Franklin County Livestock Market Report, Carnesville, GA

Carnesville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Corrected report

1,225 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $328.27/cwt -12.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,517/hd at 462 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $399.21/cwt +18.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,836/hd at 460 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $412.24/cwt -3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,707/hd at 414 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,225	1,541	1,342
Feeder cattle	852	1,328	1,023
Slaughter cattle	134	107	179
Replacement cattle	239	106	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers sharply lower, all replacements mostly steady.

▲ Feeder bulls: feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher
▼ Feeder heifers: feeder heifers sharply lower
→ Feeder steers: feeder steers lightly tested
▼ Slaughter bulls: slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,620	-28.15
460–490	474	5	385.00–480.00	$418.42	$1,983	+20.86
500–540	517	3	350.00–375.00	$365.29	$1,889	+8.45
570–590	586	7	280.00–350.00	$328.88	$1,927	-6.07
600–620	612	6	320.00–335.00	$329.97	$2,019	+12.81
660–690	678	8	270.00–325.00	$311.77	$2,114	-7.33
720–740	725	4	295.00–315.00	$304.93	$2,211	-12.07
800	800	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,320	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	434	4	435.00–500.00	$458.16	$1,988	-21.86
480	480	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,112	+4.88
500–515	504	4	390.00–420.00	$403.87	$2,036	+3.08
590	590	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,154	+3.10
620	620	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,170	+5.06
655–662	662	19	330.00–335.00	$330.26	$2,186	-0.68
720	720	1	324.00	$324.00	$2,333	-1.00
755–760	758	2	315.00–317.50	$316.25	$2,397	+4.56
800	800	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,480	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,032	-80.00
410	410	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,230	—
485	485	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,698	+45.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	4	400.00–410.00	$407.50	$917	-172.50
260–290	283	6	400.00–445.00	$410.47	$1,162	-72.90
300–345	328	6	375.00–420.00	$395.52	$1,297	-55.39
350–390	377	19	320.00–395.00	$366.68	$1,382	-53.31
400–405	402	15	320.00–355.00	$335.73	$1,350	-51.74
450–480	462	41	300.00–350.00	$328.27	$1,517	-12.15
500–540	513	23	280.00–325.00	$307.53	$1,578	-10.77
550–580	570	20	280.00–300.00	$293.04	$1,670	-12.13
600–620	604	19	250.00–290.00	$271.16	$1,638	-21.79
660–690	673	15	220.00–270.00	$253.90	$1,709	-30.43
700–720	709	7	250.00–260.00	$254.35	$1,803	-12.49
775–780	778	2	220.00–250.00	$235.05	$1,829	-34.95

