Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 3, 2026

1,123 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $460.66/cwt -9.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,133/hd at 463 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $425.87/cwt -14.10 vs last sale · ≈ $2,381/hd at 559 lb · 24 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $484.29/cwt -17.63 vs last sale · ≈ $2,034/hd at 420 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,123	1,224	932
Feeder cattle	923	915	529
Slaughter cattle	85	130	135
Replacement cattle	115	179	268

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and feeder heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

▼ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls and feeder heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower
▼ Feeder heifers: feeder bulls and feeder heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower
→ Feeder steers: feeder steers lightly tested
→ Replacement cows: replacement cows unevenly steady
▲ Slaughter bulls: slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher
▲ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows and bulls steady to 4.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	423	2	520.00–540.00	$529.59	$2,240	-74.37
460	460	1	520.00	$520.00	$2,392	-19.98
510–545	533	9	465.00–490.00	$474.87	$2,531	-29.89
555–565	560	2	430.00–450.00	$440.09	$2,465	-14.95
600–610	605	2	420.00–425.00	$422.48	$2,556	-4.21
730–745	740	4	350.00–365.00	$357.50	$2,646	+9.93

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	610.00	$610.00	$1,312	—
250	250	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,425	—
370	370	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,961	—
415–445	430	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,064	-41.76
520	520	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,392	+12.22
550–575	567	3	400.00–415.00	$404.85	$2,295	-6.02
615–630	620	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,418	-1.53
655	655	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,325	-7.37
740–745	743	2	330.00–345.00	$337.53	$2,508	+7.69

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	510.00–550.00	$529.42	$1,366	—
365–370	368	2	470.00–495.00	$482.41	$1,775	-37.59
455–460	458	2	450.00	$450.00	$2,061	+16.23

