Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.46/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −55.57 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$324.46

33 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$38.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	344.77	1,925	8thin
Medium and Large 2	532	327.52	1,742	14thin
Medium and Large 3	538	305.80	1,645	11thin

One grade step is worth $38.97/cwt here — about $279 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 sale33 hd

324.46

—

GA average14 barns · 461 hd

347.61

−23.14

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−55.57

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	—	Low	1,703	182.24	3,103	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	165.14	2,470	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	157.33	1,846	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	130.00	1,326	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,288	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,001	$2,250	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,000	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	397.74/cwt	396.00–405.00	1,877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	412.12/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,504	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	383.91/cwt	368.00–398.00	1,624	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	507.61/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	453.92/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,434	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	362.74/cwt	348.00–378.00	1,672	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	334.74/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	301.20/cwt	294.00–304.00	2,000	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	320.30/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	322.09/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	273.92/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	306.60/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	361.04/cwt	358.00–364.00	1,888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	353.00/cwt	352.00–354.00	1,994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	468.19/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,250	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	258.13/cwt	254.00–262.50	1,988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	357.62/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	301.30/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	309.55/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	336.53/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,619	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	435.08/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	318.76/cwt	310.00–336.00	1,492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	292.78/cwt	284.00–306.00	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	437.47/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	315.05/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	295.63/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	363.42/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	295.03/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,257	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	318.22/cwt	314.00–326.00	1,963	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	298.72/cwt	290.00–304.00	2,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	382.76/cwt	380.00–384.00	1,646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	368.05/cwt	364.00–370.00	1,730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	467.17/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	323.46/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	301.03/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	308.97/cwt	306.00–312.00	2,110	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	333.58/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,935	5
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	870	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	830	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	393.35/cwt	392.00–394.00	1,825	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	402.96/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	339.20/cwt	339.00–340.00	1,737	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	118.57/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,219	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	134.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,366	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,349	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	161.97/cwt	157.50–165.00	2,308	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	158.88/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,913	6
Bulls	—	—	1,312	176.81/cwt	174.00–180.50	2,320	3
Bulls	—	—	1,937	185.49/cwt	183.50–189.00	3,593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	291.03/cwt	284.00–298.00	1,915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	368.68/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,371	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	662	275.37/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	323.98/cwt	318.00–330.00	1,954	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	607	282.36/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	343.35/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	324.73/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	284.51/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,072	1,982.89/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,983	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	460.58/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,198	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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 265Last week 143Year ago 337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 22Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 24Year ago 42

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	396.00–405.00	397.74
1	500–550	520	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	523	358.00–364.00	361.04
2	550–600	565	352.00–354.00	353.00
6	600–650	609	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	445.00	445.00
1	550–600	550	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	505.00–510.00	507.61
3	250–300	267	460.00–475.00	468.19
2	300–350	305	430.00–440.00	435.08
5	350–400	365	400.00–425.00	412.12
6	400–450	423	368.00–398.00	383.91
7	450–500	461	348.00–378.00	362.74
7	500–550	506	324.00–340.00	334.74
7	550–600	558	316.00–326.00	320.30
5	600–650	630	299.00–310.00	306.60
5	650–700	664	294.00–304.00	301.20
2	700–750	713	266.00–282.00	273.92
3	750–800	770	254.00–262.50	258.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	530.00	530.00
5	300–350	316	450.00–460.00	453.92
3	350–400	358	435.00–440.00	437.47
3	400–450	410	400.00–405.00	402.96
6	450–500	464	392.00–394.00	393.35
3	500–550	522	358.00–370.00	363.42
5	550–600	580	330.00–336.00	333.58
7	600–650	617	314.00–326.00	318.22
14	650–700	683	306.00–312.00	308.97
3	700–750	712	290.00–304.00	298.72
2	750–800	765	290.00–300.00	295.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	423	340.00–348.00	343.35
6	450–500	468	310.00–336.00	318.76
6	500–550	518	300.00–320.00	309.55
5	550–600	562	292.00–308.00	301.30
3	600–650	607	280.00–285.00	282.36
3	650–700	662	260.00–284.00	275.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	372	368.00–370.00	368.68
3	400–450	407	350.00–368.00	357.62
11	450–500	481	330.00–342.00	336.53
7	500–550	509	314.00–330.00	322.09
2	550–600	565	312.00–318.00	315.05
3	600–650	612	290.00–302.00	295.63
2	650–700	658	284.00–298.00	291.03
2	750–800	780	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	320.00–330.00	324.73
3	550–600	580	284.00–306.00	292.78
2	600–650	610	284.00–285.00	284.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	460.00–475.00	467.17
2	250–300	260	445.00–475.00	460.58
3	400–450	430	380.00–384.00	382.76
5	450–500	470	364.00–370.00	368.05
5	500–550	512	339.00–340.00	339.20
4	550–600	561	320.00–330.00	323.46
2	600–650	603	318.00–330.00	323.98
2	650–700	673	300.00–302.00	301.03

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	—	870	1,575.00	1,575.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,360	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,072	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,982.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	110.00–125.00	118.57
8	—	1,017	130.00–140.00	134.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	181.00	181.00
5	—	1,425	157.50–165.00	161.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	148.00	148.00
6	—	1,204	155.00–164.00	158.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	174.00–180.50	176.81
5	—	1,937	183.50–189.00	185.49

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

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