Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.18/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −86.49 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$122.18

68 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	127.04	737	27
Medium and Large 3	460	118.98	548	18thin
Medium and Large 2	553	118.98	657	23

One grade step is worth $8.06/cwt here — about $80 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 sale68 hd

122.18

—

GA average15 barns · 1,590 hd

124.02

−1.84

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−86.49

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	—	High	1,703	88.14	1,501	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	65.77	826	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	64.00	1,056	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	53.13	505	9thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	130.48/cwt	130.00–131.00	682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	107.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	562	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	133.52/cwt	132.00–135.00	481	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	116.62/cwt	112.00–119.00	611	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	119.71/cwt	116.00–123.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	122.05/cwt	118.00–125.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	117.25/cwt	113.00–120.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	106.68/cwt	106.00–107.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	107.63/cwt	103.00–111.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	105.63/cwt	105.00–107.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	113.07/cwt	112.00–113.50	708	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	847	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	110.55/cwt	107.00–112.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	125.01/cwt	123.00–126.00	575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	133.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	121.36/cwt	120.00–122.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	131.61/cwt	130.00–135.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	130.90/cwt	129.00–133.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	120.49/cwt	119.00–125.00	439	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	138.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	127.00/cwt	125.00–129.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	120.07/cwt	119.00–121.50	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	139.66/cwt	139.00–140.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	130.23/cwt	126.00–136.00	669	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	122.97/cwt	122.00–124.00	762	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	591	676.81/cwt	500.00–760.00	4,000	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	129.10/cwt	125.00–135.00	731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	74.56/cwt	73.00–76.00	790	2
Bulls	—	—	1,930	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,949	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	61.94/cwt	57.00–64.50	813	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	57.62/cwt	54.00–61.00	546	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,056	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	84.87/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,444	7
Bulls	—	—	1,633	91.48/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,494	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	67.52/cwt	65.00–72.00	838	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	761.76/cwt	730.00–790.00	6,475	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	47.52/cwt	44.00–51.00	453	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	11,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	996	703.07/cwt	600.00–785.00	7,003	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	116.21/cwt	114.00–119.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	107.62/cwt	105.00–110.00	496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	974.36/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	9,500	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	1,139.45/cwt	1,050.00–1,280.00	12,614	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	333	139.01/cwt	137.00–140.00	463	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,191	907.57/cwt	840.00–1,075.00	10,809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	112.93/cwt	106.00–116.00	630	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 Jun 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 211Year ago 149

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 32Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 67Last week 63Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	130.00–131.00	130.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	124.00–125.00	124.50
4	—	614	129.00–133.00	130.90
4	—	554	135.00–139.00	138.01
1	—	760	124.00	124.00
1	—	720	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	105.00–110.00	107.39
4	—	360	132.00–135.00	133.52
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
5	—	457	114.00–119.00	116.21
3	—	333	137.00–140.00	139.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	116.00–123.00	119.71
5	—	521	118.00–125.00	122.05
3	—	683	103.00–111.00	107.63
4	—	623	107.00–112.00	110.55
4	—	460	123.00–126.00	125.01
3	—	442	130.00–136.00	133.00
1	—	710	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	110.00–112.00	111.00
2	—	658	118.00–120.00	119.00
1	—	720	116.00	116.00
3	—	483	139.00–140.00	139.66
6	—	514	126.00–136.00	130.23
4	—	620	122.00–124.00	122.97
9	—	566	125.00–135.00	129.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	112.00–119.00	116.62
6	—	468	113.00–120.00	117.25
3	—	630	106.00–107.00	106.68
6	—	364	119.00–125.00	120.49
4	—	558	106.00–116.00	112.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	105.00–107.00	105.63
5	—	461	105.00–110.00	107.62
2	—	605	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	626	112.00–113.50	113.07
3	—	520	120.00–122.00	121.36
3	—	430	130.00–135.00	131.61
5	—	394	133.00	133.00
3	—	458	125.00–129.00	127.00
7	—	580	119.00–121.50	120.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	591	500.00–760.00	676.81
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	975	950.00–1,000.00	974.36
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,107	1,050.00–1,280.00	1,139.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	850	730.00–790.00	761.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	996	600.00–785.00	703.07
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,080.00	1,080.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,191	840.00–1,075.00	907.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	73.00–76.00	74.56
11	—	1,312	57.00–64.50	61.94
14	—	1,241	65.00–72.00	67.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	947	54.00–61.00	57.62
4	—	953	44.00–51.00	47.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	101.00	101.00
7	—	1,701	82.00–87.00	84.87
3	—	1,633	88.00–95.00	91.48

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

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