Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2021-06-10

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Jun 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 211▲ 105 vs year ago 149 · +70.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 32▲ 66 vs year ago 24 · +275.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 63▲ 38 vs year ago 29 · +131.0%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580127.0473727
Medium and Large 3460118.9854818thin
Medium and Large 2553118.9865723
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,70388.141,50111
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25765.7782627
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65064.001,0561thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95053.135059thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2—523130.48/cwt130.00–131.006822
BullsMedium and Large 3—523107.39/cwt105.00–110.005624
BullsMedium and Large 3—360133.52/cwt132.00–135.004814
BullsMedium and Large 3—77090.00/cwt90.00–90.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524116.62/cwt112.00–119.006118
BullsMedium and Large 2—562119.71/cwt116.00–123.006733
BullsMedium and Large 2—521122.05/cwt118.00–125.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468117.25/cwt113.00–120.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630106.68/cwt106.00–107.006723
BullsMedium and Large 2—683107.63/cwt103.00–111.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530105.63/cwt105.00–107.005603
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626113.07/cwt112.00–113.507089
BullsMedium and Large 1—763111.00/cwt110.00–112.008472
BullsMedium and Large 2—623110.55/cwt107.00–112.006894
BullsMedium and Large 2—460125.01/cwt123.00–126.005754
BullsMedium and Large 2—442133.00/cwt130.00–136.005883
BullsMedium and Large 3—70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006301
SteersMedium and Large 1—660124.50/cwt124.00–125.008222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520121.36/cwt120.00–122.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430131.61/cwt130.00–135.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—394133.00/cwt133.00–133.005245
SteersMedium and Large 1—614130.90/cwt129.00–133.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364120.49/cwt119.00–125.004396
BullsMedium and Large 1—658119.00/cwt118.00–120.007832
BullsMedium and Large 1—720116.00/cwt116.00–116.008351
SteersMedium and Large 1—554138.01/cwt135.00–139.007654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458127.00/cwt125.00–129.005823
SteersMedium and Large 1—760124.00/cwt124.00–124.009421
BullsMedium and Large 2—710103.00/cwt103.00–103.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580120.07/cwt119.00–121.506967
BullsMedium and Large 1—483139.66/cwt139.00–140.006753
BullsMedium and Large 1—514130.23/cwt126.00–136.006696
BullsMedium and Large 1—620122.97/cwt122.00–124.007624
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—591676.81/cwt500.00–760.004,0008
BullsMedium and Large 1—566129.10/cwt125.00–135.007319
SteersMedium and Large 1—720124.00/cwt124.00–124.008931
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06074.56/cwt73.00–76.007902
Bulls——1,930101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,9491
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31261.94/cwt57.00–64.5081311
CowsLean 85-90%—94757.62/cwt54.00–61.005465
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65064.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0561
Bulls——1,70184.87/cwt82.00–87.001,4447
Bulls——1,63391.48/cwt88.00–95.001,4943
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24167.52/cwt65.00–72.0083814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—850761.76/cwt730.00–790.006,4752
CowsLean 85-90%—95347.52/cwt44.00–51.004534
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,080.00/cwt1,080.00–1,080.0011,8801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—996703.07/cwt600.00–785.007,0035
BullsMedium and Large 3—457116.21/cwt114.00–119.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—461107.62/cwt105.00–110.004965
HeifersMedium and Large 3—60590.00/cwt90.00–90.005452
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—975974.36/cwt950.00–1,000.009,5004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1071,139.45/cwt1,050.00–1,280.0012,61410
BullsMedium and Large 3—333139.01/cwt137.00–140.004633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,191907.57/cwt840.00–1,075.0010,8095
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558112.93/cwt106.00–116.006304

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.