Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2021-10-14

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Oct 14
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
396 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 200▲ 396 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 29▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 52▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves, lightly tested, feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.28/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −90.40 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$118.28
132 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.66
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603122.1173726
Medium and Large 2530119.7863553
Medium and Large 3471114.8954253
One grade step is worth $7.22/cwt here — about $195 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 sale132 hd
118.28
—
GA average16 barns · 1,505 hd
122.94
−4.66
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−90.40
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—High1,57484.151,32411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63054.508882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20152.6863330
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03646.0647713

Every lot, as filed

63 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
BullsMedium and Large 3—600101.33/cwt100.00–102.006086
BullsMedium and Large 3—568103.37/cwt100.00–105.005876
BullsMedium and Large 3—423121.72/cwt119.00–127.005158
BullsMedium and Large 3—66297.34/cwt96.00–100.006443
BullsMedium and Large 2—357136.42/cwt132.00–140.004875
BullsMedium and Large 2—71099.71/cwt98.00–103.007083
BullsMedium and Large 1—715109.61/cwt107.00–111.007843
BullsMedium and Large 2—660106.00/cwt102.00–110.007004
BullsMedium and Large 1—525129.47/cwt128.00–131.006804
BullsMedium and Large 2—519119.28/cwt114.00–123.0061911
BullsMedium and Large 3—460115.77/cwt110.00–120.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523103.56/cwt102.00–105.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469113.99/cwt112.00–118.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360114.38/cwt110.00–118.004126
BullsMedium and Large 1—666117.94/cwt114.00–123.007857
BullsMedium and Large 3—508108.32/cwt105.00–113.005508
BullsMedium and Large 2—428135.35/cwt130.00–140.005796
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560121.50/cwt119.00–123.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366121.99/cwt120.00–124.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323118.40/cwt115.00–120.003826
BullsMedium and Large 1—565123.04/cwt121.00–125.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420111.80/cwt110.00–115.004704
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423121.41/cwt118.00–124.005147
SteersMedium and Large 3—355130.00/cwt130.00–130.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474126.79/cwt124.00–128.006018
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516123.40/cwt121.00–127.006378
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615105.70/cwt105.00–107.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460107.53/cwt105.00–110.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 2—509111.75/cwt110.00–115.005698
SteersMedium and Large 2—455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006141
SteersMedium and Large 1—623128.96/cwt128.00–130.008032
SteersMedium and Large 2—320147.00/cwt147.00–147.004704
SteersMedium and Large 2—543131.00/cwt131.00–131.007113
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61097.54/cwt95.00–100.005954
SteersMedium and Large 2—623122.63/cwt119.00–126.007642
SteersMedium and Large 1—715117.04/cwt115.00–119.008372
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629119.18/cwt118.00–120.007505
BullsMedium and Large 2—621109.61/cwt105.00–115.0068110
BullsMedium and Large 2—460128.62/cwt125.00–132.005928
BullsMedium and Large 2—565115.65/cwt113.00–119.006536
BullsMedium and Large 1—617120.05/cwt116.00–124.007415
BullsMedium and Large 1—478136.73/cwt134.00–138.006543
BullsMedium and Large 3—325130.00/cwt125.00–135.004236
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05349.76/cwt47.00–53.005247
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,57058.00/cwt58.00–58.009111
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01741.74/cwt40.00–44.004246
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63054.50/cwt54.00–55.008882
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25053.74/cwt51.00–57.5067220
BullsMedium and Large 3—364127.81/cwt121.00–131.004658
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—710690.89/cwt620.00–760.004,9056
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2331,138.72/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0014,0406
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,120907.49/cwt750.00–1,020.0010,1646
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,063662.78/cwt540.00–750.007,04510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000820.00/cwt820.00–820.008,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—937515.02/cwt460.00–600.004,8263
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,085927.41/cwt900.00–950.0010,0625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,370710.36/cwt600.00–810.009,7322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,174836.58/cwt800.00–870.009,8214
Bulls——1,47092.00/cwt91.00–93.001,3522
Bulls——1,53074.30/cwt73.00–75.501,1373
Bulls——1,63086.46/cwt82.00–89.001,4096
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05049.75/cwt49.00–50.005229

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.