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	313	4	430.00–440.00	$437.44	$1,369	-52.56
380–390	387	7	400.00–420.00	$405.61	$1,570	-44.39
400–410	408	6	370.00–395.00	$382.53	$1,561	-33.12
510–540	523	16	330.00–360.00	$336.63	$1,761	-18.20
550	550	10	310.00–320.00	$316.00	$1,738	-10.20
650–660	655	2	282.50–295.00	$288.80	$1,892	-19.60
720	720	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,944	-32.07
780	780	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,106	-17.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	330.00	$330.00	$742	-179.53
260–290	275	2	300.00–335.00	$316.55	$871	—
340	340	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,020	-115.00
360–390	380	3	240.00–270.00	$253.42	$963	-84.34
410–430	426	5	300.00–310.00	$301.92	$1,286	-19.56
490	490	6	250.00–280.00	$255.00	$1,250	-30.31
500	500	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,425	+49.86
560–570	568	10	220.00–250.00	$242.06	$1,375	+12.06
640	640	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	-5.02
700	700	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,540	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	223	6	430.00–500.00	$466.31	$1,040	-123.69
270–290	280	9	500.00–550.00	$534.35	$1,496	-19.65
300–340	324	11	450.00–530.00	$488.81	$1,584	+14.47
360–390	368	22	380.00–485.00	$423.78	$1,560	-12.46
400–440	414	26	375.00–450.00	$412.24	$1,707	-3.10
455–490	460	31	380.00–420.00	$399.21	$1,836	+18.90
500–520	502	20	320.00–367.50	$345.34	$1,734	-7.32
560–590	572	26	310.00–345.00	$328.93	$1,881	-3.95
610–640	627	20	300.00–330.00	$317.97	$1,994	-8.08
655–670	660	11	300.00–310.00	$303.69	$2,004	+6.70
700–740	722	10	280.00–300.00	$291.88	$2,107	+9.92
760–790	769	8	250.00–280.00	$257.56	$1,981	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,760	+9.88
355–360	358	2	525.00–530.00	$527.52	$1,889	+37.52
405–440	423	12	445.00–495.00	$460.04	$1,946	-16.63
460	460	2	425.00–430.00	$427.50	$1,966	-3.50
500–515	509	16	370.00–415.00	$387.67	$1,973	+1.66
550–560	558	14	350.00–365.00	$353.19	$1,971	-2.28
610–640	628	12	335.00–340.00	$337.03	$2,117	-12.97
660–675	669	17	320.00–335.00	$323.51	$2,164	-0.32
700	700	8	305.00–320.00	$315.00	$2,205	+11.69
750–790	763	4	285.00–310.00	$296.10	$2,259	+19.71

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	213	4	390.00–430.00	$412.76	$879	—
280–290	285	2	350.00–400.00	$375.44	$1,070	-74.56
310–340	320	3	315.00–380.00	$349.32	$1,118	—
360–395	376	6	350.00–375.00	$361.49	$1,359	-16.11
400–445	422	7	330.00–370.00	$354.35	$1,495	+6.43
450–490	475	12	250.00–350.00	$324.21	$1,540	—
500–540	523	7	220.00–305.00	$265.15	$1,387	-37.35
560–590	568	4	250.00–260.00	$252.60	$1,435	-26.41
615–620	618	2	237.50–250.00	$243.78	$1,507	-11.16
720–730	725	2	210.00–240.00	$224.90	$1,631	+9.90
790	790	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,580	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1540	1180	80-85%	4	147.00–150.00	$148.79	$1,756	—
1040–1420	1203	80-85%	56	134.00–146.00	$141.17	$1,698	+8.70
1020–1330	1214	80-85%	17	120.00–133.00	$127.32	$1,546	-5.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1505	1396	75-80%	8	135.00–144.00	$140.01	$1,955	—
1290–1540	1466	75-80%	7	145.00–149.00	$147.02	$2,155	-3.25

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1145	1058	85-90%	6	110.00–116.00	$112.31	$1,188	-3.98
995–1190	1091	85-90%	4	122.00–129.00	$125.92	$1,374	+9.63
1090–1260	1175	85-90%	2	132.00–135.00	$133.61	$1,570	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–2080	1581	4	160.00–163.00	$161.41	$2,552	-26.31
1360–1890	1681	8	165.00–177.00	$171.28	$2,879	—
1370–1995	1716	5	179.00–185.00	$181.71	$3,118	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1440	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,000.00–2,850.00	$2,471.02
1100–1445	1294	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,100.00–2,750.00	$2,496.69
1125–1525	1326	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	2,450.00–3,450.00	$3,083.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1275	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,925.00–3,400.00	$3,162.69
1480	1480	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1335–1690	1498	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,500.00–4,300.00	$3,890.30

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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
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	4,800.00	$4,800.00	—
975–1350	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	4,800.00–5,000.00	$4,883.87	+693.51
900–1420	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	3,150.00–5,750.00	$4,386.61	+196.25
1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	5,000.00	$5,000.00	+809.64
1100–1350	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	3,050.00–5,250.00	$4,356.21	+16.44

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1225	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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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.