Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2024-01-25

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Jan 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
26 vs last sale 85 3 vs year ago 108 · +2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
7 vs last sale 13 4 vs year ago 24 · 16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
7 vs last sale 47 9 vs year ago 31 · +29.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls ,feeder heifers and heifer calves lightly tested, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.23/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +5.55 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$214.23
36 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$68.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
32.93
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433267.671,1603thin
Medium and Large 2536222.141,19215thin
Medium and Large 3509198.731,01118thin
One grade step is worth $68.94/cwt here — about $149 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 sale36 hd
214.23
GA average15 barns · 1,120 hd
247.16
−32.93
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
+5.55
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
BullsAverage1,630126.452,0613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,183104.561,2376thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95084.188004thin

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)1,288$1,4055
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,269$1,3959
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)760$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 3457202.00/cwt198.00–208.009233
BullsMedium and Large 3358236.01/cwt234.00–238.008452
BullsMedium and Large 2662192.68/cwt190.00–194.001,2763
BullsMedium and Large 3668169.51/cwt169.00–170.001,1322
BullsMedium and Large 3427228.50/cwt224.00–234.009763
BullsMedium and Large 3520190.10/cwt185.00–195.009893
BullsMedium and Large 3618177.14/cwt172.00–182.001,0952
BullsMedium and Large 3553183.31/cwt180.00–185.001,0143
HeifersMedium and Large 3455200.67/cwt200.00–201.009133
HeifersMedium and Large 2475211.02/cwt210.00–212.001,0022
BullsMedium and Large 1415272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1291
BullsMedium and Large 1355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
HeifersMedium and Large 2637181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1533
HeifersMedium and Large 3523193.96/cwt193.00–195.001,0142
HeifersMedium and Large 3700150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0501
HeifersMedium and Large 2523203.31/cwt200.00–205.001,0633
HeifersMedium and Large 3662159.68/cwt156.00–163.001,0573
HeifersMedium and Large 2815158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2881
SteersMedium and Large 3600204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2241
HeifersMedium and Large 2665167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1111
BullsMedium and Large 2755171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2911
BullsMedium and Large 2745194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4451
BullsMedium and Large 2430248.53/cwt244.00–258.001,0695
BullsMedium and Large 2520220.59/cwt214.00–224.001,1474
BullsMedium and Large 2330264.00/cwt264.00–264.008711
BullsMedium and Large 1530231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%96088.35/cwt85.00–92.008482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17398.68/cwt97.00–100.001,1582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,480116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7171
Bulls1,630126.45/cwt123.00–129.002,0613
CowsLean 85-90%94080.00/cwt80.00–80.007522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,090104.67/cwt101.00–108.001,1413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39451,033.33/head850.00–1,200.001,0332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3831,565.90/head1,375.00–1,700.001,5663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3611,498.23/head1,350.00–1,575.001,4987
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1451,163.32/head1,125.00–1,200.001,1632
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3760850.00/head850.00–850.008501

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.