Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2022-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $155.88/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −52.79 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$155.88

37 head · 409 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$202

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

$9.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	400	160.74	643	16thin
Medium and Large 3	344	152.86	526	14thin
Medium and Large 1	560	150.83	845	7thin

One grade step is worth $9.91/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale37 hd

155.88

—

GA average15 barns · 1,250 hd

151.13

+4.76

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−52.79

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	—	High	1,530	113.49	1,737	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	81.00	1,191	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	79.18	985	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	68.45	696	5thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1	—	420	169.95/cwt	168.00–172.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	128.94/cwt	128.00–130.00	410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	915	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	154.96/cwt	150.00–160.00	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	151.59/cwt	150.00–155.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	119.51/cwt	119.00–120.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	170.20/cwt	166.00–175.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	174.19/cwt	171.00–177.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	141.30/cwt	140.00–144.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	139.00/cwt	137.00–140.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	141.32/cwt	141.00–142.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	127.34/cwt	126.00–128.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	168.07/cwt	166.00–170.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	161.51/cwt	161.00–162.00	743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	157.69/cwt	154.00–160.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	153.76/cwt	150.00–159.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	160.40/cwt	156.00–165.00	441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.96/cwt	135.00–137.00	847	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,366	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,028	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	70.85/cwt	70.00–72.00	845	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,600	91.21/cwt	89.50–92.00	1,459	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	80.56/cwt	78.00–84.00	840	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	72.58/cwt	70.00–75.00	745	3
Bulls	—	—	1,355	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,667	1
Bulls	—	—	1,618	108.74/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,759	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	62.25/cwt	60.00–65.00	623	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	928	819.59/cwt	810.00–825.00	7,606	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	931	688.03/cwt	580.00–780.00	6,406	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,035.93/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	11,084	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	998.90/cwt	920.00–1,185.00	10,239	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	1,328.49/cwt	1,210.00–1,550.00	14,799	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	850	777.06/cwt	730.00–830.00	6,605	4

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 Mar 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 158Year ago 166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 32Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 63Year ago 76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	168.00–172.00	169.95
1	—	915	121.00	121.00
2	—	460	161.00–162.00	161.51
2	—	623	135.00–137.00	135.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	150.00–160.00	154.96
3	—	410	140.00–144.00	141.30
4	—	360	150.00–159.00	153.76
3	—	275	156.00–165.00	160.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	150.00–155.00	151.59
1	—	675	121.00	121.00
4	—	323	166.00–175.00	170.20
2	—	273	171.00–177.00	174.19
2	—	368	166.00–170.00	168.07
4	—	429	154.00–160.00	157.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	128.00–130.00	128.94
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
3	—	462	126.00–128.00	127.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	119.00–120.00	119.51
2	—	468	138.00–139.00	138.49
2	—	518	130.00–131.00	130.52
2	—	328	145.00–146.00	145.49
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
3	—	415	141.00–142.00	141.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	137.00–140.00	139.00
2	—	455	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	87.00	87.00
1	—	1,370	75.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,192	70.00–72.00	70.85
3	—	1,600	89.50–92.00	91.21
4	—	1,043	78.00–84.00	80.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,027	70.00–75.00	72.58
2	—	1,000	60.00–65.00	62.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,618	105.00–111.00	108.74

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	928	810.00–825.00	819.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	931	580.00–780.00	688.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,070	900.00–1,100.00	1,035.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,025	920.00–1,185.00	998.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,114	1,210.00–1,550.00	1,328.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	850	730.00–830.00	777.06

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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