Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2023-06-29

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Jun 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 183▼ 48 vs year ago 245 · −19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 55▼ 12 vs year ago 44 · −27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 66▼ 38 vs year ago 61 · −62.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder classes lightly tested, and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $198.23/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −10.45 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$198.23
28 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.41
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510212.001,0812thin
Medium and Large 2541202.241,0934thin
Medium and Large 3486196.2495522
One grade step is worth $15.76/cwt here — about $127 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 sale28 hd
198.23
—
GA average16 barns · 736 hd
198.64
−0.41
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−10.45
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—Low1,319114.301,5088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46893.471,3725thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31992.781,22410
CowsLean 85-90%Average85282.477024thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,022$1,0007
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)733$9926

Every lot, as filed

30 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
CowsLean 85-90%—80884.94/cwt83.00–87.006862
CowsLean 85-90%—89580.00/cwt80.00–80.007162
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41590.06/cwt87.50–92.501,2742
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50395.74/cwt94.50–97.001,4393
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29688.47/cwt85.00–91.001,1475
CowsBoner 80-85%—990107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0591
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43094.61/cwt93.00–96.001,3534
Bulls——1,383111.79/cwt110.00–114.001,5465
Bulls——1,213118.49/cwt118.00–119.001,4373
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,022999.73/head925.00–1,125.001,0007
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—500825.00/head825.00–825.008252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—9001,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1252
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—8001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 3—481184.25/cwt180.00–186.008865
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265224.00/cwt224.00–224.005941
BullsMedium and Large 3—364214.48/cwt210.00–218.007814
BullsMedium and Large 3—577184.42/cwt180.00–190.001,0645
BullsMedium and Large 3—465198.36/cwt192.00–202.009225
BullsMedium and Large 3—512188.66/cwt186.00–190.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533177.33/cwt176.00–178.009453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405210.00/cwt210.00–210.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 3—610170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0371
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565174.00/cwt174.00–174.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613183.33/cwt182.00–184.001,1246
BullsMedium and Large 2—613192.49/cwt190.00–195.001,1802
BullsMedium and Large 2—468211.99/cwt210.00–214.009922
BullsMedium and Large 3—430210.50/cwt206.00–216.009053
BullsMedium and Large 3—605174.02/cwt172.00–176.001,0532
BullsMedium and Large 1—600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1—420224.00/cwt224.00–224.009411

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.