Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 7, 2026

979 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $490.30/cwt +7.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,103/hd at 429 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $514.96/cwt -4.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,921/hd at 373 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $442.34/cwt +19.75 vs last sale · ≈ $2,313/hd at 523 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	979	897	699
Feeder cattle	579	550	514
Slaughter cattle	78	135	99
Replacement cattle	322	212	86

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, all replacements sharply higher.

→ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady
→ Feeder heifers: feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady
→ Feeder steers: feeder steers lightly tested
▼ Slaughter bulls: slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	610.00	$610.00	$1,952	+13.33
390	390	1	550.00	$550.00	$2,145	-0.09
410–430	416	5	500.00–550.00	$525.77	$2,187	+75.77
490	490	1	485.00	$485.00	$2,376	-15.00
500–545	523	2	470.00–495.00	$483.04	$2,526	+3.04
560–565	563	2	445.00–465.00	$455.04	$2,562	+1.71
605–615	610	2	415.00–425.00	$420.04	$2,562	-4.96
755	755	2	365.00–375.00	$370.00	$2,794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,850	-39.08
425–445	435	2	480.00–485.00	$482.44	$2,099	-6.47
480–490	488	4	415.00–445.00	$422.38	$2,061	-48.45
535	535	1	445.00	$445.00	$2,381	-1.78
580	580	1	405.00	$405.00	$2,349	-30.00
640–645	643	2	380.00–385.00	$382.49	$2,459	-7.53
665–680	673	2	350.00–375.00	$362.64	$2,441	-12.36
700	700	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,450	—
790	790	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,568	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,960	±0.00
535	535	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,632	-45.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	660.00	$660.00	$1,419	+10.78
260–290	268	4	590.00	$590.00	$1,581	—
340	340	8	525.00–530.00	$528.75	$1,798	-41.25
360–385	373	24	490.00–540.00	$514.96	$1,921	-4.69
400–435	406	9	460.00–510.00	$479.34	$1,946	-0.28
460–465	461	9	440.00–460.00	$451.12	$2,080	—
570–580	575	4	370.00–410.00	$393.67	$2,264	+3.67
615–643	630	8	350.00–370.00	$361.44	$2,277	—
730–740	735	2	325.00–335.00	$329.97	$2,425	-5.03
767	767	11	335.00	$335.00	$2,569	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,290	+54.55
330	330	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,683	-11.97
370–395	384	8	430.00–495.00	$467.67	$1,796	-18.29
400–435	414	14	400.00–455.00	$440.58	$1,824	+0.90
470–485	475	11	380.00–425.00	$403.71	$1,918	-43.33
500–520	516	8	380.00–405.00	$389.96	$2,012	+1.79
580–595	584	7	305.00–360.00	$340.59	$1,989	-24.41
645	645	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,193	-10.00
680	680	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,278	-1.21

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,078	+5.12
270	270	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,107	-80.00
315	315	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,134	-108.98
460–465	462	7	300.00–365.00	$329.29	$1,521	-70.27
530–540	533	4	325.00–330.00	$328.73	$1,752	-11.27
580	580	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,740	±0.00
610	610	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,708	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	235	3	500.00–590.00	$555.67	$1,306	—
265–280	275	5	510.00–600.00	$567.78	$1,561	-16.37
335–345	341	8	500.00–580.00	$543.50	$1,853	-11.43
360–390	370	10	490.00–530.00	$509.88	$1,887	-7.02
400–445	429	32	450.00–510.00	$490.30	$2,103	+7.21
480–495	487	8	400.00–455.00	$436.16	$2,124	-20.20
500–540	523	21	420.00–455.00	$442.34	$2,313	+19.75
560–595	579	4	385.00–430.00	$409.94	$2,374	+48.53
600–625	611	6	350.00–390.00	$365.93	$2,236	-20.14
660–695	673	5	350.00–370.00	$354.96	$2,389	+14.96
710–730	714	6	320.00–355.00	$336.66	$2,404	+12.58
750	750	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,250	+30.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	216	4	600.00–680.00	$618.96	$1,337	-56.04
255–295	280	3	630.00–650.00	$640.42	$1,793	—
300–315	307	8	600.00–640.00	$614.60	$1,887	+1.62
370–380	376	8	540.00–570.00	$557.41	$2,096	-22.59
410–420	418	5	530.00–540.00	$535.00	$2,236	+9.92
450–490	464	16	460.00–500.00	$476.28	$2,210	—
500–530	518	8	460.00–490.00	$473.71	$2,454	+4.71
550–580	564	5	435.00–455.00	$445.87	$2,515	+12.65
600–620	605	5	415.00–435.00	$423.96	$2,565	+8.96
680–690	683	4	380.00–385.00	$383.74	$2,621	-3.72
705	705	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,644	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,350	+29.43
315	315	1	480.00	$480.00	$1,512	-16.80
535	535	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,980	+25.10
570	570	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,995	+15.00
610–620	615	2	330.00–340.00	$335.04	$2,060	-14.96
680	680	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,040	—
710	710	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,094	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1205	1078	80-85%	7	167.50–178.00	$171.35	$1,847	—
1125	1125	80-85%	3	150.00–159.00	$153.00	$1,721	—
905–1530	1170	80-85%	16	180.00–190.00	$185.03	$2,165	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	85-90%	2	100.00	$100.00	$840	—
830–965	898	85-90%	2	130.00–132.50	$131.16	$1,178	—
1125	1125	85-90%	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,868	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1715	1239	4	196.00–213.00	$204.19	$2,530	—
1305–2015	1562	5	216.00–235.00	$221.74	$3,464	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1140	1026	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,950.00–2,850.00	$2,442.84
695–1380	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	2,100.00–2,900.00	$2,568.64
830–1345	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	2,625.00–3,750.00	$3,107.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1185	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,950.00–4,800.00	$4,432.52
995–1395	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	3,000.00–3,650.00	$3,305.80
1020–1425	1223	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,925.00–3,400.00	$3,165.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

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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
900–985	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	4,750.00–6,000.00	$5,396.32	—
800–1400	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	98	5,000.00–6,500.00	$5,944.95	—
960–1200	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	5,000.00–6,500.00	$5,748.84	+125.50
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	5,800.00	$5,800.00	+176.66
1090–1330	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	5,450.00–5,800.00	$5,620.77	+285.39
1255–1360	1308	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	6,000.00	$6,000.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,150.00	$4,150.00	—
940–1140	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,800.00–3,850.00	$3,822.60	—
815–1315	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	3,050.00–4,550.00	$3,940.96	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–800	741	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	5,050.00–6,200.00	$5,758.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
505–695	600	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,025.00–2,375.00	$2,172.29	—
645–675	660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,400.00–4,550.00	$3,961.93	—
745	745	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—

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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.