Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2019-06-27

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Jun 27
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 257▲ 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 49▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 56▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.85/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −92.82 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$115.85
59 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.78
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463131.6460911thin
Medium and Large 2452122.1855224
Medium and Large 3587102.2960024
One grade step is worth $29.34/cwt here — about $9 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 sale59 hd
115.85
—
GA average16 barns · 1,322 hd
119.63
−3.78
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−92.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,39087.671,2198thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24759.5874317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04652.885534thin

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2560114.00/cwt114.00–114.006381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220131.34/cwt126.00–136.002892
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375107.63/cwt105.00–110.004044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420129.00/cwt129.00–129.005421
Heifers—Medium and Large 342899.68/cwt95.00–104.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467109.35/cwt108.00–110.005113
Heifers—Medium and Large 347598.65/cwt95.00–102.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517106.09/cwt104.00–110.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530121.00/cwt121.00–121.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 357591.62/cwt88.00–95.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620103.07/cwt100.00–106.006392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007491
Heifers—Medium and Large 268295.72/cwt93.00–97.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1215160.00/cwt160.00–160.003441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270137.06/cwt136.00–138.003704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320140.05/cwt139.00–141.004482
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320120.00/cwt120.00–120.003842
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367116.42/cwt115.00–119.004273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376127.73/cwt124.00–130.004805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417122.17/cwt119.00–128.005093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467128.40/cwt127.00–131.006003
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473112.59/cwt110.00–115.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482123.80/cwt119.00–126.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517115.35/cwt115.00–116.005963
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520111.54/cwt110.00–113.005802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532126.22/cwt124.00–131.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570112.54/cwt111.00–114.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573103.09/cwt100.00–106.005912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620122.02/cwt121.00–123.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625109.10/cwt106.00–112.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 372490.88/cwt88.00–95.006585
Bulls—Medium and Large 377588.62/cwt84.00–93.006876
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23578.53/cwt78.00–79.009702
Bulls——1,38087.72/cwt85.00–91.001,2114
Bulls——1,56596.72/cwt95.00–98.001,5142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04652.88/cwt50.00–55.005534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14553.13/cwt52.00–54.006082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20458.50/cwt56.00–62.0070411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41665.76/cwt64.00–68.009314
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,000660.00/cwt660.00–660.006,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,200975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,305850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,0932
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6351,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0018,3942
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3998695.79/cwt650.00–740.006,9442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,127632.00/cwt550.00–690.007,1236
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135820.00/cwt780.00–860.009,3072

This sale against other markets

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.