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	530.00–575.00	$552.50	$1,216	-27.79
270–280	275	2	530.00–540.00	$535.09	$1,471	-37.89
300–330	316	9	490.00–525.00	$509.81	$1,611	-36.89
355–380	367	16	450.00–495.00	$460.94	$1,692	-41.34
400–445	428	15	420.00–455.00	$440.98	$1,887	-19.82
455–490	463	18	390.00–430.00	$409.77	$1,897	-17.40
500–535	506	6	365.00–390.00	$375.71	$1,901	-18.89
550–565	556	11	350.00–370.00	$359.55	$1,999	-5.43
600–620	610	4	330.00–355.00	$336.25	$2,051	-14.65
655–660	658	2	320.00–330.00	$324.98	$2,138	-7.55
700–730	721	7	300.00–325.00	$317.21	$2,287	-7.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	630.00	$630.00	$1,512	—
250–260	255	2	560.00–590.00	$574.71	$1,466	-44.78
300–330	309	8	535.00–550.00	$542.41	$1,676	-42.98
355–380	359	8	500.00–510.00	$503.81	$1,809	-30.06
400–445	407	13	460.00–500.00	$478.45	$1,947	-23.80
450–465	456	12	435.00–460.00	$445.84	$2,033	-27.76
500–545	520	11	400.00–410.00	$405.49	$2,109	-16.70
555–565	559	8	380.00–405.00	$388.12	$2,170	-13.87
600–615	604	7	365.00–380.00	$370.67	$2,239	-1.87
700	700	2	325.00–330.00	$327.50	$2,292	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	450.00–470.00	$459.89	$1,026	-47.17
260–270	265	2	450.00–470.00	$460.19	$1,220	-29.09
330–340	333	3	420.00–450.00	$436.50	$1,454	-48.54
350–380	359	8	400.00–445.00	$431.29	$1,548	-10.46
400–440	411	8	380.00–415.00	$403.05	$1,657	-11.19
455–465	457	5	350.00–380.00	$364.07	$1,664	-5.18
500–510	503	4	320.00–345.00	$331.19	$1,666	-33.01
600–640	617	3	280.00–300.00	$289.78	$1,788	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	223	6	580.00–620.00	$593.13	$1,323	-27.02
250–280	267	9	570.00–610.00	$589.88	$1,575	-30.62
300–345	330	10	540.00–570.00	$558.63	$1,843	-33.93
350–380	363	22	515.00–550.00	$532.75	$1,934	-60.44
400–445	420	24	475.00–505.00	$484.29	$2,034	-17.63
455–470	463	25	450.00–470.00	$460.66	$2,133	-9.08
500–545	510	16	390.00–420.00	$399.73	$2,039	-41.12
555–575	557	13	385.00–415.00	$403.09	$2,245	+0.39
600–610	605	12	360.00–390.00	$383.74	$2,322	-2.26
660–680	670	4	355.00–365.00	$358.69	$2,403	+5.40
700–710	707	3	325.00–340.00	$331.63	$2,345	+17.85
780	780	2	320.00–325.00	$322.50	$2,516	+17.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–210	205	2	680.00–700.00	$690.24	$1,415	+9.95
255–280	268	2	620.00–630.00	$624.77	$1,674	-65.38
300–325	314	16	580.00–610.00	$596.27	$1,872	-69.02
355–360	357	3	560.00–580.00	$568.39	$2,029	-70.76
400–440	416	12	515.00–560.00	$534.24	$2,222	-46.81
455–490	468	18	475.00–495.00	$483.25	$2,262	-39.51
500–535	510	17	430.00–455.00	$441.46	$2,251	-25.33
550–595	559	24	420.00–445.00	$425.87	$2,381	-14.10
600–625	606	15	395.00–425.00	$403.07	$2,443	-3.60
660–675	663	5	375.00–385.00	$379.00	$2,513	+1.53
700–735	715	7	345.00–355.00	$350.03	$2,503	+7.48
755	755	2	345.00–350.00	$347.50	$2,624	+2.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	510.00–550.00	$530.22	$1,182	-43.14
255–290	275	4	500.00–550.00	$523.05	$1,438	+9.22
300–330	307	11	480.00–530.00	$503.76	$1,547	+0.43
355–380	364	11	450.00–510.00	$493.29	$1,796	-11.24
400–445	415	14	420.00–460.00	$441.30	$1,831	-2.20
455–470	461	7	400.00–435.00	$412.94	$1,904	-21.15
500–545	525	7	360.00–385.00	$372.92	$1,958	-3.98
555–595	586	9	350.00–370.00	$360.11	$2,110	-11.69
600–615	609	4	330.00–355.00	$343.80	$2,094	-2.85
700	700	3	295.00–320.00	$303.33	$2,123	—
750–760	755	2	270.00–290.00	$279.93	$2,113	-10.09

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1505	1251	80-85%	16	167.00–177.00	$173.58	$2,171	—
800–1500	1258	80-85%	14	154.00–166.00	$162.64	$2,046	—
1160–1765	1372	80-85%	8	178.00–182.00	$179.21	$2,459	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1190	997	85-90%	5	143.00–155.00	$151.52	$1,511	—
880–1220	1008	85-90%	9	130.00–140.00	$135.99	$1,371	-13.01
1075–1160	1118	85-90%	2	158.00–160.00	$159.04	$1,778	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1545	1530	75-80%	2	181.00–182.00	$181.50	$2,777	—
1475–1885	1661	75-80%	7	167.00–177.00	$174.63	$2,901	+14.42

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1665	1543	4	182.00–191.00	$188.23	$2,904	—
1480–2285	1760	3	207.00–224.00	$215.76	$3,797	—
1730–2145	1937	3	193.00–204.00	$198.61	$3,847	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1065	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,625.00–2,300.00	$1,983.02
915–1395	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,100.00–2,675.00	$2,385.92
1010–1770	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,475.00–2,950.00	$2,789.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1290	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,600.00–2,900.00	$2,797.44
990–1475	1235	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,700.00–3,500.00	$3,076.37
1120–1420	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,075.00–3,800.00	$3,445.71

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00
755–875	812	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,450.00–2,625.00	$2,543.79
845–860	853	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,850.00	$2,726.10

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
740–810	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,375.00	$2,195.97

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–830	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00–3,000.00	$2,901.22	+401.22
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,525.00	$2,525.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120–1240	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	4,425.00–4,625.00	$4,530.08	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–875	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,700.00–3,800.00	$3,750.72	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.