Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2023-12-14

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Dec 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 152▼ 65 vs year ago 234 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 39▼ 30 vs year ago 55 · −54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 48▲ 4 vs year ago 35 · +11.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull and heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $204.33/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits −4.34 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$204.33
51 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.65
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518220.481,1424thin
Medium and Large 2479215.971,03425
Medium and Large 3537188.161,01022
One grade step is worth $32.32/cwt here — about $133 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 sale51 hd
204.33
—
GA average16 barns · 1,003 hd
216.98
−12.65
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−4.34
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—Low1,564114.181,7854thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50094.501,4181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25390.761,1375thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97473.887205thin

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)1,125$1,1204thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$9564thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$1,21314

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1—518220.48/cwt218.00–224.001,1424
BullsMedium and Large 2—381231.67/cwt230.00–236.008837
BullsMedium and Large 2—534209.46/cwt207.00–214.001,1198
BullsMedium and Large 3—560183.03/cwt180.00–186.001,0254
BullsMedium and Large 3—368211.03/cwt206.00–216.007772
BullsMedium and Large 2—330242.00/cwt242.00–242.007992
SteersMedium and Large 2—610208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2691
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568189.35/cwt188.00–190.001,0763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—441200.01/cwt198.00–202.008824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—562172.59/cwt166.00–176.009703
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333205.34/cwt204.00–206.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526191.02/cwt190.00–192.001,0054
SteersMedium and Large 3—355225.00/cwt225.00–225.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473212.74/cwt210.00–213.001,00611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—524183.05/cwt180.00–186.009594
BullsMedium and Large 3—740150.98/cwt148.00–154.001,1172
BullsMedium and Large 3—438210.97/cwt206.00–216.009244
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280220.00/cwt220.00–220.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1548
BullsMedium and Large 2—458227.96/cwt222.00–234.001,0443
BullsMedium and Large 3—763148.99/cwt148.00–150.001,1372
BullsMedium and Large 3—539188.72/cwt184.00–196.001,0175
BullsMedium and Large 2—600186.80/cwt186.00–188.001,1215
BullsMedium and Large 3—458199.34/cwt194.00–204.009133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458197.02/cwt196.00–200.009024
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16584.06/cwt82.00–86.009792
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31295.23/cwt94.00–97.001,2493
Bulls——1,520108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6421
CowsLean 85-90%—94069.19/cwt66.00–72.006502
CowsLean 85-90%—99777.01/cwt74.00–80.007683
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50094.50/cwt94.50–94.501,4181
Bulls——1,578116.24/cwt112.00–118.001,8343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0901,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1371,051.03/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,033800.00/head690.00–900.008003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1451,548.03/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5484
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0781,311.62/head1,250.00–1,410.001,3126
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—615731.71/head660.00–800.007324

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.