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Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Oct 29

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

290 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 203▼ 88 vs year ago 378 · −23.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 34▼ 5 vs year ago 60 · −8.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 28▼ 39 vs year ago 79 · −49.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $209.36/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −126.90 against this barn's trailing median of $336.26.

Average price

$209.36

30 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$16.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs GA average

−51.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	218.63	1,153	8thin
Medium and Large 2	526	206.92	1,089	18thin
Medium and Large 3	511	201.77	1,031	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.86/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

209.36

—

GA average14 barns · 465 hd

212.30

−2.94

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−51.10

This barn, trailing median27 sales

336.26

−126.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.04, low $292.45, median $336.26 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,554	142.53	2,214	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,206	125.72	1,516	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	98.46	979	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)	1,388	$1,979	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,113	$1,354	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,089	$2,506	9

Every lot

69 lots · USDA AMS · Calhoun Stockyard - Calhoun, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,265	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,210	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,454	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	199.00/cwt	196.00–202.00	1,393	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	220.99/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,569	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,646	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	210	241.48/cwt	241.00–242.00	507	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	268	230.00/cwt	228.00–232.00	616	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	273	252.05/cwt	250.00–254.00	688	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	316	226.64/cwt	223.00–230.00	716	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	260.19/cwt	254.00–266.00	833	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	244.98/cwt	244.00–246.00	796	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	239.07/cwt	236.00–246.00	861	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	256.26/cwt	250.00–260.00	933	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	209.67/cwt	206.00–216.00	887	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	232.43/cwt	230.00–238.00	988	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	246.24/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,049	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	236.64/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,079	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	206.04/cwt	205.00–208.00	954	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	225.65/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,049	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	219.98/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,113	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	511	201.77/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,031	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	208.26/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,070	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	216.38/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,218	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	202.23/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,151	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	190.99/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,155	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	609	177.81/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,083	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	211.90/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,299	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	666	172.25/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,147	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	184.68/cwt	184.00–185.00	1,252	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	170.08/cwt	166.00–174.00	1,216	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	266	264.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	705	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	288	286.74/cwt	284.00–292.00	826	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	302.78/cwt	302.00–304.00	942	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	285.36/cwt	283.00–288.00	907	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	253.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	920	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	411	233.89/cwt	230.00–238.00	961	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	261.22/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,079	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	243.47/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,025	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	228.81/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,050	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	251.01/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,155	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	212.48/cwt	208.00–218.00	992	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	224.81/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,165	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	195.07/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,010	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	235.35/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,240	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	557	195.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,086	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	219.02/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,222	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	233.03/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,305	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	179.03/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,110	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	173.49/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,150	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	187.37/cwt	182.00–190.00	1,252	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	770	163.00/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,255	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,468	145.41/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,135	6
Bulls	—	—	1,725	136.76/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,359	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	87.43/cwt	83.00–93.00	785	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	104.18/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,099	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,231	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	124.25/cwt	120.00–128.50	1,416	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	117.68/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,433	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	136.42/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,790	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 2-3	770	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	978	1,157.93/head	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,158	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,317	1,568.72/head	1,500.00–1,660.00	1,569	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,388	1,978.83/head	1,850.00–2,125.00	1,979	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,167	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	6

This sale against other markets

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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 290Last week 203Year ago 378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 34Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 28Year ago 79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	311	302.00–304.00	302.78
7	400–450	413	256.00–268.00	261.22
4	450–500	460	250.00–252.00	251.01
3	500–550	527	234.00–238.00	235.35
4	550–600	560	230.00–236.00	233.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	288	284.00–292.00	286.74
2	300–350	318	283.00–288.00	285.36
5	400–450	421	240.00–248.00	243.47
5	450–500	459	224.00–236.00	228.81
5	500–550	518	222.00–230.00	224.81
3	550–600	558	215.00–222.00	219.02
3	650–700	668	182.00–190.00	187.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	260.00–270.00	264.93
4	350–400	363	250.00–260.00	253.47
4	400–450	411	230.00–238.00	233.89
6	450–500	467	208.00–218.00	212.48
5	500–550	518	190.00–202.00	195.07
3	550–600	557	190.00–200.00	195.04
3	600–650	620	177.00–180.00	179.03
2	650–700	663	170.00–177.00	173.49
2	750–800	770	161.00–165.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	250.00–254.00	252.05
4	300–350	325	244.00–246.00	244.98
4	350–400	360	236.00–246.00	239.07
5	400–450	425	230.00–238.00	232.43
11	450–500	465	222.00–230.00	225.65
14	500–550	514	205.00–213.00	208.26
4	550–600	569	200.00–205.00	202.23
4	600–650	605	189.00–195.00	190.99
3	650–700	678	184.00–185.00	184.68
2	700–750	715	166.00–174.00	170.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	254.00–266.00	260.19
9	350–400	364	250.00–260.00	256.26
8	400–450	426	242.00–252.00	246.24
9	450–500	456	230.00–242.00	236.64
5	500–550	506	215.00–224.00	219.98
3	550–600	563	214.00–220.00	216.38
9	600–650	613	210.00–214.00	211.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	241.00–242.00	241.48
4	250–300	268	228.00–232.00	230.00
5	300–350	316	223.00–230.00	226.64
8	400–450	423	206.00–216.00	209.67
3	450–500	463	205.00–208.00	206.04
4	500–550	511	200.00–203.00	201.77
4	600–650	609	175.00–182.00	177.81
4	650–700	666	170.00–175.00	172.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	655	222.00	222.00
2	700–750	700	196.00–202.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	272.00	272.00
1	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	710	220.00–222.00	220.99
1	750–800	755	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	218.00	218.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	114.00–119.00	117.68
5	—	1,312	133.00–141.00	136.42
9	—	1,140	120.00–128.50	124.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	898	83.00–93.00	87.43
1	—	1,080	114.00	114.00
5	—	1,055	100.00–110.00	104.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,468	141.00–150.00	145.41
3	—	1,725	134.00–140.00	136.76

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	—	1,317	1,500.00–1,660.00	1,568.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,388	1,850.00–2,125.00	1,978.83

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	978	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,157.93

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	6	—	1,167	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	2,575.00	2,575.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,100.00	2,100.00

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.