Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2020-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 1.00 to 4.00 higher, steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.98/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −74.69 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$133.98

64 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$6.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	137.20	717	9thin
Medium and Large 2	488	134.59	657	40
Medium and Large 3	437	130.42	570	15thin

One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $147 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 sale64 hd

133.98

—

GA average15 barns · 1,188 hd

143.87

−9.89

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−74.69

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	—	Low	1,642	70.59	1,159	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,143	46.27	529	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	38.00	357	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	941.88/cwt	900.00–960.00	9,871	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,123	559.44/cwt	440.00–730.00	6,283	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,390	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	10,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	763	105.97/cwt	103.00–109.00	809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	109.02/cwt	107.00–111.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	152.69/cwt	152.00–154.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	123.84/cwt	119.00–129.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.04/cwt	128.00–132.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	136.64/cwt	135.00–140.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	158.65/cwt	158.00–159.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	163.34/cwt	162.00–164.00	462	3
Bulls	—	—	1,503	65.78/cwt	65.00–67.00	989	3
Bulls	—	—	2,060	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	99.51/cwt	99.00–100.00	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	115.61/cwt	115.00–116.00	714	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	511	126.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	646	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	151.96/cwt	150.00–154.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	285	154.49/cwt	154.00–155.00	440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	144.74/cwt	142.00–148.00	634	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.35/cwt	120.00–123.00	686	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	405	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	480	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	51.53/cwt	49.00–54.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	436	131.74/cwt	129.00–138.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	327	148.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	138.57/cwt	137.00–140.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	126.69/cwt	124.00–129.00	413	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	115.70/cwt	110.00–117.00	540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	109.80/cwt	109.00–110.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	121.19/cwt	120.00–124.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	126.92/cwt	123.00–131.00	473	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	122.97/cwt	122.00–127.00	647	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	123.51/cwt	123.00–124.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	113.56/cwt	112.00–116.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	133.13/cwt	128.00–135.00	720	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	142.03/cwt	140.00–143.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	131.99/cwt	129.00–135.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	129.01/cwt	128.00–130.00	593	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	823	465.14/cwt	460.00–470.00	3,828	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 Jan 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 156Last week 408Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 80Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 96Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	823	460.00–470.00	465.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,048	900.00–960.00	941.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,123	440.00–730.00	559.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	740.00	740.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	103.00–109.00	105.97
2	—	665	107.00–111.00	109.02
3	—	462	135.00–140.00	136.64
3	—	317	158.00–159.00	158.65
3	—	283	162.00–164.00	163.34
5	—	618	115.00–116.00	115.61
4	—	511	125.00–130.00	126.47
4	—	363	150.00–154.00	151.96
8	—	438	142.00–148.00	144.74
6	—	565	120.00–123.00	121.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	152.00–154.00	152.69
2	—	620	119.00–129.00	123.84
2	—	565	128.00–132.00	130.04
2	—	523	134.00–135.00	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	99.00–100.00	99.51
2	—	285	154.00–155.00	154.49
4	—	436	129.00–138.00	131.74
3	—	327	145.00–150.00	148.37
2	—	373	137.00–140.00	138.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	326	124.00–129.00	126.69
6	—	467	110.00–117.00	115.70
5	—	540	109.00–110.00	109.80
5	—	432	120.00–124.00	121.19
2	—	373	123.00–131.00	126.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	110.00	110.00
5	—	431	112.00–116.00	113.56
2	—	325	119.00–120.00	119.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	122.00–127.00	122.97
2	—	460	123.00–124.00	123.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	146.00	146.00
2	—	658	129.00–135.00	131.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	128.00–135.00	133.13
3	—	470	140.00–143.00	142.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	128.00–130.00	129.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,503	65.00–67.00	65.78
1	—	2,060	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	45.00	45.00
1	—	980	31.00	31.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	41.00	41.00
2	—	1,115	49.00–54.00	51.53

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

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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