Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2022-09-15

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Sep 15
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 242▲ 43 vs year ago 200 · +21.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 45▲ 11 vs year ago 59 · +18.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 52▲ 6 vs year ago 45 · +13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.00/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −70.67 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$138.00
95 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.65
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2526143.5875640
Medium and Large 1658140.1992212thin
Medium and Large 3517132.2068343
One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about $72 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 sale95 hd
138.00
—
GA average14 barns · 1,457 hd
152.65
−14.65
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−70.67
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,67393.651,5677thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25577.5997420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42876.271,0897thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03565.2767615

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,061$9015
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)944$8448
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,022$1,1436

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—615132.75/cwt128.00–136.008163
BullsMedium and Large 1—608142.86/cwt140.00–147.008695
BullsMedium and Large 3—429143.73/cwt140.00–149.006177
BullsMedium and Large 2—418155.08/cwt140.00–160.006488
BullsMedium and Large 3—531131.60/cwt130.00–136.006997
BullsMedium and Large 2—519141.70/cwt139.00–147.007359
BullsMedium and Large 1—530156.00/cwt156.00–156.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 3—461125.82/cwt123.00–133.005805
BullsMedium and Large 1—710134.99/cwt134.00–137.009585
BullsMedium and Large 2—468150.38/cwt150.00–150.507044
BullsMedium and Large 2—755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
BullsMedium and Large 3—665110.67/cwt106.00–116.007363
SteersMedium and Large 3—470146.00/cwt146.00–146.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 3—529120.91/cwt117.00–126.006405
HeifersMedium and Large 3—610116.67/cwt115.00–118.007123
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467137.73/cwt135.00–140.006433
BullsMedium and Large 1—770137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0551
BullsMedium and Large 3—625115.44/cwt110.00–119.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 3—569117.53/cwt116.00–120.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358141.98/cwt140.00–143.005083
HeifersMedium and Large 3—359132.97/cwt130.00–136.004773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518141.69/cwt140.00–143.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568126.82/cwt125.00–129.007205
HeifersMedium and Large 2—220160.00/cwt160.00–160.003521
SteersMedium and Large 2—610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008912
SteersMedium and Large 2—668144.49/cwt144.00–145.009652
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623122.59/cwt120.00–125.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423130.69/cwt130.00–131.005533
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518133.10/cwt130.00–136.006894
SteersMedium and Large 1—772152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1733
SteersMedium and Large 1—610158.00/cwt158.00–158.009641
BullsMedium and Large 2—723122.06/cwt120.00–124.008822
BullsMedium and Large 2—360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2—563142.79/cwt138.00–147.0080412
BullsMedium and Large 3—362149.02/cwt147.00–150.005393
BullsMedium and Large 3—561129.39/cwt125.00–134.0072610
BullsMedium and Large 3—461138.39/cwt136.00–145.006388
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42876.27/cwt74.00–78.001,0897
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28887.45/cwt85.50–91.001,1264
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29379.56/cwt78.00–83.001,0298
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03766.16/cwt64.00–71.0068612
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02761.71/cwt60.00–63.006343
Bulls——1,57898.78/cwt98.00–101.001,5593
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20070.70/cwt67.00–74.008488
Bulls——1,74589.81/cwt88.00–91.001,5674
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,032807.19/head730.00–850.008073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,042.31/head910.00–1,125.001,0422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—974968.36/head890.00–1,025.009684
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—914720.18/head600.00–825.007204
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—983989.24/head870.00–1,090.009894

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.