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Name: Calhoun livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Aug 19

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946

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Feeder Cattle receipts

253 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 186▲ 36 vs year ago 217 · +16.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 29▼ 13 vs year ago 37 · −35.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

34 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 26▲ 9 vs year ago 25 · +36.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, all feeder classes sharply higher, 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 $325.08/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 9 of 29 comparable sales and sits −27.90 against this barn's trailing median of $352.98.

Average price

$325.08

33 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$42.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	341.79	1,842	11thin
Medium and Large 2	519	326.54	1,695	14thin
Medium and Large 3	525	299.53	1,571	8thin

One grade step is worth $42.26/cwt here — about $271 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 sale33 hd

325.08

—

GA average13 barns · 371 hd

330.91

−5.83

This barn, trailing median29 sales

352.98

−27.90

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

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	—	Low	1,614	176.92	2,855	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,296	165.14	2,139	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,422	160.66	2,285	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	139.65	1,596	3thin

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)	1,070	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	630	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,106	$3,440	14

Every lot

67 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,465	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	426.57/cwt	420.00–428.00	1,856	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	398.99/cwt	398.00–400.00	1,967	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	374.58/cwt	364.00–390.00	1,933	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	356.47/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,861	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	339.33/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,883	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,120	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,119	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,207	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,497	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,628	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	364.77/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,357	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	362.48/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,479	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	321.04/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,374	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	336.70/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,556	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	360.23/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,675	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	288.48/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,457	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	334.60/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,730	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	323.00/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,712	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	314.01/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,765	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	333.85/cwt	326.00–337.00	1,936	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	611	293.01/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,790	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	320.19/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,963	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	262.13/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,625	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	286.65/cwt	284.00–288.00	1,886	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	291.97/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,927	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	668	252.94/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,690	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	268.17/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,931	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	245.98/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,803	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	435.99/cwt	435.00–438.00	1,386	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	410.62/cwt	408.00–414.00	1,322	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	337	380.77/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,283	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	364.17/cwt	346.00–376.00	1,315	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	395.56/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,460	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	424.69/cwt	416.00–436.00	1,601	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	395.32/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,637	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	412.48/cwt	404.00–416.00	1,745	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	331.29/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,401	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	317.17/cwt	304.00–330.00	1,456	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	360.35/cwt	342.00–366.00	1,683	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	379.33/cwt	374.00–384.00	1,794	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	502	307.63/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,544	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	328.69/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,676	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	341.79/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,842	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	318.65/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,759	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	562	286.04/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,608	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,739	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	308.36/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,912	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	296.32/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,941	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	281.24/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,912	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,003	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,580	164.98/cwt	163.50–167.00	2,607	2
Bulls	—	—	1,627	181.69/cwt	177.00–190.00	2,956	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	156.82/cwt	155.00–158.50	1,769	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,143	139.65/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,596	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,315	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,065	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	166.87/cwt	162.50–169.00	2,249	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,309	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,449	161.58/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,341	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	700	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,070	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,118	3,074.61/head	3,050.00–3,100.00	3,075	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	3,976.71/head	3,800.00–4,100.00	3,977	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 2-3	630	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,010	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1

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 Aug 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 253Last week 186Year ago 217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 29Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 26Year ago 25

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, all feeder classes sharply higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	444.00	444.00
7	400–450	435	420.00–428.00	426.57
2	450–500	493	398.00–400.00	398.99
6	500–550	516	364.00–390.00	374.58
7	600–650	604	351.00	351.00
14	750–800	752	332.00	332.00
5	800–850	845	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	350.00–358.00	356.47
3	550–600	555	338.00–340.00	339.33
1	650–700	650	326.00	326.00
1	700–750	705	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	360.00–365.00	362.48
4	450–500	465	358.00–365.00	360.23
9	500–550	517	330.00–347.00	334.60
11	550–600	580	326.00–337.00	333.85
12	600–650	613	310.00–322.00	320.19
2	650–700	660	290.00–294.00	291.97
2	700–750	720	262.00–274.00	268.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	360.00–370.00	364.77
3	450–500	462	332.00–340.00	336.70
7	500–550	530	318.00–326.00	323.00
3	550–600	562	312.00–318.00	314.01
5	600–650	611	290.00–299.00	293.01
3	650–700	658	284.00–288.00	286.65
2	700–750	733	244.00–248.00	245.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	320.00–322.00	321.04
2	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	505	286.00–291.00	288.48
2	600–650	620	258.00–266.00	262.13
2	650–700	668	248.00–258.00	252.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	408.00–414.00	410.62
6	350–400	369	390.00–400.00	395.56
4	400–450	414	390.00–398.00	395.32
9	450–500	467	342.00–366.00	360.35
11	500–550	510	320.00–334.00	328.69
3	550–600	552	312.00–322.00	318.65
4	600–650	610	280.00–290.00	285.00
3	650–700	680	278.00–288.00	281.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	370.00–386.00	380.77
6	350–400	361	346.00–376.00	364.17
3	400–450	423	330.00–334.00	331.29
8	450–500	459	304.00–330.00	317.17
5	500–550	502	300.00–318.00	307.63
3	550–600	562	280.00–290.00	286.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	435.00–438.00	435.99
3	350–400	377	416.00–436.00	424.69
8	400–450	423	404.00–416.00	412.48
4	450–500	473	374.00–384.00	379.33
11	500–550	539	340.00–360.00	341.79
2	600–650	620	300.00–317.00	308.36
6	650–700	655	290.00–310.00	296.32
2	700–750	703	280.00–290.00	284.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	2,300.00	2,300.00

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	2	—	1,070	3,700.00	3,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,118	3,050.00–3,100.00	3,074.61

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	—	1,245	3,800.00–4,100.00	3,976.71

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	630	1,350.00	1,350.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,900.00	2,900.00

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)	1	—	1,010	1,875.00	1,875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	155.00–158.50	156.82
4	—	1,348	162.50–169.00	166.87
2	—	1,358	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,449	160.00–165.00	161.58
1	—	1,315	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	139.00–140.00	139.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	163.50–167.00	164.98
5	—	1,627	177.00–190.00	181.69

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.