Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.40/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −115.16 against this barn's trailing median of $349.56.

Average price

$234.40

10 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,298

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$44.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.20

vs GA average

−33.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	255.01	1,428	2thin
Medium and Large 2	549	240.40	1,319	5thin
Medium and Large 3	558	210.66	1,175	3thin

One grade step is worth $44.35/cwt here — about $253 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.04, low $319.62, median $349.56 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

234.40

—

GA average14 barns · 289 hd

248.60

−14.20

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−33.22

This barn, trailing median24 sales

349.56

−115.16

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	—	Average	1,405	159.00	2,234	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	136.32	1,675	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	933	119.63	1,116	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,380	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	903	$1,238	4thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	292.70/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,068	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	210.66/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	234.02/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,084	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	293.89/cwt	292.00–298.00	967	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,347	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	217.59/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	249.03/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	324.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	332.80/cwt	330.00–336.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,469	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,170	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	1,380.00/head	1,380.00–1,380.00	1,380	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	260.49/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,123	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	311.01/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	279.37/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	211.55/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	943	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	745	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	273.06/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	258.04/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,239	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	135.61/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,673	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	127.79/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,398	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,110	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	120.40/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,117	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	142.49/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,874	6
Bulls	—	—	1,405	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	255.01/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	705	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	239.38/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	249.23/cwt	244.00–254.00	930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	262.49/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	268.95/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,573	1

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

Tue May 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 127Year ago 202

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 32Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 31Year ago 90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	330.00–336.00	332.80
2	250–300	290	320.00–330.00	324.91
4	300–350	329	292.00–298.00	293.89
3	350–400	365	290.00–294.00	292.70
4	450–500	461	260.00–264.00	262.49
2	500–550	520	248.00–250.00	249.03
1	550–600	565	248.00	248.00
2	600–650	623	215.00–220.00	217.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	310.00–312.00	311.01
3	450–500	458	274.00–284.00	279.37
2	550–600	565	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	600	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	298.00	298.00
2	350–400	373	244.00–254.00	249.23
3	400–450	418	236.00–242.00	239.38
2	450–500	463	230.00–238.00	234.02
3	550–600	558	206.00–216.00	210.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	272.00–275.00	273.06
4	400–450	431	256.00–266.00	260.49
6	450–500	480	251.00–260.00	258.04
4	500–550	546	241.00	241.00
1	550–600	560	238.00	238.00
2	600–650	623	210.00–213.00	211.55
1	650–700	675	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	560	254.00–256.00	255.01
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	760	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	471	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	735	223.00	223.00
2	850–900	858	207.00	207.00
2	900–950	943	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	634	268.00–272.00	268.95

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)	1	—	1,170	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,380.00	1,380.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	745	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,234	132.00–138.00	135.61
4	—	1,094	125.00–130.00	127.79
6	—	1,315	141.00–145.00	142.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	115.00	115.00
6	—	928	119.00–122.00	120.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	159.00	159.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

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