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Calhoun

Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Sep 30

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

375 head

▲ 146 vs last sale 229▲ 92 vs year ago 283 · +32.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

64 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 25▲ 34 vs year ago 30 · +113.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 58▲ 30 vs year ago 49 · +61.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.36/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −91.31 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$117.36

176 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.92

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	120.68	676	89
Medium and Large 2	547	116.26	636	43
Medium and Large 3	473	111.73	528	44

One grade step is worth $8.95/cwt here — about $148 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 sale176 hd

117.36

—

GA average16 barns · 1,689 hd

121.28

−3.92

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−91.31

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	—	High	1,610	91.02	1,465	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	59.80	725	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	52.15	553	8thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	128.97/cwt	125.00–132.00	567	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	119.98/cwt	118.00–123.00	747	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	113.37/cwt	110.00–117.00	706	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	851	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	760	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	958	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	952	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	877	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	947	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	321	107.67/cwt	106.00–110.00	346	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	401	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	405	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	362	106.35/cwt	104.00–108.00	385	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	424	104.09/cwt	102.00–106.00	441	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	111.17/cwt	110.00–113.00	476	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	111.82/cwt	108.00–112.50	517	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	462	100.66/cwt	100.00–102.00	465	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	99.58/cwt	97.00–102.00	516	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	103.59/cwt	102.00–109.00	550	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	559	93.11/cwt	91.00–96.00	520	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	101.04/cwt	100.00–108.00	586	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	605	92.34/cwt	90.00–95.00	559	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	609	103.28/cwt	100.00–105.00	629	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	651	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	665	90.81/cwt	90.00–92.00	604	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	95.52/cwt	95.00–96.00	691	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	91.51/cwt	91.00–92.00	714	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	330	129.33/cwt	126.00–136.00	427	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	358	125.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	448	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	367	141.55/cwt	138.00–148.00	519	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	115.57/cwt	110.00–120.00	480	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	424	141.20/cwt	140.00–142.00	599	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	441	126.17/cwt	122.00–132.00	556	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	462	114.04/cwt	109.00–119.00	527	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	127.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	596	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	131.88/cwt	131.00–134.00	620	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	509	105.99/cwt	105.00–108.00	539	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	127.78/cwt	127.00–129.00	668	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	119.64/cwt	116.00–124.00	634	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	563	111.78/cwt	108.00–114.00	629	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	569	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	583	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	115.88/cwt	113.50–124.00	670	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	115.21/cwt	112.00–119.00	709	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	628	106.94/cwt	103.00–109.00	672	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	658	100.85/cwt	98.00–104.00	664	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	658	94.00/cwt	93.00–95.00	619	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	113.80/cwt	112.00–118.00	751	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	110.06/cwt	108.00–112.00	796	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	98.29/cwt	96.00–100.00	713	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	768	105.01/cwt	103.00–107.00	806	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	85.86/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,005	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	92.68/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,705	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,989	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	47.87/cwt	46.00–50.00	495	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	53.58/cwt	50.00–56.00	572	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,154	59.42/cwt	56.00–63.00	686	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	54.15/cwt	53.50–55.00	639	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,514	65.86/cwt	64.00–68.00	997	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	990	644.65/cwt	500.00–820.00	6,382	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	995	655.98/cwt	560.00–760.00	6,527	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	892.14/cwt	885.00–900.00	9,367	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	750	585.33/cwt	500.00–660.00	4,390	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,040	813.21/cwt	760.00–910.00	8,457	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,375	2

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 Sep 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 375Last week 229Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 25Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 58Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	102.00–106.00	104.09
4	—	518	97.00–102.00	99.58
6	—	605	90.00–95.00	92.34
5	—	665	90.00–92.00	90.81
5	—	321	106.00–110.00	107.67
11	—	559	91.00–96.00	93.11
9	—	362	104.00–108.00	106.35
3	—	462	100.00–102.00	100.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	120.00–121.00	120.33
2	—	723	95.00–96.00	95.52
2	—	780	91.00–92.00	91.51
13	—	462	108.00–112.50	111.82
11	—	580	100.00–108.00	101.04
9	—	531	102.00–109.00	103.59
8	—	428	110.00–113.00	111.17
4	—	609	100.00–105.00	103.28
4	—	360	110.00–115.00	112.53
2	—	658	98.00–100.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
1	—	555	128.00	128.00
4	—	821	116.00	116.00
2	—	718	118.00–119.00	118.49
4	—	623	118.00–123.00	119.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	121.00	121.00
3	—	440	125.00–132.00	128.97
3	—	877	108.00	108.00
2	—	623	110.00–117.00	113.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	127.00–129.00	127.78
2	—	768	103.00–107.00	105.01
2	—	723	108.00–112.00	110.06
41	—	578	113.50–124.00	115.88
19	—	470	131.00–134.00	131.88
11	—	615	112.00–119.00	115.21
5	—	660	112.00–118.00	113.80
5	—	424	140.00–142.00	141.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	122.00–132.00	126.17
3	—	367	138.00–148.00	141.55
5	—	563	108.00–114.00	111.78
5	—	530	116.00–124.00	119.64
3	—	725	96.00–100.00	98.29
9	—	469	120.00–130.00	127.11
7	—	658	98.00–104.00	100.85
6	—	628	103.00–109.00	106.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	415	110.00–120.00	115.57
6	—	358	120.00–130.00	125.05
4	—	658	93.00–95.00	94.00
3	—	330	126.00–136.00	129.33
8	—	569	100.00–105.00	102.48
7	—	509	105.00–108.00	105.99
6	—	462	109.00–119.00	114.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	50.00–56.00	53.58
2	—	1,035	46.00–50.00	47.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	53.50–55.00	54.15
4	—	1,514	64.00–68.00	65.86
19	—	1,154	56.00–63.00	59.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	98.00	98.00
2	—	1,840	91.00–95.00	92.68
2	—	1,170	85.00–87.00	85.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2	—	1,050	885.00–900.00	892.14

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)	6	—	995	560.00–760.00	655.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	990	500.00–820.00	644.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,125.00	1,125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	750	500.00–660.00	585.33

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	9	—	1,040	760.00–910.00	813.21

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.