Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $307.00/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −73.04 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$307.00

24 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$37.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	322.51	1,767	10thin
Medium and Large 2	541	302.16	1,635	9thin
Medium and Large 3	541	284.69	1,540	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.82/cwt here — about $227 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 sale24 hd

307.00

—

GA average13 barns · 213 hd

323.15

−16.15

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−73.04

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	—	High	1,649	186.81	3,080	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,267	156.62	1,985	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	931	123.45	1,149	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)	1,158	$1,933	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	940	$1,555	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,050	2thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	386.78/cwt	378.00–395.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	295.10/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	271.98/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	255.11/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	284.67/cwt	274.00–290.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	292.08/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	354.84/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	317.52/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,400	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	341.91/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	278.98/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	323.61/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,728	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	395.19/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,027	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	291.74/cwt	286.00–299.00	1,654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	392.29/cwt	386.00–400.00	1,267	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	307.37/cwt	298.00–314.00	1,623	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	311.38/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	374.81/cwt	372.00–379.00	1,660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	359.15/cwt	353.00–368.00	1,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	372.00/cwt	370.00–374.00	1,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	328.00/cwt	326.00–330.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	312.12/cwt	302.00–324.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	290.50/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	329.14/cwt	322.00–336.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	358.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	270.67/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	290.13/cwt	287.00–293.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	296.00/cwt	292.00–300.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	311.29/cwt	304.00–328.00	1,329	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	321.40/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	342.92/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	369.05/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	288.49/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,509	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	1,554.92/head	1,325.00–1,800.00	1,555	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	825	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	195.54/cwt	195.00–196.00	3,379	2
Bulls	—	—	1,295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,266	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	185.39/cwt	182.00–188.00	3,148	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	160.73/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,196	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	154.72/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,891	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	123.74/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,199	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	112.75/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,108	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	133.77/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,108	3

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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 171Year ago 164

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 38Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 30Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	378.00–395.00	386.78
1	250–300	290	374.00	374.00
2	300–350	320	370.00–374.00	372.00
1	500–550	500	298.00	298.00
2	550–600	570	290.00–291.00	290.50
1	600–650	600	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	725	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	326.00–330.00	328.00
2	300–350	330	292.00–300.00	296.00
2	350–400	363	290.00–300.00	295.10
2	400–450	418	290.00–294.00	292.08
3	450–500	455	274.00–290.00	284.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	340.00–370.00	358.14
2	350–400	378	322.00–336.00	329.14
6	400–450	427	304.00–328.00	311.29
3	450–500	473	302.00–324.00	312.12
2	500–550	523	287.00–293.00	290.13
2	550–600	570	264.00–277.00	270.67
1	600–650	635	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	700	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	760	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	425.00	425.00
2	250–300	260	390.00–400.00	395.19
4	300–350	323	386.00–400.00	392.29
4	350–400	368	360.00–380.00	369.05
3	400–450	413	350.00–360.00	354.84
7	450–500	466	330.00–348.00	342.92
6	500–550	528	298.00–314.00	307.37
3	550–600	567	286.00–299.00	291.74
2	600–650	628	270.00–274.00	271.98
2	650–700	665	250.00–260.00	255.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	372.00–379.00	374.81
4	450–500	473	353.00–368.00	359.15
5	500–550	534	320.00–329.00	323.61
5	550–600	562	315.00–324.00	321.40
1	650–700	660	272.00	272.00
1	700–750	730	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	340.00–344.00	341.91
4	400–450	441	314.00–320.00	317.52
3	450–500	458	306.00–318.00	311.38
3	500–550	523	280.00–295.00	288.49
2	550–600	568	278.00–280.00	278.98
1	600–650	645	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	640	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	356.00	356.00
1	400–450	410	318.00	318.00
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	2	—	1,025	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	1,325.00–1,800.00	1,554.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,490	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	195.00–196.00	195.54
1	—	1,295	175.00	175.00
4	—	1,698	182.00–188.00	185.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,366	160.00–163.00	160.73
13	—	1,222	149.00–159.00	154.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	969	119.00–127.00	123.74
3	—	983	108.00–116.00	112.75
3	—	828	131.00–137.00	133.77

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

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