Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	122.11	737	26
Medium and Large 2	530	119.78	635	53
Medium and Large 3	471	114.89	542	53

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,574	84.15	1,324	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	54.50	888	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	52.68	633	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	46.06	477	13

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	101.33/cwt	100.00–102.00	608	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	103.37/cwt	100.00–105.00	587	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	121.72/cwt	119.00–127.00	515	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	662	97.34/cwt	96.00–100.00	644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	136.42/cwt	132.00–140.00	487	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	99.71/cwt	98.00–103.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	109.61/cwt	107.00–111.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	106.00/cwt	102.00–110.00	700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	129.47/cwt	128.00–131.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	119.28/cwt	114.00–123.00	619	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	115.77/cwt	110.00–120.00	533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	103.56/cwt	102.00–105.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	113.99/cwt	112.00–118.00	535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	114.38/cwt	110.00–118.00	412	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	117.94/cwt	114.00–123.00	785	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	508	108.32/cwt	105.00–113.00	550	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	135.35/cwt	130.00–140.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.50/cwt	119.00–123.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.00	446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	118.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	382	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	123.04/cwt	121.00–125.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	111.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	121.41/cwt	118.00–124.00	514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	126.79/cwt	124.00–128.00	601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	123.40/cwt	121.00–127.00	637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	105.70/cwt	105.00–107.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	111.75/cwt	110.00–115.00	569	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	128.96/cwt	128.00–130.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	97.54/cwt	95.00–100.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	122.63/cwt	119.00–126.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	117.04/cwt	115.00–119.00	837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	119.18/cwt	118.00–120.00	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	109.61/cwt	105.00–115.00	681	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	128.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	115.65/cwt	113.00–119.00	653	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	120.05/cwt	116.00–124.00	741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	136.73/cwt	134.00–138.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	130.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	423	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	49.76/cwt	47.00–53.00	524	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,570	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	911	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	41.74/cwt	40.00–44.00	424	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	54.50/cwt	54.00–55.00	888	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	53.74/cwt	51.00–57.50	672	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	364	127.81/cwt	121.00–131.00	465	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	710	690.89/cwt	620.00–760.00	4,905	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	1,138.72/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	14,040	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	907.49/cwt	750.00–1,020.00	10,164	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,063	662.78/cwt	540.00–750.00	7,045	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	8,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	937	515.02/cwt	460.00–600.00	4,826	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	927.41/cwt	900.00–950.00	10,062	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,370	710.36/cwt	600.00–810.00	9,732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	836.58/cwt	800.00–870.00	9,821	4
Bulls	—	—	1,470	92.00/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,352	2
Bulls	—	—	1,530	74.30/cwt	73.00–75.50	1,137	3
Bulls	—	—	1,630	86.46/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,409	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	49.75/cwt	49.00–50.00	522	9

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 Oct 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 396Last week 200Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 29Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 105Last week 52Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	600	100.00–102.00	101.33
6	—	568	100.00–105.00	103.37
8	—	423	119.00–127.00	121.72
3	—	662	96.00–100.00	97.34
8	—	460	110.00–120.00	115.77
8	—	508	105.00–113.00	108.32
6	—	325	125.00–135.00	130.00
8	—	364	121.00–131.00	127.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	357	132.00–140.00	136.42
3	—	710	98.00–103.00	99.71
4	—	660	102.00–110.00	106.00
11	—	519	114.00–123.00	119.28
6	—	428	130.00–140.00	135.35
10	—	621	105.00–115.00	109.61
8	—	460	125.00–132.00	128.62
6	—	565	113.00–119.00	115.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	107.00–111.00	109.61
4	—	525	128.00–131.00	129.47
7	—	666	114.00–123.00	117.94
4	—	565	121.00–125.00	123.04
5	—	617	116.00–124.00	120.05
3	—	478	134.00–138.00	136.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	102.00–105.00	103.56
6	—	360	110.00–118.00	114.38
6	—	323	115.00–120.00	118.40
4	—	420	110.00–115.00	111.80
4	—	460	105.00–110.00	107.53
4	—	610	95.00–100.00	97.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	112.00–118.00	113.99
4	—	366	120.00–124.00	121.99
2	—	660	105.00	105.00
7	—	423	118.00–124.00	121.41
3	—	615	105.00–107.00	105.70
8	—	509	110.00–115.00	111.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	119.00–123.00	121.50
8	—	474	124.00–128.00	126.79
8	—	516	121.00–127.00	123.40
5	—	629	118.00–120.00	119.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	135.00	135.00
4	—	320	147.00	147.00
3	—	543	131.00	131.00
2	—	623	119.00–126.00	122.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	128.00–130.00	128.96
2	—	715	115.00–119.00	117.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,053	47.00–53.00	49.76
6	—	1,017	40.00–44.00	41.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	58.00	58.00
20	—	1,250	51.00–57.50	53.74
9	—	1,050	49.00–50.00	49.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	54.00–55.00	54.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	91.00–93.00	92.00
3	—	1,530	73.00–75.50	74.30
6	—	1,630	82.00–89.00	86.46

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	6	—	710	620.00–760.00	690.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,233	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,138.72
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,120	750.00–1,020.00	907.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,063	540.00–750.00	662.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	937	460.00–600.00	515.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,370	600.00–810.00	710.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	820.00	820.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,085	900.00–950.00	927.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,174	800.00–870.00	836.58

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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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Slaughter Cattle

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