Franklin County Livestock Market Report, Carnesville, GA

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Corrected report

1,541 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $354.83/cwt -1.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,806/hd at 509 lb · 80 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $435.12/cwt +0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $2,102/hd at 483 lb · 69 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $330.94/cwt -19.06 vs last sale · ≈ $2,237/hd at 676 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,541	856	1,087
Feeder cattle	1,328	606	865
Slaughter cattle	107	112	132
Replacement cattle	106	138	90

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	600.00	$600.00	$1,740	±0.00
310–320	317	3	560.00–590.00	$574.84	$1,822	-15.16
410–430	418	6	465.00–495.00	$480.02	$2,006	-7.79
460–484	483	69	415.00–450.00	$435.12	$2,102	+0.12
500–520	508	6	395.00–405.00	$400.79	$2,036	-4.15
550–599	591	26	360.00–380.00	$361.90	$2,139	-21.43
610–630	625	35	340.00–349.00	$344.94	$2,156	-16.98
650–690	676	63	327.50–337.50	$330.94	$2,237	-19.06
700	700	2	325.00	$325.00	$2,275	—
755–760	757	6	300.00–320.00	$311.69	$2,359	-7.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,425	+40.00
300–330	321	7	475.00–540.00	$528.00	$1,695	—
360–390	367	5	460.00–490.00	$478.15	$1,755	-26.65
400–441	428	28	400.00–460.00	$430.86	$1,844	+8.89
470–480	476	10	360.00–410.00	$397.56	$1,892	-7.30
520–540	535	6	320.00–380.00	$356.84	$1,909	-25.18
580–590	586	14	300.00–350.00	$334.95	$1,963	-13.88
610–635	617	8	270.00–335.00	$317.16	$1,957	-14.45
650–690	680	8	300.00–325.00	$319.10	$2,170	-5.90
700–705	702	5	310.00–320.00	$317.00	$2,225	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,204	-20.00
300	300	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,410	+55.00
380	380	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,577	-5.00
470	470	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,434	-40.00
570	570	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,454	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	3	590.00–660.00	$620.00	$1,426	+30.00
250–270	261	7	525.00–560.00	$539.45	$1,408	-30.55
300–330	319	7	480.00–505.00	$490.00	$1,563	-40.19
370	370	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,665	-11.99
400–421	418	41	414.00–445.00	$415.65	$1,737	+3.03
450–475	467	22	365.00–390.00	$374.39	$1,748	-7.73
500–530	509	80	345.00–365.00	$354.83	$1,806	-1.60
560–570	563	17	317.50–337.50	$326.20	$1,837	-5.60
620–622	622	19	310.00–315.00	$310.79	$1,933	-15.87
650–690	677	3	305.00–310.00	$308.40	$2,088	-9.93
714 value added	714	7	320.00	$320.00	$2,285	—
700–740	716	5	300.00–305.00	$302.07	$2,163	-13.12
755–770	764	4	280.00–295.00	$287.49	$2,196	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	580.00	$580.00	$1,276	+65.27
250–270	264	5	465.00–515.00	$483.37	$1,276	-15.65
320–349	339	17	430.00–475.00	$450.91	$1,529	-5.05
355–390	381	18	395.00–445.00	$419.99	$1,600	+2.97
415–440	426	33	345.00–410.00	$387.47	$1,651	+10.69
450–490	471	33	320.00–355.00	$340.42	$1,603	-20.61
515–540	532	15	300.00–330.00	$318.30	$1,693	-15.04
550–590	559	23	270.00–315.00	$305.17	$1,706	-17.29
605–640	625	11	250.00–307.50	$292.95	$1,831	-18.80
660–690	673	7	250.00–300.00	$284.33	$1,914	-23.98
700–730	717	3	250.00–280.00	$266.84	$1,913	-28.16
795	795	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,146	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	500.00–520.00	$509.53	$1,095	—
340	340	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,411	+45.95
360–370	368	4	300.00–350.00	$337.76	$1,243	+17.76
420–440	430	4	300.00–340.00	$321.48	$1,382	—
470–490	480	4	270.00–300.00	$285.31	$1,369	-26.03
520–530	525	2	220.00–250.00	$235.14	$1,234	—
