Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2022-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-07

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 and heifers lightly tested, bull 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 $133.51/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −75.16 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$133.51

35 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$5.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	503	137.71	693	7thin
Medium and Large 1	637	132.75	845	12thin
Medium and Large 3	484	132.25	641	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.46/cwt here — about $52 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 sale35 hd

133.51

—

GA average1 barns · 38 hd

131.97

+1.54

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−75.16

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	1,518	114.00	1,731	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	90.15	1,143	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	69.22	676	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$860	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,168	$847	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	928	$600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,275	2thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	720	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	133.64/cwt	133.50–135.00	841	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	129.99/cwt	129.00–131.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	138.99/cwt	137.00–142.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	128.56/cwt	128.50–129.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	118.32/cwt	115.00–120.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	130.21/cwt	128.00–131.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	127.98/cwt	127.00–130.00	529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	137.41/cwt	136.00–138.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	133.01/cwt	130.00–136.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	133.33/cwt	130.00–136.00	639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	928	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	919.96/head	910.00–930.00	920	2
Bulls	—	—	1,000	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,190	1
Bulls	—	—	1,855	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,282	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	95.37/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,285	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	71.08/cwt	70.00–72.00	768	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	899	67.83/cwt	65.00–69.00	610	4
Bulls	—	—	1,700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	87.54/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,075	6

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 Jul 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 96Last week 245Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 44Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 61Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	123.00	123.00
11	—	629	133.50–135.00	133.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	144.00–145.00	144.50
3	—	507	137.00–142.00	138.99
2	—	578	128.00–130.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	129.00–131.00	129.99
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
5	—	418	136.00–138.00	137.41
2	—	565	124.00–125.00	124.50
6	—	479	130.00–136.00	133.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	567	128.50–129.00	128.56
2	—	518	130.00–136.00	133.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	124.00	124.00
2	—	385	144.00–145.00	144.49
4	—	459	128.00–131.00	130.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	115.00–120.00	118.32
2	—	378	130.00–136.00	132.98
4	—	413	127.00–130.00	127.98
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,240	910.00–930.00	919.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	928	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,855	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,700	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	95.00–96.00	95.37
6	—	1,228	84.00–91.00	87.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,080	70.00–72.00	71.08
4	—	899	65.00–69.00	67.83

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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