Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.13/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$147.13

38 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$2

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

$8.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.21

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	147.56	863	36
Medium and Large 2	620	139.50	865	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.06/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale38 hd

147.13

—

GA average14 barns · 925 hd

138.92

+8.21

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

13 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	—	478	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	726	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	805	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	150.40/cwt	149.50–153.00	805	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	144.82/cwt	140.50–146.50	956	11

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 Sep 21, 2021

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	131.00	131.00
9	—	544	133.50	133.50
10	—	631	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	128.00	128.00
1	—	535	121.50	121.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	158.00	158.00
15	—	535	149.50–153.00	150.40
1	—	435	151.00	151.00
1	—	870	122.00	122.00
3	—	723	136.00	136.00
4	—	488	156.00	156.00
11	—	660	140.50–146.50	144.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	139.50	139.50

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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