Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2022-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.43/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −84.24 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$124.43

52 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$2.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.83

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	126.12	859	8thin
Medium and Large 3	537	124.32	667	23
Medium and Large 2	653	123.92	809	21

One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about $50 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 sale52 hd

124.43

—

GA average14 barns · 1,136 hd

142.27

−17.83

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−84.24

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	1,797	115.32	2,072	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	83.07	1,052	21

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,013	$819	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,035	$757	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,054	$744	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	918	$939	30

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	755	118.50/cwt	118.00–119.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	128.98/cwt	127.00–133.00	847	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	129.61/cwt	128.00–132.00	791	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	122.84/cwt	117.00–125.00	821	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	131.51/cwt	129.00–134.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	124.51/cwt	123.00–126.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	124.80/cwt	122.00–127.00	592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	110.71/cwt	109.00–115.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	117.35/cwt	116.00–120.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	138.00/cwt	137.00–139.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	132.69/cwt	131.00–135.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	755	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	128.74/cwt	126.00–130.00	621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	114.50/cwt	110.00–118.00	605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,028	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	123.51/cwt	120.00–129.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	120.01/cwt	119.00–121.00	850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	783	108.62/cwt	107.00–111.00	850	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	586	121.89/cwt	116.00–126.00	714	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	102.64/cwt	100.00–105.00	693	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	605	684.71/head	650.00–710.00	685	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,013	819.23/head	810.00–830.00	819	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	757.34/head	710.00–810.00	757	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	871.44/head	800.00–940.00	871	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	893	616.47/head	600.00–630.00	616	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	877.65/head	810.00–950.00	878	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,186.07/head	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,186	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	800	670.00/head	670.00–670.00	670	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	869.38/head	800.00–960.00	869	6
Bulls	—	—	1,660	119.26/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,980	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	91.09/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,190	4
Bulls	—	—	1,880	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,955	1
Bulls	—	—	1,960	115.06/cwt	113.00–117.00	2,255	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	77.19/cwt	75.00–79.00	989	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	83.36/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,037	11

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 Jun 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 164Year ago 239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 40Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 51Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	118.00–119.00	118.50
3	—	657	127.00–133.00	128.98
1	—	550	145.00	145.00
2	—	708	119.00–121.00	120.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	128.00–132.00	129.61
6	—	668	117.00–125.00	122.84
2	—	503	137.00–139.00	138.00
3	—	578	131.00–135.00	132.69
5	—	783	107.00–111.00	108.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	129.00–134.00	131.51
1	—	755	104.00	104.00
7	—	482	126.00–130.00	128.74
4	—	525	120.00–129.00	123.51
9	—	586	116.00–126.00	121.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	130.00–135.00	132.50
2	—	623	123.00–126.00	124.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	122.00–127.00	124.80
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
2	—	505	122.00–125.00	123.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	109.00–115.00	110.71
3	—	463	116.00–120.00	117.35
5	—	528	110.00–118.00	114.50
3	—	675	100.00–105.00	102.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	155.00	155.00
1	—	495	149.00	149.00
2	—	575	134.00–136.00	135.01
1	—	540	143.00	143.00
1	—	695	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	625	164.50	164.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	605	650.00–710.00	684.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	670.00	670.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	850	810.00–950.00	877.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	920	800.00–960.00	869.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,120	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,186.07
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,013	810.00–830.00	819.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,035	710.00–810.00	757.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	893	600.00–630.00	616.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	800.00–940.00	871.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,660	119.00–120.00	119.26
1	—	1,880	104.00	104.00
2	—	1,960	113.00–117.00	115.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,306	89.00–95.00	91.09
6	—	1,281	75.00–79.00	77.19
11	—	1,244	80.00–87.00	83.36

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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