Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 16, 2025

668 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $362.40/cwt +25.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,685/hd at 465 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $392.92/cwt +28.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,835/hd at 467 lb · 27 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $367.34/cwt +32.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,543/hd at 420 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	668	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,247	-10.21
310	310	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,240	-50.00
370–390	376	7	400.00–440.00	$411.71	$1,548	-18.25
425–440	433	2	400.00–405.00	$402.54	$1,743	—
460–490	471	9	370.00–420.00	$390.93	$1,841	+16.00
530–545	538	2	395.00–400.00	$397.47	$2,138	—
590	590	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,947	-23.80
680	680	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,074	-29.00
785	785	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,002	-37.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,570	-25.00
360–390	375	2	450.00–470.00	$460.40	$1,726	-9.60
400–415	405	3	430.00–485.00	$461.28	$1,868	+6.28
505	505	4	405.00–425.00	$413.75	$2,089	—
565–570	568	3	370.00–375.00	$371.66	$2,111	-15.84
630	630	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,268	—
650–690	670	3	330.00–355.00	$339.75	$2,276	-10.25
700–735	718	2	300.00–330.00	$314.63	$2,259	-6.64

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	300.00–380.00	$339.68	$1,063	+114.68
425–435	430	3	370.00–390.00	$379.96	$1,634	—
475	475	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,662	+17.74
505–535	520	2	330.00–350.00	$340.29	$1,770	+7.49

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	400.00	$400.00	$860	±0.00
250–295	272	9	405.00–450.00	$426.80	$1,161	+3.31
315–335	331	14	400.00–420.00	$413.63	$1,369	+7.43
350–375	362	9	380.00–405.00	$392.00	$1,419	+12.81
400–445	420	18	345.00–390.00	$367.34	$1,543	+32.09
450–490	465	33	345.00–375.00	$362.40	$1,685	+25.56
500–540	513	6	325.00–345.00	$335.11	$1,719	+9.46
570–580	575	6	300.00–320.00	$305.83	$1,759	-9.36
605–635	615	6	280.00–315.00	$296.02	$1,821	-11.92
720–745	733	2	245.00–280.00	$262.20	$1,922	-19.56
780–785	783	2	235.00–250.00	$242.48	$1,899	-8.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	269	6	470.00–495.00	$483.61	$1,301	—
310–315	313	4	425.00–450.00	$436.24	$1,365	-15.12
350–390	370	7	410.00–420.00	$414.13	$1,532	-30.87
400–415	405	12	395.00–420.00	$406.79	$1,647	+26.53
460–470	464	8	380.00–390.00	$384.96	$1,786	+16.57
500–510	505	9	350.00–365.00	$355.59	$1,796	+3.09
550–575	569	8	325.00–340.00	$330.58	$1,881	-14.41
655–695	666	5	300.00–310.00	$306.94	$2,044	-3.00
765–790	778	2	265.00–270.00	$267.46	$2,081	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	214	6	335.00–360.00	$348.60	$746	+47.62
260–270	265	4	330.00–360.00	$350.09	$928	-49.91
335–345	341	4	370.00–395.00	$382.53	$1,304	+26.67
355–390	373	2	345.00–365.00	$355.47	$1,326	+40.17
400–445	429	7	300.00–340.00	$320.28	$1,374	+16.57
450–490	480	5	320.00–340.00	$325.75	$1,564	+36.04
520–530	527	3	300.00–320.00	$306.58	$1,616	+3.33
565–595	580	2	250.00–270.00	$259.74	$1,506	—
620	620	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,488	-34.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	430.00–465.00	$441.67	$1,082	—
255–285	272	11	400.00–465.00	$439.55	$1,196	+8.91
300–345	329	8	425.00–460.00	$446.63	$1,469	+10.98
365–390	380	10	400.00–450.00	$426.43	$1,620	+20.23
435–445	441	16	400.00–445.00	$419.67	$1,851	+11.76
450–490	467	27	370.00–450.00	$392.92	$1,835	+28.09
500–510	503	8	365.00–380.00	$370.66	$1,864	+17.33
570–580	574	4	340.00–355.00	$347.47	$1,994	+24.89
600–645	629	10	270.00–320.00	$303.36	$1,908	+3.95
650–660	655	2	270.00–280.00	$275.04	$1,802	-9.70
710–735	719	5	260.00–300.00	$271.17	$1,950	+9.60
760	760	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,881	+10.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	220	5	355.00–400.00	$391.82	$862	+111.82
270–285	278	3	350.00–380.00	$364.73	$1,014	—
300–330	317	6	340.00–400.00	$380.82	$1,207	+51.58
375–385	379	7	330.00–385.00	$354.98	$1,345	-3.02
400–420	407	7	330.00–390.00	$370.39	$1,507	+21.23
455	455	3	355.00–365.00	$361.67	$1,646	+36.84
500–520	510	5	315.00–360.00	$336.80	$1,718	+36.95
555–595	577	3	300.00–335.00	$322.10	$1,859	+56.10
620–625	623	2	250.00–260.00	$254.98	$1,589	—
660	660	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,617	-5.00
795	795	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,709	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	273	5	470.00–490.00	$480.07	$1,311	-32.03
315–340	330	3	475.00–485.00	$480.13	$1,584	+0.15
360–390	380	8	470.00–485.00	$477.98	$1,816	+25.78
400–415	404	8	450.00–470.00	$458.70	$1,853	+14.43
455	455	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,934	+28.33
505–515	510	4	385.00–395.00	$388.71	$1,982	+15.85
555–570	563	4	360.00–365.00	$362.47	$2,041	+9.50
600–645	627	3	325.00–345.00	$334.76	$2,099	-1.03
650–695	672	3	320.00–345.00	$329.73	$2,216	+15.19

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1285	1137	80-85%	23	135.00–148.00	$142.12	$1,616	—
985–1530	1165	80-85%	67	150.00–169.00	$156.43	$1,822	+20.87
1045–1430	1225	80-85%	3	170.00–172.50	$171.04	$2,095	+21.52

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1000	890	85-90%	2	121.00–127.00	$123.63	$1,100	—
695–1215	1038	85-90%	12	130.00–139.00	$135.41	$1,406	+0.56
1100	1100	85-90%	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,182	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1695	1509	75-80%	4	153.00–168.00	$159.64	$2,409	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1595	1357	3	160.00–168.00	$165.24	$2,242	—
1000–1895	1470	11	170.00–187.00	$178.02	$2,617	+5.38
1515–1935	1764	4	188.00–194.00	$191.67	$3,381	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1340	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,700.00–2,500.00	$2,143.93
880–1450	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	2,050.00–2,650.00	$2,326.56
870–1300	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	2,400.00–2,900.00	$2,654.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1130	1039	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,400.00–2,950.00	$2,654.13
1090–1480	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	3,000.00–3,650.00	$3,250.86
1190–1465	1319	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,850.00–3,600.00	$3,213.75

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1120	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,800.00–3,550.00	$3,092.15	—
960–1310	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,169.85	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
865–870	868	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,750.00–2,550.00	$2,148.85	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
580	580	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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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.