Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.58/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −78.10 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$130.58

61 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$4.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.24

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	132.70	731	18thin
Medium and Large 3	394	131.00	516	25
Medium and Large 2	496	127.86	634	18thin

One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about $97 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 sale61 hd

130.58

—

GA average16 barns · 1,290 hd

134.82

−4.24

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−78.10

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	1,455	95.74	1,393	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,100	71.50	787	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,222	64.44	787	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	51.75	542	4thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	135.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	220	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	131.42/cwt	128.00–137.00	606	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	122.47/cwt	118.00–126.00	572	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	116.72/cwt	113.00–120.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	138.10/cwt	134.00–143.00	446	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	511	118.82/cwt	116.00–122.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	134.04/cwt	127.00–135.50	747	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	123.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	118.67/cwt	118.00–120.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	126.08/cwt	122.00–129.00	717	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	119.51/cwt	118.00–120.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	125.03/cwt	124.00–126.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	112.06/cwt	110.00–114.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	113.25/cwt	110.00–115.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	119.03/cwt	118.00–120.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	122.25/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	120.52/cwt	120.00–121.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	114.02/cwt	110.00–117.00	523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	133.02/cwt	131.00–135.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	125.37/cwt	123.00–133.00	657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	134.62/cwt	134.00–137.00	708	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	263	139.29/cwt	138.00–140.00	366	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	132.48/cwt	130.00–138.00	583	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	936	841.28/cwt	810.00–870.00	7,874	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,287	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	998	677.21/cwt	570.00–780.00	6,759	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,202	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,085	794.93/cwt	790.00–800.00	8,625	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	52.33/cwt	51.00–54.50	535	3
Bulls	—	—	1,455	95.74/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,393	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	560	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	988	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	58.28/cwt	56.00–61.00	702	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	64.81/cwt	62.00–67.00	778	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,100	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	787	1

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 Aug 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 245Year ago 263

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 36Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 58Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	98.00	98.00
1	—	600	98.00	98.00
4	—	445	115.00–120.00	117.50
4	—	364	118.00–120.00	119.51
5	—	459	110.00–117.00	114.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	566	113.00–120.00	116.72
4	—	464	120.00–122.00	121.02
3	—	615	110.00–115.00	113.25
2	—	518	118.00–120.00	119.03
4	—	429	120.00–125.00	122.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	122.00–129.00	126.08
3	—	515	124.00–126.00	125.03
2	—	723	110.00–114.00	112.06
2	—	623	120.00–121.00	120.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	130.00–140.00	135.05
1	—	220	144.00	144.00
5	—	467	118.00–126.00	122.47
5	—	323	134.00–143.00	138.10
4	—	511	116.00–122.00	118.82
3	—	263	138.00–140.00	139.29
4	—	440	130.00–138.00	132.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	461	128.00–137.00	131.42
1	—	355	148.00	148.00
3	—	557	118.00–120.00	118.67
7	—	524	123.00–133.00	125.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	127.00–135.50	134.04
3	—	610	120.00–125.00	123.03
1	—	400	152.00	152.00
1	—	660	121.00	121.00
7	—	526	134.00–137.00	134.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	116.00	116.00
2	—	660	131.00–135.00	133.02

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	8	—	936	810.00–870.00	841.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	998	570.00–780.00	677.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,085	790.00–800.00	794.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	51.00–54.50	52.33
1	—	1,120	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	76.00	76.00
2	—	1,205	56.00–61.00	58.28
2	—	1,200	62.00–67.00	64.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	71.50	71.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,455	92.00–99.00	95.74

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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