Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 4, 2022

1,450 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $149.42/cwt -4.69 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 427 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.60/cwt -4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 581 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.32/cwt -4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 567 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,450	1,311	868
Feeder cattle	1,093	905	640
Slaughter cattle	227	245	102
Replacement cattle	130	161	126

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves 4.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	377	3	177.50–185.00	$180.70	$681	-9.30
425	425	3	172.50	$172.50	$733	-9.41
455–495	482	3	165.00–168.00	$165.94	$800	-2.76
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	+0.06
605	605	1	150.00	$150.00	$908	-3.97
655–695	682	3	140.00–145.00	$141.60	$966	—
705–745	720	4	128.00–137.50	$133.80	$963	—
755–795	773	3	125.00–132.50	$129.10	$998	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	170.00	$170.00	$620	—
405–445	425	2	160.00–165.00	$162.38	$690	—
505–545	531	7	140.00–150.00	$143.48	$762	—
605–615	610	2	137.50–140.00	$138.74	$846	-1.26
755–795	775	4	115.00–119.00	$117.22	$908	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	202.50	$202.50	$688	—
355–395	375	3	190.00–195.00	$192.41	$722	-8.47
405	405	1	186.00	$186.00	$753	-13.00
455	455	1	172.50	$172.50	$785	-11.11
505–545	518	3	162.50–165.00	$164.12	$850	-14.88
555–595	575	4	155.00–164.00	$159.67	$918	-9.23
620	620	1	160.00	$160.00	$992	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	378	10	152.50–162.00	$156.64	$592	-4.96
405–445	427	26	145.00–155.00	$149.42	$638	-4.69
455–495	481	14	135.00–145.00	$138.50	$666	-2.13
505–545	519	23	127.50–160.00	$141.90	$736	+8.05
555–595	567	25	117.50–127.50	$124.32	$705	-4.20
605–645	620	17	115.00–125.00	$121.25	$752	-4.79

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	8	152.50–162.00	$156.39	$515	+0.21
355–395	377	11	140.00–150.00	$144.45	$545	-7.32
405–445	423	14	135.00–142.50	$139.20	$589	-1.33
455–495	476	11	122.50–132.50	$127.19	$605	+0.60
505–545	519	7	115.00–125.00	$121.33	$630	-2.08
555–595	580	11	107.50–115.00	$110.15	$639	—
605–645	625	2	110.00–111.00	$110.52	$691	-4.40

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	475	2	147.50–155.00	$151.09	$718	-1.22
505–545	537	5	139.00–140.00	$139.19	$747	-3.87
555–595	581	25	130.00–134.00	$131.60	$765	-4.60
605–645	629	7	127.50–136.00	$130.26	$819	—
655–695	685	5	124.00–129.00	$125.36	$859	-4.64
710	710	2	122.50	$122.50	$870	-2.44

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	375	2	167.50–175.00	$171.05	$641	-5.50
405–445	422	8	157.50–165.00	$161.80	$683	-4.11
455–495	477	10	145.00–150.00	$147.20	$702	-9.94
505–545	525	21	135.00–145.00	$139.81	$734	-3.27
555–595	576	22	127.50–137.50	$132.07	$761	-5.74
605–645	621	14	122.50–132.50	$128.50	$798	-5.45
655–695	668	8	119.00–125.00	$123.12	$822	-8.29
705–745	718	8	115.00–120.00	$118.40	$850	-7.80

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	322	3	165.00–175.00	$170.61	$549	-4.44
355–395	380	8	155.00–165.00	$158.67	$603	-7.61
405–445	433	4	142.50–152.50	$145.47	$630	-7.41
455–495	481	16	130.00–140.00	$133.30	$641	-12.38
505–545	518	15	122.50–132.50	$129.26	$670	-3.28
555–595	583	12	115.00–125.00	$118.05	$688	-9.36
605–645	625	15	110.00–120.00	$114.89	$718	—
655–695	668	8	109.00–115.00	$113.27	$757	-4.66

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	434	7	167.50–170.00	$168.17	$730	-6.68
455–495	475	2	162.50–167.50	$164.89	$783	-4.28
555–595	586	15	140.00–145.00	$141.11	$827	-7.38
605–645	629	10	137.50–145.00	$140.46	$883	-9.54
655–695	676	7	130.00–140.00	$134.53	$909	-5.47

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1425	1119	80-85%	42	62.00–69.00	$66.79	$747	-2.10
1215	1215	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$972	—
870–1610	1249	80-85%	54	70.00–77.00	$73.26	$915	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$677	—
820–1310	1007	85-90%	14	54.00–58.00	$56.06	$565	-7.34
825–1200	1018	85-90%	15	60.00–67.00	$63.40	$645	±0.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1640	1455	75-80%	5	65.00–69.00	$67.31	$979	—
1275–1810	1474	75-80%	19	70.00–75.00	$72.88	$1,074	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1715	1375	9	92.00–99.00	$95.28	$1,310	-4.15
1330–2290	1803	11	99.00–105.00	$101.89	$1,837	—
1840	1840	1	112.00	$112.00	$2,061	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1110	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	810.00–880.00	$835.73
1055–1410	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	850.00–960.00	$891.48
1235–1445	1315	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,059.96

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–940	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	670.00–690.00	$680.87
760–1240	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	690.00–810.00	$762.21
1210–1480	1291	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	810.00–920.00	$853.09

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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
1140–1215	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,236.31	-63.69
1090–1475	1303	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,301.28	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	980.00	$980.00	+36.25
895–1145	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	900.00–990.00	$932.39	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.