Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2025-07-29

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Jul 29
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 189▼ 77 vs year ago 229 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 27▼ 44 vs year ago 59 · −74.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 32▼ 36 vs year ago 48 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 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 $317.85/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −35.13 against this barn's trailing median of $352.98.
Average price
$317.85
21 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.84
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537329.101,7677thin
Medium and Large 2550315.371,73310thin
Medium and Large 3514304.371,5644thin
One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $202 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
317.85
—
GA average13 barns · 327 hd
322.69
−4.84
This barn, trailing median29 sales
352.98
−35.13
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—Average1,452173.812,5245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,252156.531,9597thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average835139.241,1632thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)904$1,8636
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$1,7251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)785$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$2,5502thin

Every lot

57 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 1320435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,6351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,7845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8834
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,1631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200410.00/cwt410.00–410.008201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,1461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,2481
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353331.93/cwt322.00–342.001,1722
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369362.33/cwt358.00–368.001,3376
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403353.27/cwt350.00–366.001,4248
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423340.74/cwt336.00–348.001,4413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423320.95/cwt320.00–322.001,3582
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468341.23/cwt336.00–346.001,5973
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477324.61/cwt318.00–334.001,5487
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510306.61/cwt305.00–310.001,5645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558315.34/cwt312.00–318.001,7603
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568305.83/cwt299.00–308.001,7375
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3572287.02/cwt280.00–293.001,6423
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642294.70/cwt288.00–298.001,8923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718273.90/cwt270.00–278.001,9672
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,9551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1317429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,3603
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383333.96/cwt328.00–340.001,2792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411398.47/cwt384.00–406.001,63814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420360.59/cwt356.00–366.001,5143
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469344.73/cwt334.00–360.001,6174
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3469308.62/cwt300.00–329.001,4474
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472375.25/cwt372.00–382.001,7713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3514304.37/cwt298.00–308.001,5644
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518336.68/cwt330.00–339.001,7444
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531317.97/cwt310.00–330.001,6885
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562318.99/cwt318.00–320.001,7933
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568312.77/cwt306.00–316.001,7775
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610313.97/cwt310.00–316.001,9154
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625294.96/cwt292.00–297.001,8443
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663305.67/cwt303.00–310.002,0273
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670285.07/cwt280.00–290.001,9102
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,2201
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1777283.28/cwt274.00–288.002,2013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,288161.22/cwt160.00–162.002,0772
Bulls——1,562182.21/cwt181.00–183.502,8463
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%835139.24/cwt138.50–140.001,1632
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192151.27/cwt150.50–153.001,8033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212158.29/cwt155.00–162.501,9183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,550167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,5891
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-37851,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Small 2-37951,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Small 1-28582,175.36/head2,150.00–2,200.002,1752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39201,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39551,638.29/head1,600.00–1,675.001,6382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0002,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502

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.