590	590	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,357	—
635–640	638	2	220.00–230.00	$225.02	$1,436	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,239	+36.77
290	290	5	540.00–580.00	$554.00	$1,607	-4.30
315–340	323	15	450.00–500.00	$474.34	$1,532	+15.50
350–390	364	38	415.00–480.00	$436.24	$1,588	-16.58
400–440	415	39	370.00–455.00	$415.34	$1,724	+13.21
450–490	470	53	320.00–415.00	$380.31	$1,787	-0.06
520–540	525	32	330.00–370.00	$352.66	$1,851	-10.02
550–590	564	28	315.00–345.00	$332.88	$1,877	-1.24
610–640	623	42	300.00–340.00	$326.05	$2,031	+13.50
660–680	664	17	280.00–310.00	$296.99	$1,972	-11.37
700–720	716	5	280.00–290.00	$281.96	$2,019	-16.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	265	4	590.00–610.00	$595.28	$1,577	+5.28
300–330	312	9	405.00–580.00	$540.12	$1,685	-45.59
380	380	2	490.00	$490.00	$1,862	—
400	400	6	465.00–485.00	$476.67	$1,907	-2.44
450–470	456	19	420.00–450.00	$431.00	$1,965	-1.50
500–540	510	17	375.00–400.00	$386.01	$1,969	-19.73
550–570	564	10	350.00–370.00	$355.47	$2,005	-11.27
610	610	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,135	+9.39
650–660	659	13	320.00–340.00	$323.83	$2,134	+1.77
700–720	710	6	300.00–315.00	$303.31	$2,154	-5.02
750–775	760	7	270.00–280.00	$276.39	$2,101	-13.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,305	-43.49
360–380	373	18	350.00–405.00	$377.60	$1,408	+20.10
415–445	431	8	310.00–370.00	$347.92	$1,500	+29.29
500	500	8	270.00–320.00	$302.50	$1,512	—
555–590	576	6	250.00–310.00	$279.01	$1,607	+39.01
620–630	628	4	250.00–270.00	$254.94	$1,601	+21.77
660–680	670	2	240.00–250.00	$244.93	$1,641	+24.93
715	715	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,537	-38.33
750	750	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,688	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1310	1214	80-85%	7	130.00–138.00	$132.47	$1,608	-22.64
1070–1370	1239	80-85%	29	140.00–154.00	$147.00	$1,821	-8.11
1210–1435	1262	80-85%	5	155.00–160.00	$156.85	$1,979	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1090	979	85-90%	14	127.00–136.00	$133.33	$1,305	—
975–1095	1028	85-90%	3	139.00–146.00	$142.43	$1,464	—
990–1270	1091	85-90%	4	113.00–120.00	$116.29	$1,269	-26.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1625	1494	75-80%	5	148.00–154.00	$150.27	$2,245	—
1645	1645	75-80%	1	157.00	$157.00	$2,583	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	1	167.00	$167.00	$2,438	—
1365–1825	1595	2	186.00–189.00	$187.72	$2,994	—
1210–1965	1623	13	170.00–183.00	$175.34	$2,846	+5.12

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1275	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,850.00–2,425.00	$2,215.50
860–1380	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,800.00–2,250.00	$2,041.71
940–1355	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,275.00–2,675.00	$2,549.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1195	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,350.00–2,750.00	$2,525.06
825–1495	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,525.00–2,925.00	$2,632.18
1255–1380	1317	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,775.00–3,250.00	$2,919.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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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
920–1315	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,350.00–5,100.00	$4,190.36	-794.55
845–1635	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,600.00–5,250.00	$4,339.77	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
905–1350	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,900.00–2,950.00	$2,912.73	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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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.