Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeder steers lightly tested, Feeder heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, Feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.92/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −44.11 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$335.92

13 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$28.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.37

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	355.98	1,850	4thin
Medium and Large 2	566	327.01	1,849	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.97/cwt here — about $1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale13 hd

335.92

—

GA average14 barns · 289 hd

348.29

−12.37

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−44.11

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	1,588	172.01	2,732	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	155.56	1,744	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	153.27	2,314	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,062	133.49	1,418	8thin

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)	1,203	$1,978	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,076	$1,761	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	525	$1,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$3,500	2thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	250–300	271	447.30/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,212	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	371.95/cwt	364.00–380.00	1,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	393.67/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	455.17/cwt	450.00–460.00	992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	283.70/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	381.08/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,593	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	354.72/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	414.56/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,132	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	401.61/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	304.77/cwt	302.00–307.50	1,798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	319.63/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	366.03/cwt	362.50–368.00	1,691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	322.14/cwt	318.00–338.00	1,868	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	378.83/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	399.69/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	355.97/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	331.26/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,739	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	860	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	525	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	878	1,318.88/head	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	358.08/cwt	354.00–362.50	1,683	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	143.10/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,441	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,332	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	132.86/cwt	130.00–136.50	1,442	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	155.36/cwt	152.50–158.50	1,807	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,024	147.18/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,507	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	164.34/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,864	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	154.03/cwt	150.50–158.50	2,335	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,746	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	2,863	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	159.18/cwt	151.50–163.50	2,706	3
Bulls	—	—	1,693	181.55/cwt	181.00–182.00	3,074	3
Bulls	—	—	1,372	175.31/cwt	173.00–178.50	2,405	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,270	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	2,421.91/head	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,422	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	2,369.03/head	2,250.00–2,475.00	2,369	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,142	1,843.28/head	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,843	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,146	1,762.54/head	1,650.00–1,975.00	1,763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	384.92/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,193	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	679	288.55/cwt	272.00–296.00	1,959	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	361.83/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	343.98/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	418.91/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,173	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	344.04/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	357.48/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	305.98/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	381.29/cwt	372.50–388.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,973	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	274.64/cwt	272.00–276.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	335.45/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,406	4

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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 189Last week 279Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 34Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 37Year ago 28

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeder steers lightly tested, Feeder heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, Feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	450.00–460.00	455.17
4	250–300	271	440.00–460.00	447.30
1	300–350	320	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	418	372.50–390.00	381.08
4	450–500	475	350.00–360.00	354.72
2	500–550	515	340.00–348.00	344.04
7	550–600	580	318.00–338.00	322.14
3	600–650	615	317.00–322.00	319.63
2	650–700	678	300.00–312.00	305.98
2	700–750	720	280.00–287.50	283.70
3	750–800	782	272.00–276.00	274.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	390.00–412.50	401.61
3	400–450	427	390.00–410.00	399.69
3	450–500	462	362.50–368.00	366.03
3	500–550	508	352.00–360.00	355.97
1	550–600	555	356.00	356.00
1	650–700	670	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	730	296.00	296.00
2	750–800	765	298.00	298.00
1	800–850	805	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	410.00–430.00	418.91
2	300–350	310	380.00–390.00	384.92
4	350–400	364	350.00–377.50	361.83
3	400–450	437	350.00–362.50	357.48
1	450–500	485	342.00	342.00
4	650–700	679	272.00–296.00	288.55
1	700–750	705	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	372.50–388.00	381.29
2	350–400	373	364.00–380.00	371.95
1	400–450	410	367.50	367.50
2	500–550	525	330.00–332.50	331.26
2	550–600	590	302.00–307.50	304.77
1	700–750	720	274.00	274.00
1	750–800	755	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	410.00–425.00	414.56
2	350–400	363	390.00–397.50	393.67
3	400–450	418	375.00–382.50	378.83
3	450–500	470	354.00–362.50	358.08
1	550–600	565	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	305	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	378	335.00–355.00	343.98
4	400–450	419	325.00–347.50	335.45
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	382.00	382.00
1	650–700	650	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	338.00	338.00
1	600–650	645	316.00	316.00
1	750–800	795	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	314.00	314.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00

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	—	860	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	525	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	878	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,318.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,233	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,421.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,465	2,250.00–2,475.00	2,369.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,142	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,843.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,146	1,650.00–1,975.00	1,762.54
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	3,500.00	3,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	140.00–145.00	143.10
2	—	1,110	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,085	130.00–136.50	132.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,163	152.50–158.50	155.36
4	—	1,024	142.00–149.00	147.18
4	—	1,134	163.00–167.00	164.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,516	150.50–158.50	154.03
1	—	1,265	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,730	165.50	165.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,700	151.50–163.50	159.18
3	—	1,693	181.00–182.00	181.55
3	—	1,372	173.00–178.50	175.31

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

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How this sale compares

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