Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.27/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −91.76 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$288.27

27 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.72

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	297.33	1,615	13thin
Medium and Large 2	536	283.82	1,522	11thin
Medium and Large 3	510	265.33	1,353	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale27 hd

288.27

—

GA average16 barns · 290 hd

301.99

−13.72

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−91.76

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	1,528	158.79	2,426	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	137.30	1,690	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	136.55	1,966	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	917	120.53	1,106	10

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)	1,250	$1,988	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,275	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	289.17/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,460	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	232.00/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,661	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,105	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	755	975.83/head	910.00–1,050.00	976	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,285	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,488	2,540.71/head	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,541	4
Bulls	—	—	1,644	160.82/cwt	158.00–165.50	2,644	10
Bulls	—	—	2,035	175.44/cwt	172.00–179.00	3,570	2
Bulls	—	—	1,165	149.86/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,746	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	711	113.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	806	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	124.15/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,320	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,330	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	138.21/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,780	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,912	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	935	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,191	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	137.16/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,993	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	276.95/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	290.34/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	291.10/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,246	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	247.47/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	284.01/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,301	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	287.58/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,216	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	314.03/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	291.85/cwt	289.00–300.00	931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	272	302.06/cwt	300.00–306.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	280.87/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	274.01/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	264.49/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	307.50/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,159	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	263.73/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,374	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	244.67/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,407	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	282.55/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,328	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	284.08/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	300.09/cwt	299.00–306.00	1,434	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	254.00/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	249.30/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	229.35/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	320.00/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	260.03/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	247.52/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	265.33/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,353	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	346.33/cwt	342.00–354.00	1,119	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	306.16/cwt	296.00–318.00	1,114	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	318.28/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,483	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	226.54/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	336.15/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,250	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	279.36/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	314.47/cwt	306.00–322.00	984	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	274	315.09/cwt	306.00–330.00	863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	303.32/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,559	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	263.21/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,774	8

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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 146Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 29Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 24Year ago 71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	342.00–354.00	346.33
3	350–400	372	330.00–340.00	336.15
3	400–450	438	310.00–330.00	320.00
9	450–500	466	305.00–324.00	318.28
5	500–550	505	284.00–294.00	289.17
6	550–600	562	274.00–282.00	279.36
3	600–650	603	255.00–265.00	260.03
2	650–700	693	242.00–253.00	247.52
4	700–750	716	230.00–235.00	232.00
2	750–800	785	223.00–230.00	226.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	443	360.00	360.00
7	500–550	514	299.00–308.00	303.32
6	550–600	577	290.00–291.00	290.34
4	600–650	620	272.00–280.00	276.95
8	650–700	674	260.00–266.00	263.21
2	700–750	713	240.00–255.00	247.47
3	750–800	770	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	348.00	348.00
4	250–300	274	306.00–330.00	315.09
3	300–350	313	306.00–322.00	314.47
4	350–400	364	296.00–318.00	306.16
7	400–450	428	282.00–300.00	291.10
5	450–500	470	280.00–290.00	282.55
3	500–550	510	260.00–268.00	265.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	310.00–318.00	314.03
3	350–400	377	300.00–312.00	307.50
4	400–450	423	286.00–290.00	287.58
4	450–500	458	282.00–287.00	284.01
7	500–550	521	258.00–270.00	263.73
3	550–600	575	240.00–250.00	244.67
1	700–750	710	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	300.00–306.00	302.06
8	300–350	319	289.00–300.00	291.85
4	350–400	380	276.00–286.00	280.87
3	400–450	443	272.00–276.00	274.01
3	500–550	513	248.00–250.00	249.30
3	550–600	567	228.00–230.00	229.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
9	450–500	478	299.00–306.00	300.09
4	500–550	508	274.00–292.00	284.08
2	550–600	583	264.00–265.00	264.49
2	600–650	603	253.00–255.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	284.00	284.00
1	600–650	600	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00

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	1	—	1,105	2,275.00	2,275.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	755	910.00–1,050.00	975.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,488	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,540.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,644	158.00–165.50	160.82
2	—	2,035	172.00–179.00	175.44
6	—	1,165	144.00–153.00	149.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	110.00–115.00	113.38
5	—	1,063	118.00–128.00	124.15
1	—	1,015	131.00	131.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,288	135.00–140.50	138.21
2	—	1,328	142.00–146.00	144.00
2	—	935	125.00–130.00	127.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	135.00–140.50	137.16
1	—	1,375	133.50	133.50

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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