Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 8, 2022

1,162 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.73/cwt -16.12 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 459 lb · 47 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $147.70/cwt -19.86 vs last sale · ≈ $678/hd at 459 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.83/cwt -12.14 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 522 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,162	579	1,312
Feeder cattle	902	459	992
Slaughter cattle	155	53	154
Replacement cattle	105	67	166

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves 5.00 lower, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	197.50	$197.50	$592	—
400	400	1	175.00	$175.00	$700	-17.50
450–480	462	10	162.50–170.00	$167.03	$772	-16.47
500–530	510	5	155.00–160.00	$158.45	$808	-11.55
550	550	2	150.00	$150.00	$825	-15.00
600	600	2	140.00	$140.00	$840	-20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	195.00	$195.00	$488	-2.50
300	300	1	180.00	$180.00	$540	-13.75
350–375	367	3	175.00–177.50	$175.80	$645	-19.20
400	400	3	165.00–172.50	$167.50	$670	—
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	—
550	550	3	140.00	$140.00	$770	—
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	195.00	$195.00	$682	-10.00
500	500	2	175.00	$175.00	$875	—
550	550	1	162.50	$162.50	$894	-20.50
600–630	608	5	154.00–162.00	$157.16	$956	-10.84
650	650	1	150.00	$150.00	$975	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	152.50	$152.50	$534	-15.00
400–420	412	15	142.50–148.00	$144.50	$595	-19.50
450–480	459	47	137.50–145.00	$140.73	$646	-16.12
500–540	522	26	135.00–143.00	$137.83	$719	-12.14
550–590	569	12	132.50–140.00	$135.38	$770	-5.52
600	600	4	130.00	$130.00	$780	-4.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	150.00	$150.00	$450	-18.75
350–375	363	6	142.50–145.00	$143.71	$522	-17.22
400–440	416	21	132.50–140.00	$137.50	$572	-15.00
450–475	453	8	125.00–130.00	$129.34	$586	-20.66
500–540	505	10	120.00–132.50	$122.89	$621	-20.44
550	550	8	125.00	$125.00	$688	-9.31
600–625	604	7	118.00–120.00	$119.70	$723	-5.79
650–675	656	4	117.00–120.00	$118.74	$779	-0.64
700	700	2	117.00	$117.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	147.00	$147.00	$368	-15.38
300–340	322	6	142.50–145.00	$143.52	$462	-15.23
350–390	359	16	132.50–140.00	$137.03	$492	-10.40
400–425	405	11	122.50–130.00	$127.22	$515	-15.31
450	450	6	120.00	$120.00	$540	-20.00
500	500	4	120.00	$120.00	$600	-20.00
550–575	569	4	112.00–117.00	$113.21	$644	—
600	600	4	110.00–115.00	$112.50	$675	-7.50
650–675	656	8	110.00–115.00	$110.62	$726	—
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	5	168.00–177.50	$173.16	$554	-29.30
350–375	358	3	165.00–167.50	$166.63	$597	-23.14
400–425	409	11	152.50–160.00	$155.83	$637	-30.06
450–480	459	27	142.50–150.00	$147.70	$678	-19.86
500–530	510	22	140.00–147.50	$143.32	$731	-19.99
550–575	556	8	135.00–137.50	$136.85	$761	-27.65
600–640	616	8	130.00–135.00	$132.75	$818	—
650–690	665	4	123.00–131.00	$127.80	$850	-15.20
700	700	1	122.00	$122.00	$854	-13.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	258	3	172.50–180.00	$175.73	$453	—
300	300	4	162.50–170.00	$166.25	$499	-33.75
350–375	356	8	152.50–160.00	$157.78	$562	-21.77
400–430	409	11	142.50–150.00	$147.19	$602	-23.77
450–475	456	8	132.50–140.00	$137.31	$626	-23.25
500–520	503	7	130.00–135.00	$131.79	$663	-20.14
550	550	3	128.00–130.00	$129.33	$711	-20.67
600	600	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$758	-12.34
650	650	4	120.00	$120.00	$780	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	185.00	$185.00	$555	-28.00
350–375	358	3	172.50–180.00	$175.10	$627	-19.90
400	400	2	164.00–170.00	$167.00	$668	-23.00
450–480	460	8	152.50–160.00	$157.40	$724	-24.63
500–530	504	10	150.00–158.00	$150.89	$760	-25.41
550–590	570	10	141.00–148.00	$145.39	$829	-27.11
600–625	606	4	140.00–143.00	$141.39	$857	—
650–675	654	6	140.00–142.50	$140.41	$918	—
700	700	1	135.00	$135.00	$945	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1280	1050	80-85%	23	67.00–74.00	$71.12	$747	—
905–1605	1160	80-85%	34	76.00–82.00	$78.93	$916	-1.08
1090–1765	1325	80-85%	23	83.00–90.00	$85.98	$1,139	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635–900	780	85-90%	8	50.00–55.00	$51.86	$405	—
620–1000	855	85-90%	8	61.00–67.00	$64.35	$550	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1560	1463	75-80%	2	81.00–82.00	$81.47	$1,192	—
1150–1690	1549	75-80%	9	83.00–90.00	$86.43	$1,339	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1630	1344	5	97.00–104.00	$101.08	$1,359	—
1420–1575	1504	5	106.00–112.00	$108.94	$1,638	—
1490–2005	1757	7	113.00–120.00	$115.90	$2,036	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1075	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	900.00–1,125.00	$1,023.40
945–1260	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	890.00–1,090.00	$992.65
975–1315	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	890.00–1,090.00	$990.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1115	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	670.00–850.00	$790.52
930–985	958	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00	$750.00
845–1295	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	685.00–885.00	$752.06

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1155	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	910.00–1,100.00	$978.11	—
1105–1205	1147	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	960.00–1,100.00	$1,023.50	-42.43

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715–1100	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–880.00	$769.74	—
745–1140	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	820.00–875.00	$853.26	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1460	1277	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,175.00–1,450.00	$1,321.95	+31.95

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.