Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2023-09-21

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Thu, Sep 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
▲ 309 vs last sale 60▲ 25 vs year ago 344 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 56▲ 46 vs year ago 43 · +107.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 211 vs last sale 311▲ 32 vs year ago 68 · +47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to on week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $198.27/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −10.40 against this barn's trailing median of $208.67.
Average price
$198.27
58 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,104
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$243
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.17
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2565201.321,13825
Medium and Large 3533196.431,04730
Medium and Large 1722191.351,3823thin
One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about −$243 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 sale58 hd
198.27
—
GA average16 barns · 1,350 hd
216.45
−18.17
This barn, trailing median2 sales
208.67
−10.40
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—High1,702128.262,1838thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53198.161,5037thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13196.781,09529
CowsLean 85-90%Average95085.7781514

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,253$1,5382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,122$1,20010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$1,51122

Every lot

36 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2578211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,2202
Steers—Medium and Large 2608208.48/cwt207.00–210.001,2682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417211.85/cwt206.00–216.008835
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433201.26/cwt200.00–202.008718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521203.75/cwt200.00–206.001,0624
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560179.41/cwt179.00–180.001,0055
Heifers—Medium and Large 3614164.69/cwt160.00–170.001,0118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623192.47/cwt190.00–195.001,1994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626205.15/cwt200.00–210.001,2845
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427208.63/cwt204.00–214.008916
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463205.47/cwt200.00–212.009519
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470220.74/cwt218.00–224.001,0376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518201.68/cwt200.00–204.001,0455
Bulls—Medium and Large 3561192.46/cwt188.00–196.001,0807
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562200.64/cwt198.00–204.001,1286
Bulls—Medium and Large 3610183.05/cwt180.00–186.001,1174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615191.02/cwt190.00–192.001,1754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1722191.35/cwt190.00–192.001,3823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2723183.09/cwt180.00–186.001,3244
Bulls—Medium and Large 3725178.08/cwt170.00–182.001,2914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,200113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3561
Bulls——1,748127.98/cwt127.00–130.002,2374
Bulls——1,808133.71/cwt131.00–136.002,4173
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88686.44/cwt82.00–88.007667
Cows—Lean 85-90%92076.90/cwt72.00–80.007073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04790.37/cwt89.00–92.009463
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08591.26/cwt91.00–92.009904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12696.52/cwt94.00–99.001,08721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205101.70/cwt100.00–105.001,2255
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51696.52/cwt95.00–98.001,4636
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,620108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0171,051.83/head900.00–1,190.001,0525
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2261,348.21/head1,210.00–1,410.001,3485
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2531,537.62/head1,475.00–1,600.001,5382
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39831,049.15/head900.00–1,220.001,0496
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1721,684.61/head1,575.00–1,875.001,68516

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.