Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 30, 2022

1,209 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Franklin County Livestock report →

light 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $141.95/cwt -5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $599/hd at 422 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 3 heifers $133.58/cwt -1.65 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 523 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $142.17/cwt -3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 525 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,209	1,346	851
Feeder cattle	889	907	672
Slaughter cattle	196	262	109
Replacement cattle	124	177	70

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 5.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves steady, Feeder bulls 3.00 lower, Bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	180.00–182.50	$181.27	$680	—
445	445	1	170.00	$170.00	$756	—
460–490	470	6	170.00–175.00	$172.88	$813	+5.54
510–540	526	8	160.00–167.50	$163.34	$859	+3.34
560–580	573	9	160.00–162.50	$160.81	$921	—
610–640	623	3	150.00–157.50	$153.28	$955	—
660–690	683	5	140.00–145.00	$143.53	$980	+1.10
710–730	720	2	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$954	—
790	790	1	125.00	$125.00	$988	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	3	212.50–220.00	$216.80	$711	+1.05
475	475	1	190.00	$190.00	$902	-0.71
560–590	575	2	170.00	$170.00	$978	-0.94
645	645	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,080	+2.11
655–675	665	10	160.00–165.00	$162.18	$1,078	—
705–745	723	6	155.00–160.00	$157.78	$1,141	—
780–795	785	3	152.50–160.00	$157.47	$1,236	—
830	830	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,212	—
865	865	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,211	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–440	435	2	182.50–187.50	$185.03	$805	—
510–540	525	2	170.00–175.00	$172.43	$905	+3.31
560–570	568	6	165.00–167.50	$165.41	$940	—
660–680	675	4	152.50–157.50	$156.28	$1,055	—
740–745	743	2	145.00–152.50	$148.76	$1,105	—
795	795	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	363	5	150.00–155.00	$152.53	$554	+1.09
405–430	422	25	140.00–147.50	$141.95	$599	-5.69
455–490	461	17	135.00–142.50	$136.97	$631	-5.16
505–540	523	25	130.00–137.50	$133.58	$699	-1.65
555–580	573	12	125.00–130.00	$128.58	$737	+4.94
635–645	640	7	120.00–128.00	$123.27	$789	+4.56
660–690	683	4	120.00–122.50	$121.90	$833	+4.10
795	795	1	105.00	$105.00	$835	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	417	12	150.00–155.00	$152.27	$635	-4.52
455–475	464	13	145.00–149.00	$146.76	$681	-6.23
505–540	525	19	140.00–145.00	$142.17	$746	-3.35
555–580	569	8	132.50–140.00	$137.18	$781	-3.00
620–640	635	4	130.00–132.50	$130.61	$829	-3.42
690	690	5	125.00	$125.00	$862	-3.81
895	895	1	107.00	$107.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–460	456	4	150.00–155.00	$151.26	$690	—
505–540	519	12	145.00–150.00	$147.04	$763	—
555–570	561	7	142.50–147.50	$145.51	$816	-5.33
605–630	618	3	142.50–146.00	$144.49	$893	-0.51
660–690	686	7	130.00–133.00	$130.41	$895	-9.87

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	11	180.00–187.50	$184.10	$589	-0.04
355–375	364	10	170.00–177.50	$174.14	$634	+3.72
405–440	430	15	160.00–167.50	$161.27	$693	-1.16
455–485	470	15	150.00–157.50	$154.11	$724	-0.29
505–540	512	11	145.00–150.00	$148.38	$760	+2.89
555–590	565	14	140.00–145.00	$141.61	$800	+4.67
655–690	661	8	130.00–135.00	$132.80	$878	+4.09
740–745	744	4	122.00–127.50	$126.13	$938	+1.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	322	3	190.00–192.50	$190.79	$614	-3.46
360	360	3	180.00	$180.00	$648	-3.87
405–440	429	7	170.00–177.50	$173.21	$743	-2.48
455–480	465	15	160.00–168.00	$164.18	$763	-1.75
505–515	508	6	155.00–160.00	$157.91	$802	-0.10
560–590	570	12	147.50–150.00	$149.14	$850	-1.05
605–640	627	5	140.00–145.00	$143.54	$900	-4.91
730–740	735	4	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$974	-2.67
790–795	793	2	121.00–125.00	$122.99	$975	—
880	880	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	423	5	180.00–185.00	$181.47	$768	-3.35
460 value added	460	1	183.00	$183.00	$842	—
540–545	542	7	165.00–167.50	$166.08	$900	-1.17
555–570	563	7	155.00–165.00	$157.84	$889	-4.59
645	645	5	150.00	$150.00	$968	-11.74
660–690	683	4	145.00–147.50	$145.60	$994	-7.80
745	745	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,043	-7.43
760–795	785	4	132.50–140.00	$136.67	$1,073	-7.67

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1615	1227	80-85%	30	72.00–79.00	$76.85	$943	-16.61
860–1735	1238	80-85%	70	80.00–87.00	$83.00	$1,028	-10.46
1205–1305	1255	80-85%	2	88.00	$88.00	$1,104	-12.57

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1210	958	85-90%	11	65.00–69.00	$66.59	$638	-8.82
785–1240	994	85-90%	21	70.00–77.00	$74.61	$742	-0.80
935–1405	1136	85-90%	12	78.00–82.00	$79.26	$900	-9.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1655	1448	75-80%	5	80.00–85.00	$82.69	$1,197	—
1315–1670	1466	75-80%	9	72.00–79.00	$75.88	$1,112	—
1540–1620	1588	75-80%	3	90.00–92.00	$90.99	$1,445	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1995	1644	5	100.00–106.00	$103.54	$1,702	—
1285–2045	1691	8	110.00–115.00	$112.62	$1,904	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1190	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	790.00–975.00	$906.17
890–1195	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	760.00–980.00	$895.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,030.00	$1,030.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1230–1435	1311	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,061.02

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–855	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	610.00–690.00	$649.20
735–920	828	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	760.00–850.00	$799.97
785–920	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	670.00–710.00	$691.58

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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
1060–1200	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	870.00–1,180.00	$979.99	—
1035–1990	1672	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,084.52	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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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.