Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to on week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $198.27/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −10.40 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$198.27

58 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$243

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

$9.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.17

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	565	201.32	1,138	25
Medium and Large 3	533	196.43	1,047	30
Medium and Large 1	722	191.35	1,382	3thin

One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about −$243 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 sale58 hd

198.27

—

GA average16 barns · 1,350 hd

216.45

−18.17

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−10.40

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	1,702	128.26	2,183	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,531	98.16	1,503	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,131	96.78	1,095	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	85.77	815	14

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)	1,253	$1,538	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,122	$1,200	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,511	22

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	203.75/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,062	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	179.41/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,005	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	183.09/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,324	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	201.68/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,045	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	191.02/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,175	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	220.74/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,037	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	208.48/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	211.85/cwt	206.00–216.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	192.47/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,199	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	614	164.69/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	201.26/cwt	200.00–202.00	871	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	722	191.35/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	211.00/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	205.15/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,284	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	200.64/cwt	198.00–204.00	1,128	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	208.63/cwt	204.00–214.00	891	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	178.08/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,291	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	561	192.46/cwt	188.00–196.00	1,080	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	183.05/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,117	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	205.47/cwt	200.00–212.00	951	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	86.44/cwt	82.00–88.00	766	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	76.90/cwt	72.00–80.00	707	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	91.26/cwt	91.00–92.00	990	4
Bulls	—	—	1,808	133.71/cwt	131.00–136.00	2,417	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,463	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	96.52/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,087	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,047	90.37/cwt	89.00–92.00	946	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	101.70/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,225	5
Bulls	—	—	1,748	127.98/cwt	127.00–130.00	2,237	4
Bulls	—	—	1,200	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,356	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,017	1,051.83/head	900.00–1,190.00	1,052	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	1,348.21/head	1,210.00–1,410.00	1,348	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	1,537.62/head	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,538	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	1,049.15/head	900.00–1,220.00	1,049	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	1,684.61/head	1,575.00–1,875.00	1,685	16

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 Sep 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 369Last week 60Year ago 344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 56Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 311Year ago 68

Compared to on week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	200.00–206.00	203.75
5	—	417	206.00–216.00	211.85
4	—	623	190.00–195.00	192.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	179.00–180.00	179.41
8	—	614	160.00–170.00	164.69
8	—	433	200.00–202.00	201.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	200.00–210.00	205.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	723	180.00–186.00	183.09
5	—	518	200.00–204.00	201.68
4	—	615	190.00–192.00	191.02
6	—	470	218.00–224.00	220.74
6	—	562	198.00–204.00	200.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	190.00–192.00	191.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	204.00–214.00	208.63
4	—	725	170.00–182.00	178.08
7	—	561	188.00–196.00	192.46
4	—	610	180.00–186.00	183.05
9	—	463	200.00–212.00	205.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	207.00–210.00	208.48
2	—	578	210.00–212.00	211.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	108.00	108.00
6	—	1,516	95.00–98.00	96.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	886	82.00–88.00	86.44
3	—	920	72.00–80.00	76.90
4	—	1,085	91.00–92.00	91.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,126	94.00–99.00	96.52
3	—	1,047	89.00–92.00	90.37
5	—	1,205	100.00–105.00	101.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,808	131.00–136.00	133.71
4	—	1,748	127.00–130.00	127.98
1	—	1,200	113.00	113.00

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)	5	—	1,017	900.00–1,190.00	1,051.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,226	1,210.00–1,410.00	1,348.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,253	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,537.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	983	900.00–1,220.00	1,049.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,172	1,575.00–1,875.00	1,684.61

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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