Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2020-05-14

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, May 14
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 125▼ 59 vs year ago 225 · −26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 18▲ 11 vs year ago 33 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 48▲ 24 vs year ago 40 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.22/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −96.45 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$112.22
81 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.20
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2554114.4163429
Medium and Large 1649113.7273818thin
Medium and Large 3478109.5652434
One grade step is worth $4.85/cwt here — about $110 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 sale81 hd
112.22
—
GA average16 barns · 1,226 hd
122.42
−10.20
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−96.45
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—Low1,56888.291,3848thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19359.2670710
CowsLean 85-90%Low90447.114265thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2515123.00/cwt123.00–123.006331
Steers—Medium and Large 2575117.00/cwt117.00–117.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353118.02/cwt115.00–121.004172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368107.91/cwt105.00–113.003973
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426117.54/cwt113.00–119.005015
Heifers—Medium and Large 3434106.26/cwt104.00–111.004614
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458105.68/cwt103.00–108.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460111.21/cwt109.00–115.005125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503105.76/cwt104.00–108.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 352397.13/cwt94.00–100.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 356589.49/cwt89.00–90.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566102.03/cwt95.00–104.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 261087.00/cwt87.00–87.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 362080.52/cwt80.00–81.004992
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3213135.71/cwt132.00–139.002892
Bulls—Medium and Large 3266129.89/cwt126.00–134.003464
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280142.00/cwt142.00–142.003981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004862
Bulls—Medium and Large 3364129.39/cwt125.00–134.004714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428130.28/cwt129.00–132.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438114.98/cwt112.00–118.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468108.61/cwt107.00–109.005088
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535116.49/cwt116.00–117.006239
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540120.50/cwt120.00–121.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562117.65/cwt116.00–120.006613
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568102.01/cwt101.00–105.005794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570111.56/cwt109.00–115.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 361294.60/cwt90.00–100.005796
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613107.67/cwt107.00–108.006603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615116.67/cwt116.00–117.007183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667111.00/cwt110.00–113.007403
Bulls—Medium and Large 366889.51/cwt89.00–90.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 371081.51/cwt81.00–82.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1711110.00/cwt108.00–113.007825
Bulls—Medium and Large 272394.43/cwt90.00–99.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1758109.99/cwt108.00–112.008342
Bulls—Medium and Large 276895.49/cwt93.00–98.007332
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45981.59/cwt77.50–84.501,1904
Bulls——1,530100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,5381
Bulls——1,72593.16/cwt90.50–98.001,6073
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89550.73/cwt48.00–53.504542
Cows—Lean 85-90%91044.70/cwt42.00–48.004073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17559.89/cwt57.00–64.007048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26556.75/cwt56.50–57.007182
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3920661.63/cwt600.00–720.006,0874
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3977693.81/cwt530.00–770.006,7796
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2993811.41/cwt800.00–830.008,0574
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,060716.89/cwt600.00–810.007,5993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,288776.50/cwt750.00–800.0010,0012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3924846.41/cwt650.00–930.007,8218
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0461,092.24/cwt1,000.00–1,130.0011,42510

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.