Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2022-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves steady to 3.00 higher, feeder bull and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.79/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −72.88 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$135.79

88 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$9.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.56

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	140.20	684	41
Medium and Large 1	635	137.67	874	9thin
Medium and Large 3	451	130.59	589	38

One grade step is worth $9.61/cwt here — about $95 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 sale88 hd

135.79

—

GA average15 barns · 1,300 hd

144.35

−8.56

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−72.88

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	1,648	105.00	1,730	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,150	72.96	839	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,245	69.50	865	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	58.35	567	8thin

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)	945	$725	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	860	$840	6

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	360	151.01/cwt	150.00–152.00	544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	115.03/cwt	114.00–116.00	659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	140.07/cwt	135.00–145.00	504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	124.80/cwt	120.00–129.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	309	144.14/cwt	139.00–149.00	445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	124.53/cwt	122.00–127.00	448	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	146.60/cwt	144.00–150.00	676	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	123.63/cwt	120.00–127.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	134.78/cwt	130.00–139.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	133.63/cwt	130.00–137.00	361	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	143.79/cwt	143.75–144.00	716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	115.68/cwt	115.00–116.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	116.27/cwt	115.00–119.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	124.65/cwt	124.00–125.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	134.04/cwt	132.00–135.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	132.24/cwt	130.00–135.00	427	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	109.48/cwt	109.00–110.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	884	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	123.68/cwt	123.00–124.00	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	121.48/cwt	120.00–123.00	535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	148.14/cwt	145.00–151.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	137.48/cwt	137.00–138.00	857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	135.74/cwt	128.00–141.00	695	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	271	147.40/cwt	144.00–150.00	399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	952	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	63.10/cwt	60.00–67.00	648	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	865	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	68.32/cwt	67.00–69.00	717	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	55.50/cwt	53.00–59.00	521	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	79.00/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,029	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	72.54/cwt	70.00–75.00	823	10
Bulls	—	—	1,648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,730	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	724.52/head	680.00–765.00	725	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	700	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	855.64/head	840.00–870.00	856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	131.78/cwt	131.00–135.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	145.52/cwt	145.00–146.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.68/cwt	133.00–137.00	905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	660	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	459	127.77/cwt	122.00–132.00	586	8

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 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 343Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 77Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 51Year ago 53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	150.00–152.00	151.01
2	—	700	125.00–126.00	125.50
7	—	461	144.00–150.00	146.60
2	—	623	120.00–127.00	123.63
7	—	413	145.00–151.00	148.14
1	—	280	159.00	159.00
13	—	512	128.00–141.00	135.74
5	—	572	131.00–135.00	131.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	114.00–116.00	115.03
4	—	360	135.00–145.00	140.07
6	—	530	120.00–129.00	124.80
4	—	309	139.00–149.00	144.14
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
5	—	443	130.00–139.00	134.78
4	—	271	144.00–150.00	147.40
2	—	660	112.00	112.00
8	—	459	122.00–132.00	127.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	137.00–138.00	137.48
2	—	708	134.00–135.00	134.49
2	—	518	145.00–146.00	145.52
3	—	672	133.00–137.00	134.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	122.00–127.00	124.53
4	—	270	130.00–137.00	133.63
3	—	578	115.00–116.00	115.68
3	—	523	115.00–119.00	116.27
3	—	323	130.00–135.00	132.24
2	—	623	109.00–110.00	109.48
4	—	440	120.00–123.00	121.48
2	—	665	107.00–110.00	108.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	498	143.75–144.00	143.79
3	—	613	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	124.00–125.00	124.65
3	—	372	132.00–135.00	134.04
3	—	578	123.00–124.00	123.68
1	—	210	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	556	159.00	159.00
7	—	416	180.00	180.00
1	—	500	161.00	161.00
1	—	725	145.00	145.00
1	—	810	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	147.00	147.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,027	60.00–67.00	63.10
5	—	938	53.00–59.00	55.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	69.50	69.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,050	67.00–69.00	68.32
3	—	1,302	78.00–80.00	79.00
10	—	1,134	70.00–75.00	72.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	680.00–765.00	724.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	940	840.00–870.00	855.64

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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