Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2019-08-29

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Aug 29
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
247 head
43 vs last sale 290 247 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
16 vs last sale 41 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
9 vs last sale 43 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers mostly steady, 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 $107.53/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 101.14 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$107.53
82 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.65
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514120.9162211thin
Medium and Large 2554109.7860835
Medium and Large 3546101.2655336
One grade step is worth $19.66/cwt here — about $69 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 sale82 hd
107.53
GA average16 barns · 1,680 hd
122.18
−14.65
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−101.14
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,71779.741,3697thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29454.2770317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00546.8847119

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,100.00/cwt1,000.00–1,200.0014,3004
SteersMedium and Large 2565120.04/cwt118.00–122.006782
SteersMedium and Large 2355132.54/cwt130.00–135.004712
SteersMedium and Large 1768123.00/cwt123.00–123.0094514
SteersMedium and Large 1713122.00/cwt122.00–122.008708
SteersMedium and Large 1510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 3323108.45/cwt105.00–110.003506
HeifersMedium and Large 353394.67/cwt94.00–95.005053
BullsMedium and Large 1458123.00/cwt123.00–123.005633
BullsMedium and Large 1503123.50/cwt123.00–124.006214
BullsMedium and Large 1568116.76/cwt115.00–120.006634
BullsMedium and Large 2385127.53/cwt125.00–130.004912
BullsMedium and Large 2433126.49/cwt126.00–127.005482
BullsMedium and Large 2558110.36/cwt107.00–114.006163
BullsMedium and Large 276796.36/cwt94.00–100.007393
BullsMedium and Large 2512111.17/cwt108.00–114.005695
BullsMedium and Large 2665101.25/cwt99.00–106.006735
BullsMedium and Large 2620104.19/cwt102.00–107.006466
BullsMedium and Large 2464114.10/cwt111.00–118.005299
BullsMedium and Large 3230124.70/cwt120.00–129.002872
BullsMedium and Large 3318119.28/cwt114.00–124.003792
BullsMedium and Large 3360115.07/cwt110.00–120.004142
BullsMedium and Large 3570100.04/cwt96.00–104.005704
BullsMedium and Large 361994.80/cwt93.00–98.005874
BullsMedium and Large 3527101.87/cwt98.00–106.005375
BullsMedium and Large 366393.39/cwt87.00–96.006195
BullsMedium and Large 3460108.17/cwt104.00–110.004986
BullsMedium and Large 373087.08/cwt83.00–89.006366
HeifersMedium and Large 1473116.52/cwt116.00–117.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 2371114.53/cwt112.00–117.004254
HeifersMedium and Large 2416108.92/cwt104.00–112.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 2459106.02/cwt104.00–108.004875
HeifersMedium and Large 2527105.00/cwt103.00–106.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 2606103.58/cwt96.00–106.006285
HeifersMedium and Large 266796.62/cwt95.00–98.006445
HeifersMedium and Large 3270116.56/cwt115.00–118.003152
HeifersMedium and Large 3360104.51/cwt104.00–105.003762
HeifersMedium and Large 346299.33/cwt95.00–103.004593
CowsLean 85-90%1,00249.12/cwt48.00–51.0049211
CowsLean 85-90%1,01043.80/cwt40.00–47.004428
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25754.62/cwt53.00–56.0068713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30349.86/cwt48.00–51.006503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,75563.00/cwt63.00–63.001,1061
Bulls1,65577.28/cwt77.00–78.001,2794
Bulls1,80083.02/cwt80.00–86.001,4943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,130667.03/cwt480.00–760.007,53710
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2968845.17/cwt840.00–850.008,1812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3955794.66/cwt680.00–950.007,5896

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.