Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers steady to 2.00 higher, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $110.01/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −98.66 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$110.01

115 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.77

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	113.91	620	65
Medium and Large 3	533	104.95	559	50

One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about $60 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale115 hd

110.01

—

GA average15 barns · 1,400 hd

120.79

−10.77

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−98.66

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,385	78.52	1,088	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,359	58.52	795	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	56.00	874	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,095	50.86	557	9thin

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	539	104.48/cwt	103.00–106.00	563	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	115.51/cwt	113.00–119.00	500	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	572	101.32/cwt	100.00–104.00	580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	110.02/cwt	106.00–113.00	509	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	671	90.50/cwt	90.00–92.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	122.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	337	130.04/cwt	126.00–132.00	438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	715	88.04/cwt	86.00–90.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	118.37/cwt	116.00–120.00	546	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	104.66/cwt	102.00–109.00	697	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	636	106.91/cwt	105.00–110.00	680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	539	114.20/cwt	109.00–117.00	616	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	107.67/cwt	105.00–113.00	608	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	359	135.22/cwt	132.00–137.00	485	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	122.64/cwt	120.00–124.00	533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	142.94/cwt	142.00–144.00	455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	93.45/cwt	91.00–99.00	592	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	114.94/cwt	114.00–115.00	599	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	110.63/cwt	108.00–114.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	99.31/cwt	98.00–102.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	111.56/cwt	110.00–114.00	406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	101.98/cwt	99.00–104.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	108.62/cwt	108.00–111.00	508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	104.23/cwt	100.00–107.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	108.51/cwt	105.00–110.00	585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	109.43/cwt	105.00–114.00	334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	102.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	91.22/cwt	90.00–93.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	99.87/cwt	99.00–101.00	438	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	94.69/cwt	93.00–99.00	439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	124.94/cwt	120.00–130.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	133.21/cwt	130.00–134.00	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	129.63/cwt	129.50–130.00	756	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	123.66/cwt	123.00–124.00	709	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	52.49/cwt	50.00–54.00	584	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	45.15/cwt	42.00–48.00	465	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	874	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	57.96/cwt	55.00–61.00	757	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,725	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,173	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	721	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	81.59/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,142	3
Bulls	—	—	1,370	75.46/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,034	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	794	525.40/cwt	490.00–550.00	4,172	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,013	545.68/cwt	500.00–610.00	5,528	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,015	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	668	511.95/cwt	470.00–550.00	3,420	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	938	700.93/cwt	650.00–750.00	6,575	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,084.62/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	14,100	4

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Thu Aug 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 290Last week 184Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 47Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	103.00–106.00	104.48
7	—	433	113.00–119.00	115.51
6	—	572	100.00–104.00	101.32
5	—	463	106.00–113.00	110.02
4	—	671	90.00–92.00	90.50
4	—	369	120.00–129.00	122.23
3	—	337	126.00–132.00	130.04
2	—	715	86.00–90.00	88.04
11	—	633	91.00–99.00	93.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	461	116.00–120.00	118.37
11	—	666	102.00–109.00	104.66
10	—	636	105.00–110.00	106.91
10	—	539	109.00–117.00	114.20
9	—	565	105.00–113.00	107.67
5	—	359	132.00–137.00	135.22
3	—	435	120.00–124.00	122.64
2	—	735	102.00	102.00
2	—	318	142.00–144.00	142.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	455	118.00	118.00
19	—	521	114.00–115.00	114.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	108.00–114.00	110.63
3	—	668	98.00–102.00	99.31
4	—	364	110.00–114.00	111.56
4	—	629	99.00–104.00	101.98
5	—	468	108.00–111.00	108.62
5	—	567	100.00–107.00	104.23
6	—	539	105.00–110.00	108.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	105.00–114.00	109.43
2	—	565	90.00	90.00
4	—	358	100.00–106.00	102.03
5	—	536	90.00–93.00	91.22
8	—	439	99.00–101.00	99.87
13	—	464	93.00–99.00	94.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	132.00	132.00
2	—	668	120.00–130.00	124.94
9	—	491	134.00	134.00
10	—	529	130.00–134.00	133.21
11	—	583	129.50–130.00	129.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	123.00–124.00	123.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,113	50.00–54.00	52.49
2	—	1,030	42.00–48.00	45.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	56.00	56.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,306	55.00–61.00	57.96
1	—	1,725	68.00	68.00
1	—	1,360	53.00	53.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	78.00–86.00	81.59
3	—	1,370	72.00–77.00	75.46

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	794	490.00–550.00	525.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,013	500.00–610.00	545.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	668	470.00–550.00	511.95
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	938	650.00–750.00	700.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	950.00–1,200.00	1,084.62

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

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