Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2020-10-29

Calhoun

Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Oct 29

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

← Oct 8Oct 29Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

82 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 0▼ 103 vs year ago 185 · −55.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 20 vs year ago 28 · −71.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 0▼ 4 vs year ago 37 · −10.8%

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle Sale

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market not being covered last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $96.25/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$96.25

18 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$11.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.22

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	103.05	496	7thin
Medium and Large 1	605	97.00	587	1thin
Medium and Large 3	472	91.42	432	10thin

One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $65 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 sale18 hd

96.25

—

GA average14 barns · 858 hd

107.47

−11.22

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	—	Average	1,905	83.00	1,581	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,108	50.41	559	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	42.93	412	3thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	594	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	97.00/cwt	94.00–100.00	344	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	362	113.40/cwt	110.00–119.00	411	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	94.53/cwt	92.00–97.00	416	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	481	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	462	94.03/cwt	90.00–96.00	434	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	96.57/cwt	94.00–99.00	550	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	587	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	623	79.52/cwt	79.00–80.00	495	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	560	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	310	137.16/cwt	132.00–142.00	425	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	390	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	449	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	445	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	463	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	545	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	523	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	723	93.55/cwt	92.00–95.00	676	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,905	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,581	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	46.39/cwt	45.00–47.50	418	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	389	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,108	50.41/cwt	50.00–51.00	559	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,050	818.69/cwt	770.00–890.00	8,596	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,001	491.89/cwt	400.00–600.00	4,924	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,083	653.60/cwt	550.00–770.00	7,078	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,545	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,360	1

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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 0Year ago 185

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 0Year ago 37

No trends available due to market not being covered last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	45.00–47.50	46.39
1	—	1,080	36.00	36.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	50.00–51.00	50.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	83.00	83.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	80.00	80.00
3	—	362	110.00–119.00	113.40
1	—	445	108.00	108.00
2	—	570	94.00–99.00	96.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	90.00	90.00
2	—	623	79.00–80.00	79.52
3	—	462	90.00–96.00	94.03
2	—	355	94.00–100.00	97.00
2	—	440	92.00–97.00	94.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	132.00–142.00	137.16
2	—	723	92.00–95.00	93.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	96.00	96.00
1	—	390	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	112.00	112.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	8	—	1,050	770.00–890.00	818.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,545	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,083	550.00–770.00	653.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,001	400.00–600.00	491.89

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.