Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2022-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.08/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$154.08

68 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$6.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	625	158.09	987	11thin
Medium and Large 1	671	154.06	1,034	39
Medium and Large 2	629	151.67	954	18thin

One grade step is worth $6.42/cwt here — about $33 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 sale68 hd

154.08

—

GA average17 barns · 1,627 hd

165.42

−11.34

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	—	770	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	728	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	784	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	156.86/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,037	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	167.39/cwt	165.00–169.00	788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,001	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	858	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	150.29/cwt	150.00–152.00	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,143	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 Feb 15, 2022

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
1	—	770	132.00	132.00
7	—	473	154.00	154.00
9	—	633	139.50	139.50
12	—	541	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	620	123.00	123.00
1	—	570	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	661	151.00–159.00	156.86
1	—	820	140.00	140.00
7	—	555	150.00–152.00	150.29
4	—	756	151.00	151.00
8	—	735	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	165.00–169.00	167.39
5	—	742	152.00	152.00
1	—	805	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	155.00	155.00
2	—	765	146.00	146.00
2	—	673	141.00	141.00
7	—	561	153.00	153.00

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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