Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2024-06-18

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Jun 18
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 177▲ 57 vs year ago 183 · +31.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 41▼ 7 vs year ago 55 · −12.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 30▼ 34 vs year ago 66 · −51.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.05/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −99.21 against this barn's trailing median of $336.26.
Average price
$237.05
22 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,290
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.14
vs GA average
−30.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544249.031,3549thin
Medium and Large 2546235.331,2867thin
Medium and Large 3542221.101,1976thin
One grade step is worth $27.94/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
237.05
—
GA average16 barns · 564 hd
251.20
−14.14
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−30.17
This barn, trailing median27 sales
336.26
−99.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
424376327278median 336.2603/0305/0507/1409/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.04, low $292.45, median $336.26 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,272150.751,9174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229130.571,60519
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,681121.242,0385thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low973112.381,09413

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)1,025$1,9425
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$1,6351thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)948$1,3632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)918$1,5454thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,2351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522286.10/cwt282.00–292.001,4933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3529264.21/cwt263.00–268.001,3984
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270296.00/cwt296.00–296.007991
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322295.34/cwt294.00–296.009513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374242.48/cwt239.00–250.009073
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386267.20/cwt267.00–270.001,03114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402266.34/cwt265.00–267.001,0713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405234.94/cwt230.00–240.009522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445260.67/cwt260.00–262.001,1603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463262.01/cwt260.00–264.001,2136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465253.08/cwt250.00–258.001,1774
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515228.82/cwt220.00–234.001,1783
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525255.59/cwt251.00–260.001,3424
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530243.12/cwt240.00–249.001,2894
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559243.79/cwt242.00–245.001,3635
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568224.94/cwt220.00–230.001,2783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568213.37/cwt210.00–218.001,2123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608231.00/cwt228.00–235.001,4043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3612201.31/cwt200.00–202.001,2323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628209.95/cwt208.00–212.001,3183
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660199.00/cwt198.00–200.001,3132
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668204.02/cwt202.00–206.001,3632
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730187.36/cwt186.00–188.001,3683
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760184.05/cwt180.00–188.001,3992
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4992
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270344.00/cwt344.00–344.009291
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3318315.28/cwt310.00–320.001,0032
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332328.65/cwt326.00–334.001,0916
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3362283.41/cwt280.00–290.001,0263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,21113
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428276.54/cwt270.00–280.001,1843
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464285.03/cwt282.00–288.001,3234
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470295.44/cwt294.00–297.001,3892
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,4703
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508267.04/cwt265.00–270.001,3574
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3567237.04/cwt234.00–240.001,3443
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575251.40/cwt248.00–258.001,4467
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615216.75/cwt215.00–220.001,3333
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618231.94/cwt230.00–236.001,4333
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665241.01/cwt240.00–242.001,6032
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668229.06/cwt226.00–232.001,5302
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5821
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723231.03/cwt230.00–232.001,6702
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3760197.97/cwt196.00–200.001,5052
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775211.96/cwt210.00–214.001,6432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,003143.01/cwt140.00–146.001,4342
Bulls——1,540158.48/cwt158.00–159.002,4412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%932109.66/cwt105.00–112.001,0228
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039116.73/cwt114.00–121.001,2135
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194126.87/cwt125.00–128.001,5156
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245132.28/cwt129.00–137.001,64713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,665126.39/cwt125.00–128.002,1042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,692117.81/cwt115.00–122.001,9933
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-38001,390.00/head1,390.00–1,390.001,3902
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39001,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0182,055.16/head1,900.00–2,200.002,0553
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0351,773.43/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,635.00/head1,635.00–1,635.001,6351

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.