Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2020-10-01

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Oct 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
151 vs last sale 434 24 vs year ago 307 · 7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
14 vs last sale 44 41 vs year ago 71 · 57.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
16 vs last sale 65 21 vs year ago 70 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower, bull and heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.58/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$102.58
54 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.35
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1200140.002801thin
Medium and Large 2507105.2653332
Medium and Large 352196.7350421
One grade step is worth $43.27/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale54 hd
102.58
GA average17 barns · 1,389 hd
111.94
−9.35
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
BullsAverage1,60472.001,15410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31544.8759011
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07137.944065thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2465109.58/cwt108.00–111.005105
SteersMedium and Large 2523114.67/cwt113.00–118.006003
HeifersMedium and Large 262397.41/cwt95.00–100.006072
SteersMedium and Large 2410122.00/cwt122.00–122.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 257999.38/cwt99.00–101.005755
BullsMedium and Large 271594.96/cwt93.00–97.006794
Bulls1,82375.11/cwt73.50–80.001,3695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28745.57/cwt43.00–49.505869
Bulls1,38468.88/cwt66.00–70.009535
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44341.74/cwt41.50–42.006022
CowsLean 85-90%1,05532.87/cwt30.00–35.003472
CowsLean 85-90%1,08241.32/cwt40.00–42.004473
BullsMedium and Large 3436114.30/cwt110.00–117.004984
BullsMedium and Large 3371118.86/cwt115.00–124.004414
BullsMedium and Large 3528103.04/cwt100.00–106.005446
HeifersMedium and Large 3430103.93/cwt102.00–106.004473
HeifersMedium and Large 366887.53/cwt85.00–90.005852
BullsMedium and Large 3469107.74/cwt103.00–110.005053
SteersMedium and Large 3565104.05/cwt101.00–107.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 351597.06/cwt96.00–99.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 357395.04/cwt92.00–97.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 362390.52/cwt90.00–91.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 3360106.01/cwt105.00–107.003822
BullsMedium and Large 1623110.48/cwt110.00–111.006882
BullsMedium and Large 1790103.00/cwt103.00–103.008141
BullsMedium and Large 2572105.67/cwt105.00–106.006043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,253823.42/cwt800.00–850.0010,3173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,107634.28/cwt525.00–790.007,02112
HeifersMedium and Large 345898.50/cwt96.00–104.004514
SteersMedium and Large 1562124.32/cwt123.00–126.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 1200140.00/cwt140.00–140.002801
SteersMedium and Large 2573114.55/cwt113.00–116.006562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,470980.00/cwt980.00–980.0014,4061
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4201,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0016,3302
BullsMedium and Large 1670106.67/cwt106.00–107.007153
BullsMedium and Large 267997.73/cwt95.00–100.006644
BullsMedium and Large 2440121.98/cwt120.00–124.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2227127.44/cwt126.00–130.002893
BullsMedium and Large 2467116.30/cwt115.00–117.005433
SteersMedium and Large 1770109.00/cwt109.00–109.008391
SteersMedium and Large 1628119.70/cwt116.00–124.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 2530100.50/cwt100.00–101.005337
HeifersMedium and Large 266794.59/cwt91.00–98.006315
BullsMedium and Large 3333125.83/cwt124.00–127.504193
SteersMedium and Large 2379130.00/cwt130.00–130.004937
BullsMedium and Large 2518114.65/cwt110.00–119.005944
BullsMedium and Large 2607103.36/cwt102.00–106.006276
HeifersMedium and Large 2355114.00/cwt114.00–114.004052
HeifersMedium and Large 2438113.97/cwt110.00–117.004993
SteersMedium and Large 3510106.47/cwt105.00–108.005432

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.