Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2019-09-19

Calhoun

Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Sep 19

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

← Sep 12Sep 19Sep 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

325 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 404▲ 325 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 57▲ 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 52▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle Sale

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady,heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.07/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −100.60 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$108.07

123 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.38

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	113.21	595	21
Medium and Large 2	489	111.27	545	66
Medium and Large 3	469	99.20	465	36

One grade step is worth $14.01/cwt here — about $130 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 sale123 hd

108.07

—

GA average16 barns · 1,558 hd

112.45

−4.38

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−100.60

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,725	77.27	1,333	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	50.89	615	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	48.99	715	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	43.16	440	16

Every lot

60 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	491	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	120.05/cwt	118.00–122.00	562	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	203	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	268	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	278	101.54/cwt	97.00–106.00	282	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	109.64/cwt	108.00–112.00	360	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	339	97.46/cwt	94.00–104.00	330	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	108.39/cwt	106.00–110.00	388	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	365	97.38/cwt	94.00–104.00	355	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	103.78/cwt	101.00–108.00	425	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	97.56/cwt	90.00–100.00	434	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	102.48/cwt	99.00–108.00	472	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	466	95.11/cwt	90.00–98.00	443	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	110.47/cwt	107.00–114.00	558	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	101.45/cwt	96.00–103.00	536	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	531	91.69/cwt	88.00–95.00	487	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	93.86/cwt	90.00–100.00	528	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	105.01/cwt	103.00–106.00	593	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	572	88.33/cwt	87.00–89.00	505	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	94.36/cwt	90.00–97.00	583	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	106.05/cwt	103.00–109.00	658	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	623	85.52/cwt	85.00–86.00	533	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	672	82.33/cwt	82.00–83.00	553	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	321	131.82/cwt	130.00–139.00	423	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	322	120.49/cwt	116.00–124.00	388	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	359	132.15/cwt	128.00–134.00	474	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	111.49/cwt	108.00–115.00	401	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	427	101.60/cwt	98.00–105.00	434	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	111.09/cwt	109.00–116.00	479	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	98.16/cwt	96.00–100.00	452	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	109.81/cwt	103.00–112.00	515	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	116.70/cwt	116.00–122.00	551	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	518	91.73/cwt	87.00–95.00	475	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	526	106.47/cwt	102.00–110.00	560	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	115.99/cwt	114.00–117.00	618	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	559	90.74/cwt	86.00–95.00	507	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	101.47/cwt	98.00–106.00	578	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	112.52/cwt	110.00–115.00	653	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	618	104.15/cwt	102.00–110.00	644	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	96.91/cwt	94.00–100.00	599	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	623	83.45/cwt	82.00–85.00	520	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	677	94.69/cwt	93.00–96.00	641	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	707	86.99/cwt	84.00–92.00	615	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	923	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	76.88/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,321	5
Bulls	—	—	1,895	84.38/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,599	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	38.27/cwt	35.00–42.00	375	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,039	45.38/cwt	43.00–50.00	471	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	58.44/cwt	56.00–61.00	680	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	51.38/cwt	48.00–55.00	622	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	45.67/cwt	44.00–47.00	563	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	48.99/cwt	48.00–50.00	715	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	840	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,948	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,083	757.08/cwt	710.00–800.00	8,199	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,190.87/cwt	990.00–1,375.00	13,695	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,160	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	7,424	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	12,690	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	905.49/cwt	900.00–910.00	12,360	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,056	604.51/cwt	460.00–680.00	6,384	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,273	834.07/cwt	800.00–860.00	10,618	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Thu Sep 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 325Last week 404Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 57Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 52Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	460	96.00–100.00	98.16
7	—	559	86.00–95.00	90.74
3	—	322	116.00–124.00	120.49
3	—	518	87.00–95.00	91.73
4	—	623	82.00–85.00	83.45
6	—	360	108.00–115.00	111.49
6	—	427	98.00–105.00	101.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	110.00–115.00	112.52
3	—	533	114.00–117.00	115.99
5	—	618	102.00–110.00	104.15
11	—	472	116.00–122.00	116.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	93.00–96.00	94.69
3	—	707	84.00–92.00	86.99
7	—	321	130.00–139.00	131.82
7	—	431	109.00–116.00	111.09
7	—	570	98.00–106.00	101.47
8	—	618	94.00–100.00	96.91
9	—	469	103.00–112.00	109.81
11	—	359	128.00–134.00	132.15
11	—	526	102.00–110.00	106.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	107.00–114.00	110.47
2	—	620	103.00–109.00	106.05
4	—	203	132.00	132.00
4	—	565	103.00–106.00	105.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	108.00–112.00	109.64
5	—	358	106.00–110.00	108.39
6	—	618	90.00–97.00	94.36
9	—	563	90.00–100.00	93.86
11	—	410	101.00–108.00	103.78
11	—	461	99.00–108.00	102.48
15	—	528	96.00–103.00	101.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	97.00–106.00	101.54
2	—	623	85.00–86.00	85.52
3	—	572	87.00–89.00	88.33
3	—	672	82.00–83.00	82.33
4	—	531	88.00–95.00	91.69
7	—	466	90.00–98.00	95.11
8	—	339	94.00–104.00	97.46
8	—	365	94.00–104.00	97.38
9	—	445	90.00–100.00	97.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
2	—	468	118.00–122.00	120.05

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	940.00	940.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,365	900.00–910.00	905.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,150	990.00–1,375.00	1,190.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	640.00	640.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,083	710.00–800.00	757.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	840	470.00	470.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,273	800.00–860.00	834.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,056	460.00–680.00	604.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,895	83.00–86.00	84.38
5	—	1,718	74.00–79.00	76.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,163	56.00–61.00	58.44
7	—	1,232	44.00–47.00	45.67
13	—	1,210	48.00–55.00	51.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,460	48.00–50.00	48.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	980	35.00–42.00	38.27
11	—	1,039	43.00–50.00	45.38

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.