Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-24

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.22/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$151.22

77 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$3.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.49

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	152.94	965	38
Medium and Large 2	606	149.54	907	39

One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about $58 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 sale77 hd

151.22

—

GA average14 barns · 1,020 hd

145.72

+5.49

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	146.87/cwt	145.50–148.25	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	153.67/cwt	151.00–154.50	982	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	134.25/cwt	129.00–135.50	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	134.03/cwt	133.00–135.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	878	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	151.43/cwt	141.00–152.50	992	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	871	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	127.99/cwt	121.00–129.00	732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	122.80/cwt	115.50–126.50	926	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	136.07/cwt	131.50–137.00	761	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	938	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 Aug 24, 2021

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	753	136.00	136.00
4	—	487	145.50–148.25	146.87
11	—	655	141.00–152.50	151.43
1	—	530	146.00	146.00
15	—	562	155.00	155.00
2	—	830	127.50	127.50
2	—	428	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	133.00	133.00
21	—	639	151.00–154.50	153.67
1	—	735	144.50	144.50
13	—	559	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
7	—	674	128.50	128.50
2	—	715	114.00–116.00	114.99
5	—	423	129.00–135.50	134.25
2	—	483	133.00–135.00	134.03
8	—	572	121.00–129.00	127.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	655	130.00	130.00
12	—	754	115.50–126.50	122.80
12	—	559	131.50–137.00	136.07
2	—	473	142.50	142.50
1	—	830	113.00	113.00

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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