Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-25

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.52/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$138.52

72 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$369

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

$17.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.38

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	350	156.00	546	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	662	138.27	915	71

One grade step is worth $17.73/cwt here — about −$369 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 sale72 hd

138.52

—

GA average16 barns · 890 hd

137.14

+1.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

19 lots · USDA AMS · Calhoun Stockyard Special Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 1-2	—	920	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	148.33/cwt	148.00–149.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	119.11/cwt	118.50–120.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	143.32/cwt	137.00–144.50	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	140.26/cwt	139.50–141.00	920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	994	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	157.20/cwt	156.00–159.00	751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	133.29/cwt	132.00–141.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,069	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	689	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 Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Calhoun, GA

Tue May 25, 2021

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	99.00	99.00
3	—	345	148.00–149.00	148.33
3	—	742	117.00	117.00
5	—	656	118.50–120.00	119.11
6	—	475	137.00–144.50	143.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	116.00	116.00
5	—	666	106.00	106.00
3	—	555	107.00	107.00
2	—	380	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	656	139.50–141.00	140.26
1	—	330	168.00	168.00
16	—	762	130.50	130.50
5	—	478	156.00–159.00	157.20
8	—	539	149.50	149.50
7	—	554	132.00–141.00	133.29
12	—	898	119.00	119.00
4	—	388	168.00	168.00
1	—	425	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	156.00	156.00

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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