.00–400.001,6235
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,0852,787.74/head2,650.00–2,900.002,7885
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600572318.65/cwt315.00–320.001,82311
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473348.58/cwt345.00–350.001,64914
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550522329.60/cwt320.00–340.001,72119
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400377377.23/cwt370.00–390.001,4229
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350323503.21/cwt490.00–540.001,6256
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428399.17/cwt390.00–415.001,7087
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373386.09/cwt375.00–395.001,4409
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525372.05/cwt360.00–380.001,9535
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250225595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,3391
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750714281.90/cwt280.00–285.002,0134
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650623303.66/cwt300.00–310.001,8924
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675292.48/cwt285.00–305.001,9744
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600565353.74/cwt345.00–365.001,9994
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315532.50/cwt530.00–535.001,6772
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400387469.91/cwt450.00–490.001,8193
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550523348.44/cwt330.00–355.001,8226
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600558324.93/cwt320.00–330.001,8132
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475329.47/cwt320.00–340.001,56518
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550527305.82/cwt300.00–315.001,6126
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700660305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0131
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600571311.66/cwt300.00–320.001,7806
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400380425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6151
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450425338.13/cwt330.00–350.001,43714
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600577299.08/cwt285.00–310.001,72610
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Bred CowsSmall 2-37132,037.37/head1,850.00–2,300.002,0374
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650623282.55/cwt280.00–287.501,7603
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350320385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 3750–800762231.67/cwt220.00–240.001,7653
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250200480.00/cwt480.00–480.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700658270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7772
Bred CowsSmall 1-28402,707.98/head2,550.00–2,850.002,7085
Bred CowsSmall 1-28112,503.91/head2,325.00–2,700.002,5046
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28253,425.00/head3,250.00–3,600.003,4252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-37352,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred CowsSmall 2-38551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsSmall 2-37781,868.31/head1,525.00–2,125.001,8686
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27303,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,157148.77/cwt144.00–151.001,72110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,339169.99/cwt167.00–173.002,2764
CowsBoner 80-85%1,249159.51/cwt153.00–164.001,99223
Bulls1,382172.44/cwt168.00–177.002,3833
Bulls1,935193.45/cwt193.00–194.003,7432
Bulls1,629184.28/cwt180.00–190.003,0025
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650628278.82/cwt270.00–290.001,7516
CowsLean 85-90%1,065143.70/cwt138.00–148.001,53016
CowsLean 85-90%982150.57/cwt149.00–155.001,4795
CowsLean 85-90%1,016129.92/cwt125.00–135.001,3207
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2431
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,453162.87/cwt157.00–168.002,36710
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363491.10/cwt470.00–505.001,7834
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500477342.06/cwt330.00–355.001,63218
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800790220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7381
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700650260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6901
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550526331.20/cwt320.00–345.001,74216
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400376356.79/cwt350.00–365.001,3428
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8831
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800762290.02/cwt280.00–300.002,2103
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800764284.12/cwt277.50–293.002,1715
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658335.04/cwt330.00–350.002,2056
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460392.43/cwt385.00–405.001,8056
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450410442.91/cwt430.00–460.001,8165
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250211635.77/cwt600.00–660.001,3414
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413376.61/cwt370.00–390.001,5556
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350316453.11/cwt440.00–480.001,4326
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2611
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718301.57/cwt295.00–310.002,1653
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718331.51/cwt330.00–333.002,3802
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750713320.05/cwt315.00–330.002,2823
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300265480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2721
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627327.54/cwt322.50–335.002,0545
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250223545.28/cwt540.00–550.001,2162
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250230590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3571
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275454.98/cwt440.00–475.001,2514
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450419359.12/cwt355.00–365.001,5056
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600578344.75/cwt330.00–350.001,99322
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300269510.09/cwt500.00–520.001,3724
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425421.75/cwt420.00–425.001,7923
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350331424.68/cwt410.00–435.001,4064
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500468387.67/cwt380.00–400.001,81411
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750715305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4653,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472369.92/cwt360.00–380.001,74619
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750725292.92/cwt280.00–300.002,1245
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800770257.53/cwt255.00–260.001,9832
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550521357.65/cwt350.00–365.001,86315
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1193,337.21/head3,000.00–3,500.003,3374
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3002,942.61/head2,550.00–3,450.002,94311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1052,668.55/head2,400.00–2,850.002,6693
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3263,171.91/head2,750.00–3,600.003,17218
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615343.59/cwt330.00–350.002,1134
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600563362.81/cwt355.00–375.002,04312
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,6521
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569332.42/cwt330.00–340.001,8916
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1033,587.76/head3,450.00–3,700.003,5882
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479358.94/cwt355.00–365.001,7195
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665317.10/cwt300.00–325.002,1095
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850800275.00/cwt270.00–280.002,2002
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355412.46/cwt410.00–415.001,4642
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650623352.50/cwt345.00–365.002,1968
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550518373.73/cwt370.00–380.001,9368
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519347.48/cwt345.00–350.001,8036
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350321543.34/cwt530.00–570.001,7447

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.