Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $332.32/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −47.72 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$332.32

8 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$68.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.61

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	344.46	1,839	4thin
Medium and Large 2	520	334.90	1,741	3thin
Medium and Large 3	535	276.00	1,477	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.46/cwt here — about $363 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 sale8 hd

332.32

—

GA average13 barns · 249 hd

331.70

+0.61

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−47.72

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	1,427	178.31	2,544	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	155.00	2,496	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	151.41	1,925	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	790	128.81	1,018	3thin

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)	1,257	$2,065	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	915	$1,975	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$1,625	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	886	$2,070	10

Every lot, as filed

55 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	700–750	713	244.98/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	309.31/cwt	302.00–316.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	259.96/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	368.55/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	336.94/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	226.99/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	334.90/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	303.05/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,280	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,088.00/head	3,075.00–3,100.00	3,088	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	330.99/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	284.02/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	373.47/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,374	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	304.93/cwt	296.00–314.00	1,845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	254.00/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,687	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	316.00/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,978	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	351.97/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	380.68/cwt	380.00–381.00	1,606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	341.50/cwt	326.00–358.00	1,639	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	810	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	825	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	351.42/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	324.02/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,067	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	395.25/cwt	382.00–400.00	1,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	345.49/cwt	345.00–346.00	1,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	650	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	800	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	150.46/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,696	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	134.66/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,606	2
Bulls	—	—	1,573	182.46/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,870	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	128.81/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,018	3
Bulls	—	—	1,135	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,930	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,565	164.17/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,569	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,496	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,135	1,947.58/head	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,948	2

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 May 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 104Last week 201Year ago 188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 21Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 18Year ago 18

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	422	380.00–381.00	380.68
2	450–500	480	326.00–358.00	341.50
3	500–550	520	330.00–345.00	334.90
2	600–650	605	296.00–314.00	304.93
2	650–700	653	278.00–290.00	284.02
2	700–750	713	240.00–250.00	244.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	330.00–332.00	330.99
3	400–450	412	302.00–316.00	309.31
1	450–500	495	286.00	286.00
1	500–550	535	276.00	276.00
2	700–750	715	226.00–228.00	226.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	382.00–400.00	395.25
3	450–500	473	362.00–375.00	368.55
2	500–550	508	350.00–354.00	351.97
2	550–600	560	330.00–344.00	336.94
2	600–650	638	320.00–328.00	324.02
1	650–700	655	307.00	307.00
1	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	362.00	362.00
1	400–450	405	316.00	316.00
3	450–500	482	310.00–320.00	316.00
1	550–600	585	298.00	298.00
2	600–650	638	257.00–263.00	259.96
5	650–700	664	245.00–260.00	254.00
1	700–750	715	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	423	302.00–304.00	303.05
1	500–550	515	297.00	297.00
1	600–650	635	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	372.00–375.00	373.47
3	400–450	412	348.00–356.00	351.42
2	450–500	463	345.00–346.00	345.49
1	500–550	505	332.00	332.00
1	700–750	730	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	645	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	548	361.00	361.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,240	3,075.00–3,100.00	3,088.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	650	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	500	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,500	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,135	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,947.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,127	146.00–155.00	150.46
2	—	1,193	130.00–139.50	134.66
3	—	1,565	163.00–165.00	164.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	124.00–134.00	128.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	155.00	155.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	180.00–185.00	182.46
1	—	1,135	170.00	170.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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