Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $317.85/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −62.18 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$317.85

21 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$24.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	329.10	1,767	7thin
Medium and Large 2	550	315.37	1,733	10thin
Medium and Large 3	514	304.37	1,564	4thin

One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale21 hd

317.85

—

GA average13 barns · 327 hd

322.69

−4.84

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−62.18

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	1,452	173.81	2,524	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,252	156.53	1,959	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	835	139.24	1,163	2thin

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)	904	$1,863	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	920	$1,725	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	785	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,550	2thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2	250–300	285	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	353.27/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,424	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	315.34/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	283.28/cwt	274.00–288.00	2,201	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,883	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	336.68/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	313.97/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,915	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	305.67/cwt	303.00–310.00	2,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	273.90/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,967	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	398.47/cwt	384.00–406.00	1,638	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	318.99/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,793	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	375.25/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,771	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	858	2,175.36/head	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,175	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	795	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	785	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,550	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,589	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	158.29/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,918	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	139.24/cwt	138.50–140.00	1,163	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	151.27/cwt	150.50–153.00	1,803	3
Bulls	—	—	1,562	182.21/cwt	181.00–183.50	2,846	3
Bulls	—	—	1,288	161.22/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,077	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	1,638.29/head	1,600.00–1,675.00	1,638	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	341.23/cwt	336.00–346.00	1,597	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	320.95/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	308.62/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,447	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	333.96/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,279	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	306.61/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	287.02/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	331.93/cwt	322.00–342.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	340.74/cwt	336.00–348.00	1,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	324.61/cwt	318.00–334.00	1,548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	294.96/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,844	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	304.37/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	305.83/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	344.73/cwt	334.00–360.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	362.33/cwt	358.00–368.00	1,337	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	294.70/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	360.59/cwt	356.00–366.00	1,514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	285.07/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	312.77/cwt	306.00–316.00	1,777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	317.97/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,688	5

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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 189Year ago 229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 27Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 32Year ago 48

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	410.00	410.00
1	250–300	285	402.00	402.00
1	300–350	325	384.00	384.00
6	350–400	369	358.00–368.00	362.33
3	400–450	423	336.00–348.00	340.74
7	450–500	477	318.00–334.00	324.61
5	500–550	510	305.00–310.00	306.61
5	550–600	568	299.00–308.00	305.83
3	600–650	642	288.00–298.00	294.70
1	700–750	735	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	403	350.00–366.00	353.27
3	450–500	468	336.00–346.00	341.23
3	550–600	558	312.00–318.00	315.34
2	700–750	718	270.00–278.00	273.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	322.00–342.00	331.93
2	400–450	423	320.00–322.00	320.95
3	550–600	572	280.00–293.00	287.02
1	650–700	650	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	429.00	429.00
1	350–400	375	430.00	430.00
14	400–450	411	384.00–406.00	398.47
3	450–500	472	372.00–382.00	375.25
4	500–550	518	330.00–339.00	336.68
3	550–600	562	318.00–320.00	318.99
4	600–650	610	310.00–316.00	313.97
3	650–700	663	303.00–310.00	305.67
1	700–750	745	298.00	298.00
3	750–800	777	274.00–288.00	283.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	328.00–340.00	333.96
4	450–500	469	300.00–329.00	308.62
4	500–550	514	298.00–308.00	304.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	356.00–366.00	360.59
4	450–500	469	334.00–360.00	344.73
5	500–550	531	310.00–330.00	317.97
5	550–600	568	306.00–316.00	312.77
3	600–650	625	292.00–297.00	294.96
2	650–700	670	280.00–290.00	285.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
4	500–550	516	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	700	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	414.00	414.00
5	450–500	472	378.00	378.00
1	500–550	540	338.00	338.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	858	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,175.36
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	785	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	1,600.00–1,675.00	1,638.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,550.00	2,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	167.00	167.00
3	—	1,212	155.00–162.50	158.29
3	—	1,192	150.50–153.00	151.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	138.50–140.00	139.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	181.00–183.50	182.21
2	—	1,288	160.00–162.00	161.22

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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