Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2024-09-24

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Sep 24
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 367▼ 87 vs year ago 332 · −26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 67▲ 5 vs year ago 40 · +12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 21▼ 43 vs year ago 74 · −58.1%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bull and bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 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 $202.96/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −133.30 against this barn's trailing median of $336.26.
Average price
$202.96
28 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.18
vs GA average
−37.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543218.411,18610thin
Medium and Large 2539202.631,09210thin
Medium and Large 3544184.051,0008thin
One grade step is worth $34.36/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale28 hd
202.96
—
GA average15 barns · 519 hd
212.14
−9.18
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−37.13
This barn, trailing median27 sales
336.26
−133.30
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—Average1,653148.242,4504thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521120.011,8265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205117.281,41319
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,021106.421,08611

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,081$1,6007
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,088$1,5252thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1991
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0651
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1955
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2541
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3655196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5023
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250262.00/cwt262.00–262.006551
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3258218.99/cwt218.00–220.005652
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273236.68/cwt232.00–240.006463
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300250.00/cwt250.00–250.007501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317235.11/cwt230.00–240.007453
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325213.91/cwt212.00–216.006953
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362232.65/cwt230.00–238.008423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3362209.36/cwt206.00–212.007583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408239.53/cwt236.00–242.009775
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414223.17/cwt220.00–230.009244
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3416203.62/cwt200.00–210.008475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458198.16/cwt190.00–206.009086
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462234.18/cwt230.00–240.001,0826
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480221.89/cwt220.00–228.001,0657
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513204.26/cwt200.00–210.001,0485
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518221.38/cwt220.00–224.001,1473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533185.12/cwt180.00–190.009874
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554217.14/cwt217.00–218.001,2037
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3554182.98/cwt180.00–190.001,0144
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565201.00/cwt200.00–205.001,1365
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620164.92/cwt160.00–170.001,0232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668154.99/cwt154.00–156.001,0352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673171.02/cwt170.00–172.001,1512
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225280.00/cwt280.00–280.006301
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250310.00/cwt310.00–310.007751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315277.24/cwt272.00–282.008732
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318292.40/cwt290.00–295.009302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3363240.00/cwt240.00–240.008712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3412221.99/cwt218.00–228.009153
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420238.54/cwt236.00–244.001,0024
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466231.45/cwt228.00–238.001,0794
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466215.37/cwt210.00–222.001,0044
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472246.83/cwt242.00–252.001,1655
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520211.24/cwt208.00–218.001,0985
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528194.04/cwt190.00–200.001,0256
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561197.39/cwt195.00–200.001,1078
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3562183.36/cwt180.00–190.001,0308
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2261
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613194.97/cwt190.00–200.001,1953
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3621183.04/cwt180.00–188.001,1374
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3655174.96/cwt170.00–180.001,1462
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665190.99/cwt188.00–195.001,2703
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3718168.52/cwt161.00–173.001,2104
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723181.90/cwt176.00–188.001,3152
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3752159.50/cwt157.50–163.001,1993
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,647145.99/cwt142.00–150.002,4043
Bulls——1,670155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00696.73/cwt90.00–100.009734
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016110.13/cwt108.00–112.001,1195
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,033106.93/cwt105.00–111.001,1054
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063116.53/cwt116.00–117.001,2392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222123.88/cwt123.00–126.001,5147
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275116.67/cwt113.00–120.001,4888
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415122.98/cwt122.00–124.001,7402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,592118.03/cwt116.50–119.501,8793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-3675950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39501,136.84/head1,125.00–1,150.001,1372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1341,785.38/head1,725.00–1,850.001,7855
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.