Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, all feeder classes unevenly steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $416.70/cwt on 33 head, down $23.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 25 comparable sales and sits +36.66 against this barn's trailing median of $380.03.

Average price

$416.70

▼ 23.17 vs prior sale

33 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$57.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	433.98	2,366	14thin
Medium and Large 2	553	416.75	2,303	13thin
Medium and Large 3	556	376.25	2,091	6thin

One grade step is worth $57.73/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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

416.70

—

GA average13 barns · 309 hd

418.93

−2.23

This barn, trailing median25 sales

380.03

+36.66

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	1,905	200.80	3,825	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,553	192.95	2,997	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,281	188.48	2,415	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	987	160.23	1,582	10

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)	1,128	$2,951	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	852	$1,843	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,338	6

Every lot, as filed

74 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	250–300	283	454.60/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	425.52/cwt	415.00–432.00	1,949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	307.01/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	391.95/cwt	382.00–402.00	1,874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	332.99/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	479.97/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	556.52/cwt	545.00–570.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,625	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	520.38/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,160	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	472.59/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	419.79/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	315.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,964	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	395.48/cwt	392.00–398.00	2,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	438.35/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,025	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	331.15/cwt	324.00–338.00	2,368	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	464.98/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,395	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	536.50/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	374.32/cwt	362.00–380.00	2,137	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	430.66/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	437.34/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	307.13/cwt	300.00–314.00	2,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	447.79/cwt	437.50–457.50	1,939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	350.51/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	499.64/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	332.02/cwt	326.00–338.00	2,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	396.68/cwt	396.00–398.00	2,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	345.03/cwt	342.00–348.00	2,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	457.52/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,082	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	544.82/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	484.93/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,274	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	416.76/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,342	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	567.38/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	523.77/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,414	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	472.40/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,701	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	175.28/cwt	172.00–179.00	1,842	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	155.67/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,558	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	833	139.27/cwt	129.00–148.00	1,160	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,803	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	191.42/cwt	188.00–194.00	3,091	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	177.81/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,032	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	195.84/cwt	194.00–201.50	2,667	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	188.31/cwt	183.00–193.00	2,427	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	489.67/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	363.93/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	565.43/cwt	545.00–580.00	1,527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	402.59/cwt	388.00–420.00	1,852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	380.10/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,996	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	426.20/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,306	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	524.65/cwt	503.00–540.00	2,020	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	3,357.14/head	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,357	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	653	1,364.66/head	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,365	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,165	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	3,076.35/head	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,076	2
Bulls	—	—	1,965	204.09/cwt	202.00–206.00	4,010	2
Bulls	—	—	2,090	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	4,368	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,976	1

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 Mar 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 230Last week 307Year ago 221

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 51Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 29Year ago 11

compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher, all feeder classes unevenly steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	440.00–470.00	454.60
1	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	383	430.00–445.00	437.34
2	400–450	418	415.00–425.00	419.79
2	450–500	478	382.00–402.00	391.95
1	500–550	530	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	623	310.00–320.00	315.18
2	650–700	673	300.00–314.00	307.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	545.00–570.00	556.52
3	300–350	322	490.00–510.00	499.64
4	350–400	359	470.00–490.00	479.97
2	400–450	433	437.50–457.50	447.79
4	450–500	458	415.00–432.00	425.52
3	500–550	533	396.00–398.00	396.68
2	600–650	623	330.00–336.00	332.99
2	650–700	658	326.00–338.00	332.02
2	700–750	703	304.00–310.00	307.01
1	750–800	755	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	455	442.50–460.00	457.52
5	500–550	549	406.00	406.00
2	600–650	608	350.00–351.00	350.51
2	650–700	668	342.00–348.00	345.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	600.00	600.00
3	250–300	270	545.00–580.00	565.43
6	300–350	324	530.00–550.00	536.50
5	350–400	385	503.00–540.00	524.65
6	400–450	418	450.00–495.00	472.59
9	450–500	462	425.00–450.00	438.35
9	500–550	541	415.00–440.00	426.20
4	550–600	579	392.00–398.00	395.48
2	600–650	630	386.00	386.00
2	700–750	715	324.00–338.00	331.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	650.00	650.00
2	300–350	305	560.00–575.00	567.38
7	400–450	415	500.00–530.00	520.38
5	450–500	469	480.00–500.00	484.93
5	500–550	515	445.00–490.00	464.98
9	550–600	562	412.00–425.00	416.76
1	600–650	600	425.00	425.00
5	650–700	663	396.00	396.00
2	700–750	723	360.00–368.00	363.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	520.00	520.00
3	250–300	270	500.00–540.00	523.77
2	300–350	305	470.00–510.00	489.67
4	350–400	360	450.00–490.00	472.40
7	400–450	414	425.00–435.00	430.66
3	450–500	460	388.00–420.00	402.59
2	500–550	525	370.00–390.00	380.10
4	550–600	571	362.00–380.00	374.32
1	600–650	615	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	427.50	427.50
1	550–600	555	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	530.00–560.00	544.82
1	550–600	580	430.00	430.00
1	700–750	700	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	427.50	427.50
1	600–650	645	384.00	384.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,051	172.00–179.00	175.28
4	—	1,001	150.00–160.00	155.67
2	—	833	129.00–148.00	139.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	196.00	196.00
2	—	1,615	188.00–194.00	191.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	174.00–180.00	177.81
6	—	1,362	194.00–201.50	195.84
9	—	1,289	183.00–193.00	188.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,965	202.00–206.00	204.09
1	—	2,090	209.00	209.00
1	—	1,600	186.00	186.00

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	2	—	1,050	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,357.14
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,110	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,076.35
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	653	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,364.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,700.00	2,700.00

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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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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