Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $258.55/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −121.48 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$258.55

13 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$34.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	277.07	1,427	3thin
Medium and Large 2	543	260.03	1,411	6thin
Medium and Large 3	528	242.46	1,280	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.61/cwt here — about $147 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.87, low $321.26, median $380.03 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

258.55

—

GA average13 barns · 286 hd

265.53

−6.98

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−121.48

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	1,704	160.62	2,737	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	135.27	1,666	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,315	126.71	1,667	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	121.24	1,242	9thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,260	$1,879	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,058	$1,212	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	967	$1,876	14

Every lot, as filed

61 lots · USDA AMS · Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,077	1,845.51/head	1,575.00–1,950.00	1,846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	254.64/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	241.35/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	300.71/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,248	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	238.14/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,250	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	235.90/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,104	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	247.46/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,146	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	233.03/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	319.02/cwt	318.00–320.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	285.89/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	242.46/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	266.07/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	204.51/cwt	204.00–205.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	219.35/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	242.59/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,024	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	256.83/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,174	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	301.52/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,107	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	271	310.84/cwt	310.00–318.00	842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	319.62/cwt	318.00–320.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	252.03/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	282.65/cwt	280.00–284.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	283.31/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	264.99/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	213.95/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,418	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,878.87/head	1,725.00–2,000.00	1,879	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	240.66/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	244.39/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,278	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,058	1,211.76/head	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,212	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	282.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	201	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	277.07/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,427	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	258.99/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	725	1,496.55/head	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	265.41/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,367	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	122.07/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,584	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,836	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	141.23/cwt	140.50–142.00	1,925	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	136.63/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,657	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	128.79/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,591	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	115.45/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,077	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	124.14/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,328	6
Bulls	—	—	1,545	166.23/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,568	2
Bulls	—	—	1,863	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	225.03/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	203	354.94/cwt	350.00–360.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	234.35/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,389	1

How this sale compares

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

Tue Jun 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 177Last week 211Year ago 301

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 55Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 34Year ago 58

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,077	1,575.00–1,950.00	1,845.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,045	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	725	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,496.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,260	1,725.00–2,000.00	1,878.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,211.76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	308.00	308.00
2	450–500	473	264.00–268.00	266.07
2	500–550	503	262.00–268.00	264.99
1	550–600	555	262.00	262.00
1	600–650	640	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	282.00–290.00	283.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	300.00–302.00	300.71
4	450–500	458	280.00–290.00	282.98
3	500–550	515	262.00–268.00	265.41
3	550–600	570	252.00–260.00	254.64
3	600–650	617	240.00–242.00	241.35
2	650–700	668	230.00–236.00	233.03
1	700–750	700	223.00	223.00
1	750–800	770	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	318.00–320.00	319.02
9	250–300	271	310.00–318.00	310.84
8	350–400	367	300.00–304.00	301.52
4	400–450	423	280.00–290.00	285.89
5	450–500	457	254.00–264.00	256.83
4	500–550	528	240.00–250.00	242.46
1	650–700	660	226.00	226.00
1	700–750	700	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	201	394.00	394.00
1	250–300	255	362.00	362.00
1	450–500	460	302.00	302.00
3	500–550	515	274.00–280.00	277.07
2	600–650	605	258.00–260.00	258.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	326.00	326.00
5	250–300	267	318.00–320.00	319.62
3	300–350	330	280.00–284.00	282.65
4	400–450	430	248.00–255.00	252.03
4	450–500	463	245.00–250.00	247.46
8	500–550	525	235.00–240.00	238.14
3	550–600	573	232.00–236.00	234.35
2	650–700	663	210.00–218.00	213.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	240.00–244.00	242.59
5	450–500	468	230.00–240.00	235.90
3	500–550	518	220.00–230.00	225.03
3	550–600	565	218.00–220.00	219.35
2	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
2	650–700	670	204.00–205.00	204.51
1	700–750	740	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	203	350.00–360.00	354.94
2	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	523	242.00–246.00	244.39
3	550–600	562	240.00–242.00	240.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	118.00–126.00	122.07
1	—	1,350	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	140.50–142.00	141.23
15	—	1,213	132.00–139.00	136.63
5	—	1,235	125.00–131.00	128.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	114.00–117.00	115.45
6	—	1,070	120.00–126.00	124.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	163.00–169.00	166.23
2	—	1,863	155.00	155.00

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.

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Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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