Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 15, 2022

1,000 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.81/cwt +5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $675/hd at 463 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.13/cwt +4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 511 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $143.34/cwt +5.84 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 414 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,000	1,162	1,039
Feeder cattle	729	902	784
Slaughter cattle	174	155	145
Replacement cattle	97	105	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	210.00	$210.00	$630	—
350–390	371	6	195.00–202.50	$198.22	$735	+3.22
400	400	3	190.00–192.50	$191.67	$767	—
500	500	1	172.50	$172.50	$862	-2.50
550	550	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$908	+2.50
600–625	613	2	154.00–157.00	$155.47	$953	-1.69
650–670	655	4	147.50–150.00	$148.86	$975	-1.14
700	700	2	140.00	$140.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	187.50	$187.50	$656	—
400	400	2	180.00	$180.00	$720	+5.00
450–475	463	2	172.50–175.00	$173.72	$804	+6.69
500–540	512	5	162.00–170.00	$166.32	$852	+7.87
550	550	4	155.00–157.50	$155.63	$856	+5.63
600	600	1	152.00	$152.00	$912	+12.00
650	650	1	135.00	$135.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	180.00	$180.00	$540	±0.00
400	400	1	172.50	$172.50	$690	+5.00
450–475	456	4	155.00–165.00	$161.16	$735	+11.16
500	500	2	150.00	$150.00	$750	—
550	550	3	140.00	$140.00	$770	±0.00
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	162.50	$162.50	$488	—
350–390	372	17	155.00–160.00	$156.94	$584	+4.44
400–440	420	17	150.00–157.00	$151.27	$635	+6.77
450–480	463	24	142.50–149.00	$145.81	$675	+5.08
500–530	511	24	137.50–147.00	$142.13	$726	+4.30
550–580	570	16	137.00–144.00	$138.73	$791	+3.35
600–640	619	12	125.00–135.00	$129.38	$801	-0.62
650–675	658	3	123.00–126.00	$124.32	$818	—
700	700	2	122.00	$122.00	$854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	317	6	155.00–157.50	$155.79	$494	+5.79
350–380	358	21	145.00–150.00	$147.68	$529	+3.97
400–440	414	24	140.00–146.00	$143.34	$593	+5.84
450–475	463	6	135.00–137.50	$136.14	$630	+6.80
500–525	506	4	130.00–135.00	$131.23	$664	+8.34
550	550	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$701	+2.50
600–625	605	5	121.00–125.00	$122.98	$744	+3.28
650	650	5	117.00–120.00	$118.80	$772	+0.06
700	700	1	114.00	$114.00	$798	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	160.00	$160.00	$320	—
250–280	262	10	145.00–150.00	$148.16	$388	+1.16
300–325	311	7	142.50–147.50	$145.00	$451	+1.48
350–375	353	9	133.00–140.00	$138.84	$490	+1.81
400–440	415	8	127.00–135.00	$130.20	$540	+2.98
450	450	3	125.00	$125.00	$562	+5.00
500	500	10	120.00	$120.00	$600	±0.00
550–580	560	5	112.00–117.00	$115.16	$645	+1.95
600	600	4	110.00–114.00	$111.00	$666	-1.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	5	190.00–197.00	$194.01	$718	+18.91
400–440	422	18	182.50–190.00	$186.55	$787	+19.55
450–490	463	8	177.50–185.00	$180.55	$836	+23.15
500	500	4	160.00–175.00	$163.75	$819	+12.86
550–590	558	11	147.00–152.00	$150.09	$838	+4.70
600–625	606	4	142.00–146.00	$144.47	$875	+3.08
650–670	660	4	134.00–140.00	$136.22	$899	-4.19
700	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	182.50	$182.50	$548	+9.34
350–390	360	5	175.00–182.50	$179.40	$646	+12.77
400–430	413	9	167.50–175.00	$171.05	$706	+15.22
450–490	476	8	165.00–172.50	$166.19	$791	+18.49
500–540	525	15	147.50–162.50	$151.26	$794	+7.94
550–580	563	8	137.50–145.00	$140.74	$792	+3.89
600–625	605	5	132.00–137.00	$135.39	$819	+2.64
650	650	2	127.00–132.50	$129.75	$843	+1.95
700	700	1	125.00	$125.00	$875	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	3	172.00–177.00	$174.56	$559	+8.31
350–380	362	12	162.50–170.00	$166.96	$604	+9.18
400–440	413	6	155.00–162.00	$159.44	$658	+12.25
450–470	463	7	150.00–157.50	$151.74	$703	+14.43
500	500	4	140.00–149.00	$142.25	$711	+10.46
550–590	558	10	125.00–137.00	$131.03	$731	+1.70
600	600	2	120.00	$120.00	$720	-6.25

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1520	1071	80-85%	38	74.00–81.00	$77.76	$833	+6.64
895–1600	1182	80-85%	53	82.00–89.00	$85.28	$1,008	+6.35
1120–1520	1303	80-85%	12	90.00–97.00	$92.45	$1,205	+6.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1450	1394	75-80%	6	86.00–91.00	$88.67	$1,236	—
1310–1595	1484	75-80%	4	81.00–83.00	$82.21	$1,220	+0.74
1310–1825	1487	75-80%	10	92.00–97.00	$93.65	$1,393	+12.18

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1030	952	85-90%	3	50.00–55.00	$51.80	$493	—
975–1100	1048	85-90%	3	65.00–74.00	$68.47	$718	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1665	1498	3	106.00–108.00	$107.02	$1,603	—
1515–1590	1548	3	111.00–116.00	$113.00	$1,749	—
1715–2145	1930	2	119.00–124.00	$121.78	$2,350	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1150	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	790.00–1,025.00	$938.93
840–1205	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	850.00–1,100.00	$956.81
890–1200	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	900.00–1,110.00	$995.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595–935	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	580.00–780.00	$681.23
735–940	848	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	665.00–740.00	$690.00
700–1065	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	630.00–850.00	$777.42

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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
870–1020	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	820.00–950.00	$909.54	—
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	890.00	$890.00	—
930–1280	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	820.00–1,040.00	$922.69	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,240.00	$1,240.00	—
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1075–1215	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	730.00	$730.00	—

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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.