Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2021-07-01

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Jul 1
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
239 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 223▲ 239 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 50▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 44▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.47/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −81.21 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$127.47
56 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.46
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636129.258229thin
Medium and Large 2532129.0868735
Medium and Large 3493121.4159912thin
One grade step is worth $7.84/cwt here — about $223 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 sale56 hd
127.47
—
GA average6 barns · 377 hd
129.93
−2.46
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−81.21
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—Low1,72686.911,5005thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40666.219316thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71560.501,0381thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01355.945664thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2493143.00/cwt143.00–143.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 2525134.63/cwt130.00–139.007076
Steers—Medium and Large 1610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 1655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1715123.00/cwt123.00–123.008791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320119.23/cwt114.00–124.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335127.00/cwt127.00–127.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429114.80/cwt111.00–117.004927
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462119.07/cwt119.00–120.0055014
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465106.00/cwt106.00–106.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562111.05/cwt109.00–115.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 362395.60/cwt92.00–99.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2646110.85/cwt108.00–113.007167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673105.10/cwt101.00–109.007074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008511
Heifers—Medium and Large 377385.02/cwt84.00–86.006572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313140.00/cwt140.00–140.004383
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368131.82/cwt128.00–135.004854
Bulls—Medium and Large 3466126.63/cwt120.00–129.005904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483134.31/cwt134.00–137.006499
Bulls—Medium and Large 2511134.34/cwt127.00–135.0068612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518118.56/cwt116.00–121.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562123.36/cwt122.00–126.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570132.03/cwt131.00–133.007534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618131.02/cwt130.00–132.008102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2627122.00/cwt122.00–122.007653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718125.56/cwt122.00–129.009022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2740106.00/cwt106.00–106.007844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
Bulls—Medium and Large 377393.02/cwt92.00–94.007192
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66582.73/cwt82.00–83.501,3772
Bulls——1,76789.70/cwt88.00–92.001,5853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98551.19/cwt50.50–52.005042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04060.68/cwt59.00–62.506312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09059.50/cwt59.50–59.506491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46967.55/cwt65.00–70.009925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71560.50/cwt60.50–60.501,0381
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3760720.56/cwt625.00–800.005,4764
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,170820.00/cwt820.00–820.009,5942
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,243998.04/cwt925.00–1,075.0012,4064
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2915828.55/cwt800.00–875.007,5813
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,033730.56/cwt630.00–775.007,5473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,053765.58/cwt730.00–800.008,0622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2801,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0017,6001

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.