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Calhoun

Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Oct 28

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

269 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 280▲ 187 vs year ago 82 · +228.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 81▲ 30 vs year ago 8 · +375.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

88 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 60▲ 55 vs year ago 33 · +166.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and feeder heifers mostly steady, bull and calves steady to 3.00 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 $120.54/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −88.14 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.

Average price

$120.54

82 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$10.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.82

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	126.17	783	22
Medium and Large 2	525	122.33	642	25
Medium and Large 3	467	115.71	541	35

One grade step is worth $10.45/cwt here — about $242 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 sale82 hd

120.54

—

GA average15 barns · 1,312 hd

127.35

−6.82

This barn, trailing median2 sales

208.67

−88.14

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	1,318	77.82	1,026	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	56.00	809	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,236	54.71	676	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	45.53	474	7thin

Every lot

48 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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	290	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	365	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	324	113.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	369	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	135.52/cwt	135.00–136.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	117.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	501	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	431	110.04/cwt	108.00–112.00	474	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	112.27/cwt	110.00–115.00	516	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	106.02/cwt	104.00–108.00	488	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	511	110.26/cwt	108.00–113.00	563	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	523	105.04/cwt	104.00–106.00	549	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	110.33/cwt	110.00–112.00	622	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	112.00/cwt	111.50–113.00	675	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	108.35/cwt	108.00–110.00	663	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	109.51/cwt	109.00–110.00	732	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	369	132.29/cwt	126.00–136.00	488	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	420	122.49/cwt	118.00–128.00	514	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	423	131.05/cwt	130.00–134.00	554	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	457	111.22/cwt	110.00–115.00	508	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	458	130.01/cwt	124.00–134.00	595	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	516	121.51/cwt	119.00–124.00	627	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	523	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	586	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	536	128.83/cwt	125.00–130.00	691	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	561	117.63/cwt	117.00–118.00	660	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	125.24/cwt	124.00–126.00	705	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	565	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	607	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	124.41/cwt	122.00–125.00	834	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	114.67/cwt	114.00–115.00	768	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	670	99.54/cwt	97.00–102.00	667	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	685	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	911	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	119.77/cwt	114.00–123.00	868	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,318	77.82/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,026	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	47.40/cwt	45.00–50.00	493	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	40.84/cwt	38.00–44.00	427	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	62.27/cwt	62.00–62.50	732	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	53.80/cwt	50.00–57.50	660	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	653	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	809	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	911	582.10/cwt	460.00–660.00	5,303	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	941	688.83/cwt	540.00–800.00	6,482	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	994	588.61/cwt	500.00–750.00	5,851	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	845.99/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,179	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	901.00/cwt	885.00–920.00	11,037	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	633	561.58/cwt	490.00–600.00	3,555	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,087	818.59/cwt	650.00–910.00	8,898	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	1,211.83/cwt	1,025.00–1,325.00	14,215	12

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 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 269Last week 280Year ago 82

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 81Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 88Last week 60Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	122.00	122.00
5	—	670	122.00–125.00	124.41
3	—	725	114.00–123.00	119.77
1	—	450	135.00	135.00
4	—	563	124.00–126.00	125.24
4	—	536	125.00–130.00	128.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	126.00–136.00	132.29
4	—	565	105.00–110.00	107.46
14	—	457	110.00–115.00	111.22
2	—	670	97.00–102.00	99.54
4	—	523	110.00–114.00	112.00
4	—	420	118.00–128.00	122.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	130.00–134.00	131.05
3	—	670	114.00–115.00	114.67
6	—	516	119.00–124.00	121.51
4	—	458	124.00–134.00	130.01
8	—	561	117.00–118.00	117.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	104.00–108.00	106.02
4	—	324	110.00–116.00	113.98
2	—	523	104.00–106.00	105.04
1	—	290	126.00	126.00
4	—	431	108.00–112.00	110.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	511	108.00–113.00	110.26
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
8	—	460	110.00–115.00	112.27
6	—	612	108.00–110.00	108.35
6	—	564	110.00–112.00	110.33
6	—	427	115.00–120.00	117.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	111.50–113.00	112.00
2	—	668	109.00–110.00	109.51
1	—	500	123.00	123.00
4	—	373	135.00–136.00	135.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,040	45.00–50.00	47.40
2	—	1,045	38.00–44.00	40.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	46.00	46.00
2	—	1,175	62.00–62.50	62.27
7	—	1,227	50.00–57.50	53.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	77.00–79.00	77.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	994	500.00–750.00	588.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	941	540.00–800.00	688.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	911	460.00–660.00	582.10

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)	4	—	1,085	800.00–900.00	845.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,225	885.00–920.00	901.00

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	6	—	633	490.00–600.00	561.58

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	12	—	1,173	1,025.00–1,325.00	1,211.83

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	6	—	1,087	650.00–910.00	818.59

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.