Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2019-10-31

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Oct 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 267▲ 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 50▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 58▲ 37 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 lightly tested, all feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $92.96/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −115.71 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$92.96
34 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.73
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663103.036833thin
Medium and Large 2555100.7855910thin
Medium and Large 353587.8046921
One grade step is worth $15.23/cwt here — about $214 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 sale34 hd
92.96
—
GA average16 barns · 1,192 hd
117.69
−24.73
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−115.71
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
Bulls—Average1,37568.009351thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19842.4150814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06737.794039thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10139.74/cwt38.00–42.004387
CowsLean 85-90%—95030.95/cwt30.00–32.002942
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19143.26/cwt42.00–45.0051511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22339.28/cwt38.00–40.004803
Bulls——1,37568.00/cwt68.00–68.009351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,018574.90/cwt500.00–730.005,8526
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,040639.81/cwt510.00–760.006,6542
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,230860.00/cwt860.00–860.0010,5781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,130731.13/cwt600.00–860.008,2628
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,000650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5002
BullsMedium and Large 1—663103.03/cwt101.00–106.006833
BullsMedium and Large 2—56399.89/cwt95.00–105.005622
BullsMedium and Large 2—62288.18/cwt83.00–93.005482
BullsMedium and Large 2—530105.27/cwt100.00–108.005586
BullsMedium and Large 3—330110.00/cwt110.00–110.003632
BullsMedium and Large 3—56586.56/cwt83.00–90.004892
BullsMedium and Large 3—68075.06/cwt71.00–79.005103
BullsMedium and Large 3—62380.26/cwt78.00–82.005004
BullsMedium and Large 3—46392.44/cwt86.00–95.004285
BullsMedium and Large 3—51888.46/cwt85.00–92.004585
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505113.00/cwt113.00–113.0057111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—53090.74/cwt90.00–91.004814
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53084.69/cwt84.00–85.004493
HeifersMedium and Large 3—45886.26/cwt85.00–88.003954
SteersMedium and Large 1—575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1—610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
SteersMedium and Large 1—518120.00/cwt120.00–120.006226
SteersMedium and Large 2—425120.75/cwt120.00–121.005134
SteersMedium and Large 2—500114.00/cwt114.00–114.005707

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.