Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeder steers mostly steady, Feeder heifers unevenly steady, 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 $351.26/cwt on 11 head, up $4.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 25 comparable sales and sits −28.78 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$351.26

▲ 4.26 vs prior sale

11 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$30.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	359.48	1,966	8thin
Medium and Large 3	542	329.33	1,784	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.15/cwt here — about $182 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 sale11 hd

351.26

—

GA average14 barns · 344 hd

382.51

−31.25

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

−28.78

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	1,440	165.29	2,380	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	148.46	1,890	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,121	123.88	1,389	6thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,063	$1,949	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,169	$1,763	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,127	$3,193	6

Every lot, as filed

64 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 3	350–400	375	381.05/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	319.01/cwt	318.00–320.00	2,163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	420.11/cwt	415.00–427.50	1,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	365.40/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,893	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	347.87/cwt	342.00–356.00	1,635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	327.11/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	327.79/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	376.63/cwt	370.00–382.00	1,793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	400.47/cwt	396.00–405.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	373.19/cwt	368.00–378.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	287	413.37/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	370.30/cwt	362.00–378.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.98/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	337.42/cwt	332.50–346.00	1,744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	318.50/cwt	315.00–322.00	2,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	437.67/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,991	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	311.00/cwt	310.00–312.00	2,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,811	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	104.58/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,132	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,624	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	142.26/cwt	141.50–143.00	1,679	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	152.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,031	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	143.24/cwt	141.50–145.00	1,709	3
Bulls	—	—	1,388	153.44/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,130	3
Bulls	—	—	1,518	183.06/cwt	180.50–185.50	2,779	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	1,960.36/head	1,825.00–2,175.00	1,960	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,063	1,948.75/head	1,825.00–2,100.00	1,949	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	1,565.01/head	1,475.00–1,700.00	1,565	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,327.52/head	3,200.00–3,450.00	3,328	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	442.60/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	326.00/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	404.50/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,917	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	446.06/cwt	442.50–448.00	1,940	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	511.00/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,814	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	428.31/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	370.31/cwt	362.00–382.00	1,963	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	321.87/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	343.92/cwt	341.00–352.00	1,953	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	465.07/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	341.43/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	303.04/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,873	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 Jan 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 155Last week 193Year ago 212

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 33Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 30Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	400.00–420.00	413.37
2	350–400	375	380.00–382.00	381.05
1	400–450	425	348.00	348.00
2	600–650	618	300.00–306.00	303.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	415.00–427.50	420.11
5	450–500	476	370.00–382.00	376.63
3	500–550	518	360.00–368.00	365.40
9	550–600	568	341.00–352.00	343.92
1	650–700	675	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	388	396.00–405.00	400.47
2	400–450	430	380.00–382.00	380.98
3	450–500	470	342.00–356.00	347.87
3	500–550	517	332.50–346.00	337.42
2	550–600	570	320.00–336.00	327.79
2	600–650	625	320.00–334.00	327.11
1	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	705	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	765	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	383	455.00–475.00	465.07
3	400–450	435	442.50–448.00	446.06
3	450–500	455	430.00–445.00	437.67
5	500–550	530	362.00–382.00	370.31
3	550–600	575	332.00–350.00	341.43
3	600–650	625	318.00–330.00	321.87
2	650–700	678	318.00–320.00	319.01
1	700–750	735	306.00	306.00
1	750–800	760	304.00	304.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	570.00	570.00
1	300–350	345	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	355	510.00–515.00	511.00
1	450–500	455	457.50	457.50
2	700–750	705	315.00–322.00	318.50
2	750–800	768	310.00–312.00	311.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	505.00	505.00
2	350–400	385	435.00–450.00	442.60
3	400–450	425	425.00–430.00	428.31
5	450–500	474	400.00–410.00	404.50
1	500–550	505	336.00	336.00
2	550–600	560	324.00–328.00	326.00
1	650–700	695	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	495.00	495.00
1	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	525	362.00–378.00	370.30
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	525	368.00–378.00	373.19
1	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	354.00	354.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	100.00–109.00	104.58
1	—	1,120	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,180	141.50–143.00	142.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	150.00–157.00	152.38
3	—	1,193	141.50–145.00	143.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,388	150.00–158.00	153.44
2	—	1,518	180.50–185.50	183.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,207	1,825.00–2,175.00	1,960.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,063	1,825.00–2,100.00	1,948.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,130	1,475.00–1,700.00	1,565.01
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	2,925.00	2,925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,240	3,200.00–3,450.00	3,327.52

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

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How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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