Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.31/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$156.31

48 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$22.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.75

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	532	166.73	887	11thin
Medium and Large 1	657	156.11	1,026	28
Medium and Large 2	548	144.22	790	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.51/cwt here — about $97 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 sale48 hd

156.31

—

GA average16 barns · 1,151 hd

165.06

−8.75

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	—	695	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	160.23/cwt	157.00–160.50	1,024	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	920	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	130.53/cwt	128.00–133.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	150.59/cwt	146.00–151.50	1,119	6

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 Apr 5, 2022

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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	—	695	127.00	127.00
1	—	765	127.00	127.00
4	—	470	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	144.00	144.00
1	—	580	139.50	139.50
2	—	673	128.00–133.00	130.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	435	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	125.00	125.00
1	—	600	129.00	129.00
1	—	435	170.00	170.00
4	—	563	140.00	140.00
2	—	458	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	661	151.00	151.00
13	—	639	157.00–160.50	160.23
3	—	557	159.50	159.50
6	—	743	146.00–151.50	150.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	554	166.00	166.00
2	—	433	170.00	170.00

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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