Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

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 class

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 24 comparable sales and sits −146.60 against this barn's trailing median of $349.56.

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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	218.41	1,186	10thin
Medium and Large 2	539	202.63	1,092	10thin
Medium and Large 3	544	184.05	1,000	8thin

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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.04, low $319.62, median $349.56 across 24 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 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 median24 sales

349.56

−146.60

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	1,653	148.24	2,450	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	120.01	1,826	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	117.28	1,413	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	106.42	1,086	11

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,081	$1,600	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,088	$1,525	2thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	198.16/cwt	190.00–206.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	171.02/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	217.14/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	221.89/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,065	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	223.17/cwt	220.00–230.00	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	209.36/cwt	206.00–212.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	213.91/cwt	212.00–216.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	236.68/cwt	232.00–240.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	235.11/cwt	230.00–240.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	181.90/cwt	176.00–188.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	174.96/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,146	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	183.36/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,030	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	277.24/cwt	272.00–282.00	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	221.38/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	238.54/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,002	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	221.99/cwt	218.00–228.00	915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	621	183.04/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,137	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	211.24/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,098	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	258	218.99/cwt	218.00–220.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	234.18/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	239.53/cwt	236.00–242.00	977	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	185.12/cwt	180.00–190.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	204.26/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	203.62/cwt	200.00–210.00	847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	182.98/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	201.00/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	232.65/cwt	230.00–238.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	154.99/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,195	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	752	159.50/cwt	157.50–163.00	1,199	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	246.83/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,165	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	194.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,025	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	718	168.52/cwt	161.00–173.00	1,210	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	980	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	116.67/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,488	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,033	106.93/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,105	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	96.73/cwt	90.00–100.00	973	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	116.53/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,239	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	110.13/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,119	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	122.98/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,740	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	118.03/cwt	116.50–119.50	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	215.37/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,004	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	194.97/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,195	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	197.39/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,107	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	231.45/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,079	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	292.40/cwt	290.00–295.00	930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	190.99/cwt	188.00–195.00	1,270	3
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	675	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	1,785.38/head	1,725.00–1,850.00	1,785	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,136.84/head	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,137	2
Bulls	—	—	1,647	145.99/cwt	142.00–150.00	2,404	3
Bulls	—	—	1,670	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,589	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	123.88/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,514	7

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 Sep 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 367Year ago 332

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 67Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 21Year ago 74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	218.00–220.00	218.99
3	300–350	325	212.00–216.00	213.91
3	350–400	362	206.00–212.00	209.36
5	400–450	416	200.00–210.00	203.62
6	450–500	458	190.00–206.00	198.16
4	500–550	533	180.00–190.00	185.12
4	550–600	554	180.00–190.00	182.98
2	600–650	620	160.00–170.00	164.92
2	650–700	668	154.00–156.00	154.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	232.00–240.00	236.68
3	300–350	317	230.00–240.00	235.11
3	350–400	362	230.00–238.00	232.65
4	400–450	414	220.00–230.00	223.17
7	450–500	480	220.00–228.00	221.89
5	500–550	513	200.00–210.00	204.26
5	550–600	565	200.00–205.00	201.00
1	600–650	640	180.00	180.00
2	650–700	673	170.00–172.00	171.02
1	750–800	780	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	262.00	262.00
1	300–350	300	250.00	250.00
5	400–450	408	236.00–242.00	239.53
6	450–500	462	230.00–240.00	234.18
3	500–550	518	220.00–224.00	221.38
7	550–600	554	217.00–218.00	217.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	280.00	280.00
2	300–350	315	272.00–282.00	277.24
4	400–450	420	236.00–244.00	238.54
4	450–500	466	228.00–238.00	231.45
5	500–550	520	208.00–218.00	211.24
8	550–600	561	195.00–200.00	197.39
3	600–650	613	190.00–200.00	194.97
3	650–700	665	188.00–195.00	190.99
2	700–750	723	176.00–188.00	181.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	240.00	240.00
3	400–450	412	218.00–228.00	221.99
4	450–500	466	210.00–222.00	215.37
6	500–550	528	190.00–200.00	194.04
8	550–600	562	180.00–190.00	183.36
4	600–650	621	180.00–188.00	183.04
2	650–700	655	170.00–180.00	174.96
4	700–750	718	161.00–173.00	168.52
3	750–800	752	157.50–163.00	159.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
2	300–350	318	290.00–295.00	292.40
1	350–400	350	280.00	280.00
5	450–500	472	242.00–252.00	246.83
1	550–600	570	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	217.00	217.00
1	650–700	655	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	234.00	234.00
5	500–550	531	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	575	218.00	218.00
3	650–700	692	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	282.00	282.00
1	450–500	455	266.00	266.00
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
3	850–900	858	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,275	113.00–120.00	116.67
4	—	1,033	105.00–111.00	106.93
7	—	1,222	123.00–126.00	123.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,006	90.00–100.00	96.73
2	—	1,063	116.00–117.00	116.53
5	—	1,016	108.00–112.00	110.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	122.00–124.00	122.98
3	—	1,592	116.50–119.50	118.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,647	142.00–150.00	145.99
1	—	1,670	155.00	155.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	675	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,134	1,725.00–1,850.00	1,785.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,136.84

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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Heifers · 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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

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