Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.10/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$122.10

28 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$22.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	126.24	630	11thin
Medium and Large 2	456	121.53	554	15thin
Medium and Large 3	523	103.56	542	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $89 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 sale28 hd

122.10

—

GA average16 barns · 1,340 hd

121.92

+0.18

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	1,639	78.94	1,294	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	70.02	830	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	60.50	586	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	946.78/cwt	880.00–1,000.00	11,409	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,042	1,016.36/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	10,590	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	1,291.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,525.00	14,684	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	735.61/cwt	650.00–810.00	6,988	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	103.56/cwt	102.00–105.00	542	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	786.15/cwt	700.00–860.00	7,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	136.36/cwt	135.00–138.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	131.35/cwt	128.00–133.00	478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	122.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	117.13/cwt	114.00–120.00	613	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	128.70/cwt	123.00–133.00	589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	111.04/cwt	110.00–112.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	110.02/cwt	105.00–114.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	140.24/cwt	138.00–144.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	125.34/cwt	123.00–129.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	126.05/cwt	124.00–128.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	129.89/cwt	128.00–132.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	124.55/cwt	123.00–126.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	137.04/cwt	136.00–138.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	144.03/cwt	143.00–145.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	146.49/cwt	145.00–148.00	642	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	700	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	4,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	543	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	137.27/cwt	135.00–138.00	785	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	858	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	996	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	69.80/cwt	68.00–74.00	808	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	60.50/cwt	60.00–61.00	586	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	71.68/cwt	71.50–72.00	1,236	2
Bulls	—	—	1,553	86.19/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,339	2

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 May 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 203Year ago 132

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 35Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 80Year ago 47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,205	880.00–1,000.00	946.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	950	650.00–810.00	735.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	975	700.00–860.00	786.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,042	900.00–1,075.00	1,016.36
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,137	1,100.00–1,525.00	1,291.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	640.00	640.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	102.00–105.00	103.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	128.00–133.00	131.35
3	—	442	120.00–125.00	122.31
2	—	523	114.00–120.00	117.13
3	—	563	105.00–114.00	110.02
2	—	478	117.00–118.00	117.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	123.00–129.00	125.34
3	—	467	124.00–128.00	126.05
2	—	423	128.00–132.00	129.89
1	—	600	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	153.00	153.00
6	—	467	135.00–138.00	136.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	138.00–144.00	140.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	123.00–133.00	128.70
2	—	623	110.00–112.00	111.04
2	—	440	137.00–138.00	137.49
2	—	355	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	123.00–126.00	124.55
2	—	523	136.00–138.00	137.04
2	—	468	143.00–145.00	144.03
2	—	438	145.00–148.00	146.49
4	—	572	135.00–138.00	137.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	144.00	144.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	64.50	64.50
1	—	1,285	77.50	77.50
9	—	1,158	68.00–74.00	69.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	60.00–61.00	60.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	71.50–72.00	71.68
2	—	1,553	84.00–88.00	86.19

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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Heifers · 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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