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Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Mar 4

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 146▲ 8 vs year ago 203 · +3.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 29▲ 5 vs year ago 45 · +11.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 24▼ 38 vs year ago 71 · −53.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.27/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −64.71 against this barn's trailing median of $352.98.

Average price

$288.27

27 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.72

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	297.33	1,615	13thin
Medium and Large 2	536	283.82	1,522	11thin
Medium and Large 3	510	265.33	1,353	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $262 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale27 hd

288.27

—

GA average16 barns · 290 hd

301.99

−13.72

This barn, trailing median29 sales

352.98

−64.71

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

29 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.87, low $295.75, median $352.98 across 29 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	1,528	158.79	2,426	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	137.30	1,690	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	136.55	1,966	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	917	120.53	1,106	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,988	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,275	1thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,647	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,656	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	272	302.06/cwt	300.00–306.00	822	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	319	291.85/cwt	289.00–300.00	931	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	314.03/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,046	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	307.50/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,159	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	280.87/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,067	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	287.58/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,216	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	274.01/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,214	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	284.01/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,301	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	300.09/cwt	299.00–306.00	1,434	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	284.08/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,443	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	513	249.30/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,279	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	263.73/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,374	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	567	229.35/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,300	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	244.67/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,407	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	264.49/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,542	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	254.00/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,532	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,626	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	220	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	766	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	274	315.09/cwt	306.00–330.00	863	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	313	314.47/cwt	306.00–322.00	984	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	346.33/cwt	342.00–354.00	1,119	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	364	306.16/cwt	296.00–318.00	1,114	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,314	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	336.15/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,250	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	291.10/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,246	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	320.00/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,402	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,595	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	318.28/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,483	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	282.55/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,328	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	289.17/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,460	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	265.33/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,353	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	303.32/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,559	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	279.36/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,570	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	290.34/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,675	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	260.03/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,568	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	276.95/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,717	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	263.21/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,774	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	247.52/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,715	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	247.47/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,764	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	716	232.00/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,661	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,879	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	226.54/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,778	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,165	149.86/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,746	6
Bulls	—	—	1,644	160.82/cwt	158.00–165.50	2,644	10
Bulls	—	—	2,035	175.44/cwt	172.00–179.00	3,570	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	711	113.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	806	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	935	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,191	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,330	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	124.15/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,320	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	138.21/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,780	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	144.00/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,912	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,836	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	137.16/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,993	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,105	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 2-3	755	975.83/head	910.00–1,050.00	976	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,285	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,488	2,540.71/head	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,541	4

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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 146Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 29Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 24Year ago 71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	342.00–354.00	346.33
3	350–400	372	330.00–340.00	336.15
3	400–450	438	310.00–330.00	320.00
9	450–500	466	305.00–324.00	318.28
5	500–550	505	284.00–294.00	289.17
6	550–600	562	274.00–282.00	279.36
3	600–650	603	255.00–265.00	260.03
2	650–700	693	242.00–253.00	247.52
4	700–750	716	230.00–235.00	232.00
2	750–800	785	223.00–230.00	226.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	443	360.00	360.00
7	500–550	514	299.00–308.00	303.32
6	550–600	577	290.00–291.00	290.34
4	600–650	620	272.00–280.00	276.95
8	650–700	674	260.00–266.00	263.21
2	700–750	713	240.00–255.00	247.47
3	750–800	770	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	348.00	348.00
4	250–300	274	306.00–330.00	315.09
3	300–350	313	306.00–322.00	314.47
4	350–400	364	296.00–318.00	306.16
7	400–450	428	282.00–300.00	291.10
5	450–500	470	280.00–290.00	282.55
3	500–550	510	260.00–268.00	265.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	310.00–318.00	314.03
3	350–400	377	300.00–312.00	307.50
4	400–450	423	286.00–290.00	287.58
4	450–500	458	282.00–287.00	284.01
7	500–550	521	258.00–270.00	263.73
3	550–600	575	240.00–250.00	244.67
1	700–750	710	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	300.00–306.00	302.06
8	300–350	319	289.00–300.00	291.85
4	350–400	380	276.00–286.00	280.87
3	400–450	443	272.00–276.00	274.01
3	500–550	513	248.00–250.00	249.30
3	550–600	567	228.00–230.00	229.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
9	450–500	478	299.00–306.00	300.09
4	500–550	508	274.00–292.00	284.08
2	550–600	583	264.00–265.00	264.49
2	600–650	603	253.00–255.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	284.00	284.00
1	600–650	600	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	1,105	2,275.00	2,275.00

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)	2	—	755	910.00–1,050.00	975.83

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)	1	—	1,285	1,800.00	1,800.00

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)	4	—	1,488	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,540.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,644	158.00–165.50	160.82
2	—	2,035	172.00–179.00	175.44
6	—	1,165	144.00–153.00	149.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	110.00–115.00	113.38
5	—	1,063	118.00–128.00	124.15
1	—	1,015	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,288	135.00–140.50	138.21
2	—	1,328	142.00–146.00	144.00
2	—	935	125.00–130.00	127.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	135.00–140.50	137.16
1	—	1,375	133.50	133.50

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.