Franklin County Livestock Market Report, Carnesville, GA

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Corrected report

849 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $329.91/cwt +29.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,904/hd at 577 lb · 33 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $324.16/cwt +37.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,634/hd at 504 lb · 27 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $331.92/cwt +15.03 vs last sale · ≈ $2,038/hd at 614 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	849	654	1,114
Feeder cattle	691	444	835
Slaughter cattle	68	108	165
Replacement cattle	90	102	114

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 8.00 t0 10.00 lower, all feeder classes sharply higher, all replacements steady to 10.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: all feeder classes sharply higher
▼ Slaughter bulls: slaughter cows and bulls 8.00 t0 10.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows and bulls 8.00 t0 10.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,755	—
400–405	404	5	415.00–425.00	$420.00	$1,697	—
450–460	453	3	380.00–400.00	$393.24	$1,781	—
500–525	511	8	360.00–375.00	$366.24	$1,871	+16.24
560–590	586	7	335.00–355.00	$343.49	$2,013	—
600–645	614	19	325.00–335.00	$329.57	$2,024	+12.68
614 value added	614	8	337.50	$337.50	$2,072	—
650–695	674	7	314.00–325.00	$319.09	$2,151	+19.09
700–715	708	10	310.00–320.00	$314.02	$2,223	+16.52
750–785	771	4	300.00–315.00	$308.06	$2,375	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,560	—
405	405	2	380.00–395.00	$387.50	$1,569	+17.26
465–495	478	10	347.50–375.00	$362.07	$1,731	+14.60
520–540	531	5	320.00–355.00	$342.17	$1,817	—
550–590	578	8	300.00–332.50	$322.85	$1,866	+9.36
600–635	606	7	300.00–320.00	$314.25	$1,904	+14.25
660–693	687	19	300.00–316.00	$313.76	$2,156	+28.12
700–705	703	2	280.00–317.50	$298.68	$2,100	—
780	780	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,106	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,402	—
435	435	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,522	—
605	605	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,512	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,350	+55.00
320	320	2	420.00–440.00	$430.00	$1,376	+25.19
355–395	384	6	365.00–415.00	$400.57	$1,538	+29.88
400–420	411	7	340.00–365.00	$350.10	$1,439	+10.52
470–490	484	19	330.00–355.00	$343.99	$1,665	+32.55
500–520	504	27	300.00–335.00	$324.16	$1,634	+37.02
550–580	567	17	300.00–325.00	$318.73	$1,807	+31.56
600–640	624	24	270.00–315.00	$301.11	$1,879	+19.45
665–680	676	5	250.00–295.00	$280.15	$1,894	+7.65

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	260	3	520.00–560.00	$539.74	$1,403	+62.20
320	320	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,504	—
360–390	370	5	420.00–440.00	$426.89	$1,579	+20.84
420–430	421	15	370.00–417.50	$383.19	$1,613	+8.19
470–490	487	15	360.00–375.00	$365.82	$1,782	+33.74
500–515	512	12	337.50–355.00	$344.78	$1,765	+36.73
550–592	577	33	327.50–337.50	$329.91	$1,904	+29.96
620–640	630	6	320.00–330.00	$324.60	$2,045	+33.35
660–665	662	3	300.00–315.00	$307.69	$2,037	+22.69
705–725	718	3	295.00–300.00	$296.64	$2,130	+11.64
755	755	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,190	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–430	417	3	300.00–325.00	$316.40	$1,319	+10.10
480–490	487	3	270.00–300.00	$290.14	$1,413	+0.14

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	610.00–630.00	$620.00	$1,302	-40.00
270–280	275	4	550.00–570.00	$557.45	$1,533	+77.45
300–330	312	3	460.00–540.00	$501.07	$1,563	—
470–480	477	15	370.00–410.00	$385.15	$1,837	+4.01
500–540	520	15	335.00–365.00	$343.69	$1,787	-2.60
550–590	574	21	320.00–335.00	$327.28	$1,879	-12.72
600–630	615	12	305.00–320.00	$315.12	$1,938	-14.90
670–695	689	8	295.00–377.50	$309.41	$2,132	—
700–715	705	3	290.00–300.00	$293.38	$2,068	—
760–780	773	3	290.00–300.00	$293.28	$2,267	+0.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	220	4	500.00–560.00	$528.75	$1,163	—
260	260	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,378	+105.53
315–345	327	3	390.00–450.00	$412.81	$1,350	+11.57
360–390	378	13	370.00–450.00	$406.48	$1,536	+14.88
480	480	2	360.00–365.00	$362.50	$1,740	+22.39
500–540	522	12	300.00–330.00	$314.46	$1,641	-17.99
570–580	579	17	260.00–317.50	$296.92	$1,719	-13.58
600–640	619	15	280.00–300.00	$292.08	$1,808	-9.30
655–690	670	6	245.00–290.00	$260.39	$1,745	-30.87
700–725	711	8	235.00–280.00	$258.79	$1,840	-30.44
760–790	778	4	230.00–250.00	$241.38	$1,878	-16.29

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	400.00	$400.00	$920	-10.00
295	295	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,298	+60.00
325	325	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,154	+32.93
370	370	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,276	+10.03
640–645	644	4	245.00–255.00	$251.25	$1,618	+7.30
770	770	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,578	-20.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1320	1092	80-85%	15	140.00–151.00	$146.02	$1,595	—
1045–1555	1145	80-85%	13	152.00–158.00	$155.29	$1,778	—
1220	1220	80-85%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,696	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–955	865	85-90%	2	110.00–119.00	$114.97	$994	—
880–1140	979	85-90%	5	120.00–130.00	$124.77	$1,221	—
1010–1090	1060	85-90%	5	134.00–144.00	$136.32	$1,445	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–1650	1533	3	160.00–172.00	$165.87	$2,543	—
1520–1990	1818	3	189.00–193.00	$190.79	$3,469	-12.38
1530–2240	1843	6	178.00–185.00	$181.32	$3,342	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1100	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,950.00–2,500.00	$2,305.20
845–1555	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,200.00–2,525.00	$2,397.65
965–1290	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,050.00–2,500.00	$2,325.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–1320	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,650.00–3,275.00	$2,976.15
1130–1375	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,650.00–3,100.00	$2,851.95
1230–1430	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,575.00–3,000.00	$2,803.48

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
755	755	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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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
1015–1125	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,800.00–3,900.00	$3,847.43	—
975–1245	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	4,050.00–4,650.00	$4,313.51	+38.12
865–1340	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,600.00–4,500.00	$3,831.70	-443.69

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—
655–775	704	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	3,100.00–4,400.00	$3,951.24	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
585	585	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
640	640	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

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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.