Sale reports / Georgia / Calhoun / 2025-09-30

Calhoun

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Calhoun, Georgia · Tue, Sep 30
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1946
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
▲ 184 vs last sale 0▼ 53 vs year ago 237 · −22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 37 · −21.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 36 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market not being covered last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $313.33/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −39.65 against this barn's trailing median of $352.98.
Average price
$313.33
28 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$378
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.06
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558342.091,9095thin
Medium and Large 2540323.811,74913thin
Medium and Large 3537285.321,53110thin
One grade step is worth $56.77/cwt here — about $378 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 sale28 hd
313.33
—
GA average13 barns · 439 hd
335.39
−22.06
This barn, trailing median29 sales
352.98
−39.65
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—Average1,964173.193,4014thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,281156.842,00913
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,080142.371,5389thin

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)1,038$2,8063thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,183$2,5008

Every lot

65 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,6731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,6011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,7861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,7181
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,9301
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560335.00/cwt332.00–338.001,8762
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,7471
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,0931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613326.68/cwt322.00–336.002,0033
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,0001
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312394.02/cwt390.00–398.001,2293
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,2281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,1571
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378374.28/cwt371.00–380.001,4153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,3611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420334.95/cwt334.00–336.001,4072
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423345.94/cwt340.00–350.001,4633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460338.02/cwt336.00–340.001,5552
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471304.21/cwt300.00–310.001,4336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488350.67/cwt346.00–358.001,7113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511326.94/cwt324.00–330.001,6714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537344.69/cwt340.00–348.001,8513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570337.03/cwt334.00–340.001,9212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571310.86/cwt305.00–324.001,7755
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615312.02/cwt311.00–313.001,9192
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9981
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3673253.61/cwt250.00–258.001,7075
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7691
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2778265.11/cwt260.00–270.002,0632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0122
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1902
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318391.26/cwt380.00–402.001,2442
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385327.15/cwt320.00–338.001,2604
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395395.00/cwt390.00–400.001,5602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408405.06/cwt402.00–408.001,6532
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413334.02/cwt330.00–338.001,3802
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418363.55/cwt350.00–372.001,5204
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471314.00/cwt308.00–326.001,4795
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484346.80/cwt330.00–354.001,6798
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3516289.80/cwt276.00–302.001,4957
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528339.49/cwt338.00–341.001,7932
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531327.95/cwt318.00–336.001,74110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570310.00/cwt306.00–314.001,7673
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578343.83/cwt332.00–350.001,9873
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585274.88/cwt261.00–282.001,6083
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623300.99/cwt298.00–304.001,8752
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3626268.03/cwt260.00–276.001,6784
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688293.50/cwt293.00–294.002,0192
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2703274.95/cwt262.00–288.001,9332
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3725248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,964173.19/cwt171.00–176.003,4014
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065136.94/cwt132.00–139.501,4584
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092146.71/cwt145.00–150.001,6025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266159.95/cwt159.00–161.502,0257
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298153.21/cwt149.50–155.501,9896
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0382,805.86/head2,550.00–3,100.002,8063
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1512,160.91/head1,800.00–2,350.002,1614
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,838.44/head2,750.00–3,050.002,8384

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.