Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2025-06-17

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Jun 17
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 146▼ 55 vs year ago 240 · −22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 35▼ 3 vs year ago 48 · −6.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 13▲ 0 vs year ago 32 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $318.87/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −34.11 against this barn's trailing median of $352.98.
Average price
$318.87
21 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544337.991,8396thin
Medium and Large 2538317.611,71010thin
Medium and Large 3526298.441,5705thin
One grade step is worth $39.55/cwt here — about $269 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
318.87
—
GA average13 barns · 322 hd
319.98
−1.11
This barn, trailing median29 sales
352.98
−34.11
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
454396339282median 352.9803/0305/0507/0709/0810/27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,361182.192,4805thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151162.511,87019
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,503157.622,3692thin
CowsLean 85-90%High925133.921,23912

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$2,0485
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$2,0069
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)970$2,4884thin

Every lot

59 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,3941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3681
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,5261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415395.40/cwt394.00–398.001,6413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456384.67/cwt382.00–385.001,7549
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,0091
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,1052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200405.00/cwt405.00–405.008101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,2031
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358362.99/cwt362.00–364.001,3002
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360347.31/cwt342.00–352.001,2503
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418343.44/cwt342.00–345.001,4362
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430360.60/cwt352.00–366.001,5513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470330.97/cwt330.00–332.001,5562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476349.90/cwt346.00–354.001,6668
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507323.39/cwt320.00–328.001,6403
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515309.41/cwt308.00–312.001,5933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533297.95/cwt296.00–300.001,5882
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5122
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7322
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280353.64/cwt344.00–364.009902
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,2401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2326387.12/cwt382.00–389.001,2627
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333404.96/cwt404.00–406.001,3492
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333356.87/cwt348.00–364.001,1883
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3355340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370402.85/cwt396.00–406.001,4917
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373368.58/cwt362.00–376.001,3754
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421386.86/cwt378.00–400.001,6296
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429360.25/cwt350.00–368.001,5459
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469371.91/cwt366.00–378.001,74410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480345.43/cwt342.00–362.001,6589
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523343.30/cwt340.00–348.001,7953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524318.88/cwt314.00–334.001,6717
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3526298.44/cwt288.00–310.001,5705
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565332.67/cwt330.00–334.001,8803
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572314.66/cwt314.00–316.001,8003
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600272.67/cwt272.00–274.001,6363
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615300.98/cwt300.00–302.001,8512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3632249.11/cwt240.00–262.001,5743
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8862
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663264.97/cwt258.00–272.001,7572
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713255.53/cwt250.00–266.001,8223
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,275175.77/cwt171.00–180.002,2413
Bulls——1,490191.82/cwt190.00–193.002,8582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%795126.29/cwt121.00–130.001,0045
Cows—Lean 85-90%835150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049137.59/cwt136.00–146.001,4436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100150.94/cwt150.00–153.001,6604
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123159.96/cwt157.00–165.001,7968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211172.04/cwt167.00–177.002,0837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503157.62/cwt155.00–161.002,3692
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-37001,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2403,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0181,656.01/head1,425.00–1,850.001,6563
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0431,602.25/head1,445.00–1,750.001,6022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2182,345.76/head2,250.00–2,425.002,3463
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2312,180.59/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1816

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.