Franklin County Livestock Market Report

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 21, 2026

1,256 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $466.00/cwt -12.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,985/hd at 426 lb · 26 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $462.55/cwt -12.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,952/hd at 422 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $396.49/cwt -32.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,879/hd at 474 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,256	879	950
Feeder cattle	803	623	715
Slaughter cattle	121	99	200
Replacement cattle	332	157	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers steady to 5.00 lower, all replacements mostly steady.

▼ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls and heifers steady to 5.00 lower
▼ Feeder heifers: feeder bulls and heifers steady to 5.00 lower
→ Feeder steers: feeder steers mostly steady
▼ 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
285–290	288	3	660.00–680.00	$669.94	$1,929	+44.14
355–380	368	3	540.00–575.00	$558.46	$2,055	-55.65
415–440	424	4	525.00–535.00	$531.18	$2,252	-60.64
455–495	464	12	475.00–515.00	$500.89	$2,324	+0.89
500–535	514	12	470.00–500.00	$483.02	$2,483	-7.32
550–560	553	3	435.00–470.00	$447.64	$2,475	-29.87
630	630	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,583	—
660	660	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,706	+25.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,325	—
320–335	328	2	450.00–545.00	$498.59	$1,635	-41.57
380–390	388	8	420.00–505.00	$479.03	$1,859	-100.62
400–430	420	3	430.00–502.50	$461.09	$1,937	-56.77
470	470	4	440.00–470.00	$461.25	$2,168	-26.62
505–530	515	6	425.00–465.00	$451.30	$2,324	-9.84
555–565	560	2	410.00–425.00	$417.43	$2,338	-24.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	2	390.00–400.00	$395.09	$1,067	—
360	360	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,440	—
475	475	2	300.00–350.00	$325.00	$1,544	-120.40
510–530	520	2	355.00–380.00	$367.74	$1,912	-17.26
620	620	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,457	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	219	4	480.00–530.00	$504.34	$1,105	-84.34
260–270	265	2	450.00–550.00	$500.94	$1,327	-82.92
300–335	321	12	420.00–510.00	$483.00	$1,550	-9.99
350–390	371	19	420.00–485.00	$467.15	$1,733	-7.28
400–425	413	17	400.00–445.00	$429.16	$1,772	-24.66
460–485	474	24	360.00–415.00	$396.49	$1,879	-32.32
500–540	518	9	320.00–400.00	$359.10	$1,860	-17.23
550–595	559	8	330.00–350.00	$345.46	$1,931	+2.86
600–620	616	5	330.00–335.00	$334.03	$2,058	-3.92
670–680	678	5	280.00–315.00	$298.95	$2,027	-41.05

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	239	5	575.00–620.00	$599.41	$1,433	-95.51
270–295	275	5	580.00–640.00	$609.45	$1,676	-13.05
300–330	325	6	520.00–570.00	$540.69	$1,757	-21.81
350–360	354	12	490.00–520.00	$494.66	$1,751	-5.37
400–440	426	26	450.00–500.00	$466.00	$1,985	-12.90
450–490	476	11	425.00–455.00	$438.15	$2,086	-30.18
510–540	535	12	375.00–400.00	$386.54	$2,068	-31.57
555–575	561	10	360.00–380.00	$369.12	$2,071	-17.94
600–620	603	7	350.00–365.00	$353.98	$2,134	-17.73
665–680	673	2	340.00–350.00	$344.94	$2,321	-6.31
700–730	715	2	322.50–325.00	$323.78	$2,315	-6.22
750–770	760	3	310.00–330.00	$320.04	$2,432	+0.04
800	800	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,400	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,104	—
300–325	315	3	320.00–395.00	$361.03	$1,137	-48.97
385–390	386	4	300.00–350.00	$312.62	$1,207	-87.38
430	430	2	380.00–390.00	$385.00	$1,656	+9.41
490	490	4	320.00–340.00	$335.00	$1,642	-57.93
550–590	570	2	250.00–290.00	$270.70	$1,543	—
635	635	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,397	—
685	685	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,576	-70.00
700	700	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,662	—

