Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2021-03-18

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Mar 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 271▲ 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 42▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 68▲ 45 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 mostly steady, 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 $151.67/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −57.00 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$151.67
34 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386164.9163721
Medium and Large 3438133.985872thin
Medium and Large 2488129.6163311thin
One grade step is worth $35.30/cwt here — about $4 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
151.67
—
GA average15 barns · 1,612 hd
134.93
+16.75
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−57.00
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—Average1,52375.281,1472thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34256.537594thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95850.754862thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2—437134.94/cwt121.00–144.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418135.48/cwt135.00–136.005662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—347140.00/cwt140.00–140.004866
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1881,097.74/cwt1,010.00–1,250.0013,0418
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455119.00/cwt119.00–119.005412
BullsMedium and Large 1—342174.00/cwt174.00–174.0059517
BullsMedium and Large 2—483139.00/cwt139.00–139.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—443122.51/cwt121.00–124.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 3—440116.49/cwt116.00–117.005132
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555105.00/cwt105.00–105.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535116.00/cwt116.00–116.006212
BullsMedium and Large 2—555105.00/cwt105.00–105.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004972
BullsMedium and Large 3—438133.98/cwt133.00–135.005872
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—760590.00/cwt590.00–590.004,4842
BullsMedium and Large 1—623127.59/cwt125.00–130.007952
BullsMedium and Large 1—700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1—355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 3—66085.00/cwt85.00–85.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358122.55/cwt120.00–125.004392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,395842.80/cwt830.00–860.0011,7572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,045673.21/cwt540.00–780.007,0352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—972600.67/cwt500.00–740.005,83912
Bulls——1,52375.28/cwt75.00–75.501,1472
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,028740.51/cwt625.00–850.007,6124
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00054.00/cwt54.00–54.005401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,55054.00/cwt54.00–54.008371
CowsLean 85-90%—91547.50/cwt47.50–47.504351
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27357.37/cwt55.00–60.007303

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.