Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2020-05-21

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, May 21
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 166▲ 21 vs year ago 170 · +12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 44▼ 9 vs year ago 35 · −25.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 64▼ 92 vs year ago 162 · −56.8%
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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 steady to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.37/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −95.30 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$113.37
71 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.12
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564121.426857thin
Medium and Large 2547113.8062333
Medium and Large 3478111.0953231
One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $154 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 sale71 hd
113.37
—
GA average16 barns · 1,262 hd
122.49
−9.12
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−95.30
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—Low1,76988.961,57410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21860.887429thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95650.664845thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3335133.57/cwt131.00–136.004472
Steers—Medium and Large 1558133.00/cwt133.00–133.007423
Steers—Medium and Large 2565124.00/cwt124.00–124.007011
Steers—Medium and Large 2600112.50/cwt112.50–112.506754
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315119.48/cwt119.00–120.003762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360117.75/cwt116.00–120.004244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421116.01/cwt112.00–119.004889
Heifers—Medium and Large 3441108.54/cwt103.00–112.004794
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460104.51/cwt104.00–105.004814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468111.53/cwt109.00–114.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522105.29/cwt103.00–108.005505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567103.62/cwt100.00–105.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572109.00/cwt109.00–109.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 358590.97/cwt90.00–93.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700104.00/cwt104.00–104.007281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3358123.76/cwt120.00–130.004434
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360139.33/cwt139.00–140.005023
Bulls—Medium and Large 3434116.39/cwt112.00–120.005055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438129.99/cwt129.00–134.005695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460120.99/cwt120.00–122.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470110.99/cwt109.00–115.005228
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518116.33/cwt113.00–119.006036
Bulls—Medium and Large 3521107.70/cwt105.00–110.0056110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 2557109.03/cwt106.00–116.006075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565119.48/cwt117.00–122.006754
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565100.49/cwt100.00–101.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2611103.02/cwt99.00–107.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660100.27/cwt98.00–103.006624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 272497.30/cwt93.00–102.007044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71998.05/cwt97.00–99.001,6854
Bulls——1,80282.90/cwt79.50–86.501,4946
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95044.53/cwt44.00–45.004232
Cows—Lean 85-90%96054.75/cwt52.00–56.005263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05057.00/cwt57.00–57.005991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23961.37/cwt58.00–65.007608
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3920733.59/cwt670.00–800.006,7494
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,005650.25/cwt580.00–780.006,5356
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,328956.94/cwt880.00–1,010.0012,7085
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3800712.19/cwt670.00–760.005,6984
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,093850.32/cwt790.00–900.009,29411
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,182.78/cwt1,050.00–1,275.0014,1936

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.