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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	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,446	—
260–290	284	5	500.00–540.00	$511.41	$1,452	-38.59
320–345	326	17	430.00–500.00	$469.10	$1,529	-94.79
380–390	388	18	420.00–515.00	$477.31	$1,852	-30.54
400–445	422	24	420.00–495.00	$462.55	$1,952	-12.41
460–475	466	15	400.00–450.00	$427.23	$1,991	-21.14
500–545	521	16	350.00–425.00	$390.26	$2,033	-27.03
560–590	570	6	330.00–395.00	$374.59	$2,135	-8.90
600–640	613	11	320.00–380.00	$354.66	$2,174	-17.39
735–745	740	2	265.00–300.00	$282.62	$2,091	-42.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	223	4	600.00–640.00	$609.66	$1,360	-38.03
260–265	261	5	550.00–590.00	$560.11	$1,462	-49.98
330–335	332	9	515.00–560.00	$541.66	$1,798	-71.60
370–395	376	11	520.00–550.00	$536.14	$2,016	-25.86
400–445	415	14	500.00–530.00	$512.28	$2,126	-6.11
450–480	458	20	470.00–500.00	$479.18	$2,195	+2.04
500–510	505	18	430.00–465.00	$443.64	$2,240	-13.02
550–585	566	19	410.00–447.50	$428.83	$2,427	-5.65
610–630	619	7	400.00–430.00	$411.50	$2,547	+1.64
660–680	673	3	330.00–380.00	$352.72	$2,374	-41.16
715–720	718	2	345.00–355.00	$349.98	$2,513	-22.53
790	790	2	290.00–295.00	$292.50	$2,311	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	420.00–450.00	$435.27	$1,219	—
300–305	304	5	370.00–400.00	$394.08	$1,198	-90.70
380–385	384	5	350.00–400.00	$390.10	$1,498	-16.74
440	440	3	350.00–410.00	$380.00	$1,672	-7.93
480	480	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,824	+28.67
545	545	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,635	±0.00
640	640	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,920	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1010	983	80-85%	8	158.00–166.00	$162.95	$1,602	—
1000–1260	1130	80-85%	4	188.00–190.00	$188.88	$2,134	—
980–1400	1168	80-85%	64	170.00–185.00	$176.95	$2,067	-28.33

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–975	902	85-90%	3	134.00–137.00	$135.61	$1,223	—
895–980	939	85-90%	4	150.00–157.00	$154.29	$1,449	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	75-80%	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,784	+7.87
1480–1820	1667	75-80%	3	184.00–185.00	$184.70	$3,079	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	199.00	$199.00	$2,587	—
1225–1830	1563	6	201.00–215.00	$209.26	$3,271	—
1380–1970	1641	5	220.00–226.00	$222.47	$3,651	-1.94

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1325	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	1,800.00–2,775.00	$2,406.36
835–1545	1089	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	2,200.00–3,025.00	$2,627.50
845–1420	1134	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,000.00–2,775.00	$2,538.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1245	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,800.00–3,400.00	$3,082.74
985–1640	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	2,800.00–3,650.00	$3,090.33
1165–1500	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,200.00–3,750.00	$3,458.21

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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
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	5,450.00	$5,450.00	—
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
805–1195	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	3,700.00–4,800.00	$4,171.41	—
855–1280	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	6,000.00–6,550.00	$6,237.96	+1,437.96
820–1310	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	4,000.00–6,750.00	$5,140.16	+340.16
1015–1355	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	6,000.00–6,550.00	$6,351.55	+1,321.24

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845–1130	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	2,800.00–3,900.00	$3,422.44	+472.44
860–1115	976	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,050.00–3,600.00	$3,378.74	+428.74
890–1080	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	2,550.00–3,500.00	$3,102.67	+152.67

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630–780	685	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,650.00–3,650.00	$3,045.26	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
540–615	578	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,700.00–1,775.00	$1,735.06	—

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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.