Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 1.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $118.88/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −89.79 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$118.88

146 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.11

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	122.53	586	55
Medium and Large 1	625	117.72	736	40
Medium and Large 3	432	115.86	500	51

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $85 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 sale146 hd

118.88

—

GA average15 barns · 1,564 hd

126.99

−8.11

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−89.79

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	1,540	72.28	1,113	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,362	52.09	709	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	44.95	456	6thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 2	—	424	128.34/cwt	125.00–134.00	544	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	109.92/cwt	106.00–114.00	690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	110.72/cwt	108.00–112.00	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	133.86/cwt	131.00–136.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	103.48/cwt	100.00–110.00	376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	93.05/cwt	90.00–96.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	109.56/cwt	105.00–115.00	503	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	99.50/cwt	96.00–102.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	116.60/cwt	115.00–117.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	121.77/cwt	119.00–128.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	102.54/cwt	100.00–105.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	105.86/cwt	102.00–110.00	548	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	658	89.50/cwt	89.00–90.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	104.75/cwt	100.00–109.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	324	107.61/cwt	104.00–111.00	349	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	129.34/cwt	125.00–132.00	482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	134.23/cwt	129.00–138.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	97.80/cwt	95.00–100.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	99.54/cwt	96.00–103.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	117.39/cwt	110.00–120.00	501	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	103.39/cwt	102.00–106.00	739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	754	108.87/cwt	108.00–109.00	821	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	126.97/cwt	126.00–130.00	669	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	116.69/cwt	115.00–118.00	779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	117.93/cwt	117.50–123.00	699	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	46.17/cwt	44.00–48.50	461	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	42.52/cwt	42.00–43.00	446	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	45.47/cwt	45.00–46.00	627	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	59.47/cwt	58.00–60.00	859	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	50.82/cwt	50.00–54.00	671	7
Bulls	—	—	1,040	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	863	1
Bulls	—	—	1,707	68.71/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,173	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,387	1,037.50/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	14,390	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,007	661.59/cwt	550.00–775.00	6,662	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	894.66/cwt	800.00–950.00	10,217	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,198	810.50/cwt	750.00–850.00	9,710	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	798.54/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,225	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	1,054.08/cwt	1,000.00–1,080.00	10,509	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	123.53/cwt	120.00–127.00	568	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	561	102.30/cwt	100.00–104.00	574	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	106.63/cwt	105.00–110.00	546	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	113.69/cwt	110.00–117.00	521	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	126.31/cwt	124.00–129.00	409	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	143.29/cwt	141.00–145.00	394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	142.30/cwt	138.00–147.00	467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	271	132.90/cwt	130.00–136.00	360	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	668	97.47/cwt	95.00–100.00	651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	361	122.71/cwt	119.00–126.00	443	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	115.12/cwt	113.00–120.00	504	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	116.18/cwt	112.00–120.00	605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	108.65/cwt	108.00–109.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	110.44/cwt	107.00–116.00	621	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 Nov 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 389Last week 331Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 53Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 63Last week 140Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	125.00–134.00	128.34
6	—	628	106.00–114.00	109.92
6	—	360	131.00–136.00	133.86
3	—	715	102.00–106.00	103.39
10	—	460	120.00–127.00	123.53
3	—	275	141.00–145.00	143.29
5	—	328	138.00–147.00	142.30
6	—	521	112.00–120.00	116.18
9	—	562	107.00–116.00	110.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	730	108.00–112.00	110.72
8	—	754	108.00–109.00	108.87
6	—	527	126.00–130.00	126.97
3	—	668	115.00–118.00	116.69
1	—	355	153.00	153.00
19	—	593	117.50–123.00	117.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	561	100.00–104.00	102.30
6	—	512	105.00–110.00	106.63
6	—	458	110.00–117.00	113.69
4	—	324	124.00–129.00	126.31
4	—	271	130.00–136.00	132.90
2	—	668	95.00–100.00	97.47
14	—	361	119.00–126.00	122.71
8	—	438	113.00–120.00	115.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	363	100.00–110.00	103.48
4	—	565	90.00–96.00	93.05
2	—	658	89.00–90.00	89.50
4	—	440	100.00–109.00	104.75
4	—	324	104.00–111.00	107.61
4	—	526	95.00–100.00	97.80
4	—	460	96.00–103.00	99.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	459	105.00–115.00	109.56
4	—	664	96.00–102.00	99.50
4	—	565	100.00–105.00	102.54
4	—	518	102.00–110.00	105.86
2	—	330	114.00–115.00	114.49
12	—	427	110.00–120.00	117.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	555	115.00–117.00	116.60
4	—	453	119.00–128.00	121.77
3	—	615	108.00–109.00	108.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	125.00–132.00	129.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	129.00–138.00	134.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	998	44.00–48.50	46.17
2	—	1,050	42.00–43.00	42.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	45.00–46.00	45.47
3	—	1,445	58.00–60.00	59.47
7	—	1,321	50.00–54.00	50.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	83.00	83.00
3	—	1,707	65.00–70.00	68.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,387	900.00–1,100.00	1,037.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,142	800.00–950.00	894.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,007	550.00–775.00	661.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,198	750.00–850.00	810.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,030	750.00–850.00	798.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	997	1,000.00–1,080.00	1,054.08

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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