Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2020-04-30

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Apr 30
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 224▼ 46 vs year ago 249 · −18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 38▲ 6 vs year ago 36 · +16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 50▼ 3 vs year ago 46 · −6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.33/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$103.33
86 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$557
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.13
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513114.5558714thin
Medium and Large 2534105.5956451
Medium and Large 356990.3751521
One grade step is worth $24.18/cwt here — about $73 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 sale86 hd
103.33
—
GA average16 barns · 1,354 hd
112.46
−9.13
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—Average1,67679.931,3396thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29153.9469616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04348.0550115

Every lot

58 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 · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280123.04/cwt122.00–124.003452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322127.65/cwt122.00–132.004113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360110.01/cwt109.00–111.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369118.88/cwt114.00–124.004395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407121.00/cwt121.00–121.004923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428115.75/cwt114.00–117.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438107.53/cwt106.00–109.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464111.59/cwt106.00–114.005187
Heifers—Medium and Large 347096.33/cwt94.00–100.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473116.96/cwt116.00–118.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515115.32/cwt114.00–117.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532108.41/cwt103.00–111.005777
Heifers—Medium and Large 356784.99/cwt83.00–87.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573100.92/cwt95.00–105.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578110.14/cwt106.00–113.006376
Heifers—Medium and Large 361185.17/cwt81.00–88.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 262393.07/cwt91.00–95.005802
Heifers—Medium and Large 267093.39/cwt90.00–95.006268
Heifers—Medium and Large 367183.21/cwt80.00–85.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 271989.51/cwt85.00–94.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 372581.01/cwt80.00–82.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 276087.32/cwt86.00–88.006643
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2228154.97/cwt154.00–156.003532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268134.77/cwt130.00–140.003612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300154.00/cwt154.00–154.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328134.31/cwt130.00–139.004413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2337143.01/cwt140.00–145.004823
Bulls—Medium and Large 3359131.04/cwt127.00–136.004705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360140.78/cwt137.00–147.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408139.16/cwt139.00–140.005686
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438115.97/cwt112.00–121.005083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469125.25/cwt120.00–129.005875
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469114.05/cwt110.00–119.005354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473130.80/cwt130.00–131.006195
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526104.42/cwt100.00–108.005494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2539113.49/cwt110.00–118.006128
Bulls—Medium and Large 355997.76/cwt92.00–100.005469
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562110.00/cwt106.00–114.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573115.50/cwt115.00–116.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 362391.04/cwt90.00–92.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 263099.73/cwt97.00–103.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 266894.02/cwt92.00–96.006282
Bulls—Medium and Large 366882.53/cwt80.00–85.005512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52874.57/cwt74.00–76.001,1393
Bulls——1,82385.29/cwt84.00–87.001,5553
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99242.79/cwt40.00–46.004245
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06950.68/cwt48.00–54.0054210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27155.02/cwt53.00–58.0069912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35150.69/cwt49.00–52.006854
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3946779.83/cwt730.00–825.007,3774
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,041649.94/cwt520.00–790.006,7665
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,155720.00/cwt720.00–720.008,3161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230940.00/cwt940.00–940.0011,5621
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,288987.99/cwt880.00–1,125.0012,7252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3650775.00/cwt775.00–775.005,0382
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2745925.00/cwt925.00–925.006,8912
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,125790.00/cwt790.00–790.008,8882
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,0752

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.