Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers mostly steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $122.71/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$122.71

92 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$5.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.02

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	469	124.40	583	42
Medium and Large 1	586	122.93	720	29
Medium and Large 3	403	119.04	479	21

One grade step is worth $5.35/cwt here — about $103 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 sale92 hd

122.71

—

GA average14 barns · 1,671 hd

131.73

−9.02

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	—	Average	1,999	90.73	1,814	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	69.37	859	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	945	52.50	496	2thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	70.40/cwt	67.00–73.00	889	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	139.01/cwt	136.00–146.00	592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	137.02/cwt	135.00–139.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	115.83/cwt	114.50–120.00	554	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	364	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.75/cwt	121.00–128.00	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	146.16/cwt	143.00–146.50	861	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	124.31/cwt	121.00–127.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	326	141.60/cwt	138.00–146.00	462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	121.70/cwt	119.00–125.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	114.34/cwt	114.00–115.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	116.36/cwt	115.00–117.00	725	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	821.05/cwt	720.00–990.00	7,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	118.01/cwt	117.00–119.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	134.34/cwt	133.00–135.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	128.78/cwt	126.00–134.00	547	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	116.29/cwt	113.00–119.50	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	131.77/cwt	128.00–136.00	474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	138.48/cwt	138.00–139.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	121.52/cwt	120.00–123.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.32/cwt	118.00–119.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	143.74/cwt	138.00–145.50	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	135.60/cwt	135.00–136.00	447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	122.45/cwt	118.00–126.00	689	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	768	698.53/cwt	625.00–775.00	5,365	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	146.67/cwt	146.00–148.00	531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	125.87/cwt	122.00–132.00	652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	139.57/cwt	139.50–140.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	121.19/cwt	120.50–125.00	709	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.45/cwt	132.00–135.00	767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	959	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	405	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	594	1
Bulls	—	—	2,010	96.56/cwt	94.50–99.00	1,941	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,066	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	63.45/cwt	62.50–64.50	666	2
Bulls	—	—	1,988	84.90/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,688	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,409	997.38/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	14,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	106.61/cwt	101.00–111.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	134.34/cwt	128.00–138.00	617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	119.77/cwt	118.00–122.00	625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	124.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	395	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	136.53/cwt	133.00–140.00	492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	558	112.01/cwt	108.00–115.00	625	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,096	731.70/cwt	550.00–820.00	8,019	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	790.39/cwt	780.00–800.00	9,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,345.51/cwt	1,150.00–1,525.00	17,223	8

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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 154Year ago 221

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 26Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 53Year ago 47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,263	67.00–73.00	70.40
1	—	1,440	74.00	74.00
2	—	1,050	62.50–64.50	63.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	45.00	45.00
1	—	990	60.00	60.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,010	94.50–99.00	96.56
2	—	1,988	82.00–88.00	84.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	110.00–112.00	110.98
2	—	748	100.00	100.00
6	—	474	121.00–128.00	124.75
13	—	425	126.00–134.00	128.78
4	—	562	113.00–119.50	116.29
4	—	360	128.00–136.00	131.77
5	—	330	135.00–136.00	135.60
5	—	522	118.00–122.00	119.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	511	134.50	134.50
3	—	665	117.00–119.00	118.01
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
3	—	623	118.00–119.00	118.32
16	—	585	120.50–125.00	121.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	119.00–125.00	121.70
3	—	458	114.00–115.00	114.34
3	—	442	120.00–121.00	120.33
3	—	567	101.00–111.00	106.61
6	—	318	120.00–130.00	124.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	136.00–146.00	139.01
2	—	330	150.00	150.00
2	—	660	116.00	116.00
6	—	623	115.00–117.00	116.36
10	—	563	118.00–126.00	122.45
3	—	362	146.00–148.00	146.67
6	—	518	122.00–132.00	125.87
7	—	459	128.00–138.00	134.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	135.00–139.00	137.02
3	—	628	121.00–127.00	124.31
2	—	668	120.00–123.00	121.52
1	—	790	109.00	109.00
1	—	705	113.00	113.00
2	—	575	132.00–135.00	133.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	478	114.50–120.00	115.83
2	—	260	140.00	140.00
5	—	326	138.00–146.00	141.60
3	—	442	133.00–135.00	134.34
4	—	360	133.00–140.00	136.53
3	—	558	108.00–115.00	112.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	589	143.00–146.50	146.16
7	—	625	139.50–140.00	139.57
4	—	695	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	138.00–139.00	138.48
4	—	484	138.00–145.50	143.74

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	950	720.00–990.00	821.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	768	625.00–775.00	698.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,280	1,150.00–1,525.00	1,345.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,409	900.00–1,075.00	997.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,096	550.00–820.00	731.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,145	780.00–800.00	790.39

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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