Calhoun Stockyard Market Report

Calhoun, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 11, 2021

507 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 3 heifers $115.68/cwt ≈ $392/hd at 339 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $114.92/cwt -0.60 vs last sale · ≈ $596/hd at 519 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	507	286	405
Feeder cattle	271	127	199
Slaughter cattle	42	38	28
Replacement cattle	68	12	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Calhoun (381) . Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	129.00	$129.00	$529	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	145.00	$145.00	$645	—
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	1	105.00	$105.00	$782	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	321	4	130.00–135.00	$132.25	$425	—
355–395	381	5	125.00–128.00	$126.80	$483	-3.26
400–445	436	6	118.00–125.00	$122.14	$533	-7.86
455–475	465	4	116.00–118.00	$117.02	$544	-1.09
500–545	519	10	114.00–116.00	$114.92	$596	-0.60
555–575	560	4	110.00–111.00	$110.26	$617	-2.20
600–645	612	9	105.00–107.00	$106.24	$650	-2.76
660–665	661	6	93.00–103.00	$96.83	$640	-9.17
700–745	734	4	87.00–88.00	$87.24	$640	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	263	4	114.00–120.00	$116.91	$307	—
330–345	339	11	110.00–120.00	$115.68	$392	—
355–365	363	8	108.00–117.00	$112.53	$408	-7.18
435–445	440	6	105.00–115.00	$110.46	$486	+0.46
455–465	458	6	105.00–113.00	$109.30	$501	—
520–545	532	6	105.00–106.00	$105.66	$562	—
660	660	2	90.00	$90.00	$594	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	3	139.00–146.00	$143.35	$476	—
355–380	369	8	137.00–146.00	$139.74	$516	-4.32
400–445	436	6	134.00–138.00	$135.29	$590	-6.34
455–465	463	6	124.00–128.00	$125.84	$583	-0.57
500–514	509	6	116.50–122.00	$118.30	$602	-5.70
555–570	565	6	114.00–116.00	$115.35	$652	—
600–645	634	4	110.00–112.00	$111.53	$707	—
770	770	1	92.00	$92.00	$708	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	4	150.00–158.00	$153.89	$506	-6.61
350–355	353	4	145.00–154.00	$149.47	$528	-2.42
435–440	438	3	135.00–136.00	$135.33	$593	-7.33
455–460	457	5	129.00–132.00	$130.61	$597	-9.39
500–530	510	6	125.00–131.00	$129.67	$661	+2.63
555–575	560	4	122.00–125.00	$123.00	$689	—
630–645	638	4	110.00–115.00	$112.47	$718	—
655–680	667	5	104.00–110.00	$105.59	$704	—
765–770	768	2	104.00–105.00	$104.50	$803	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	4	140.00–146.00	$143.05	$408	—
300–335	324	4	138.00–145.00	$142.46	$462	-1.30
355–370	359	4	128.00–138.00	$132.56	$476	-2.00
400–445	427	3	125.00–128.00	$126.33	$539	—
455–480	470	5	125.00–127.00	$126.23	$593	—
500–545	520	4	110.00–112.00	$110.78	$576	+0.78
665–680	673	2	90.00–95.00	$92.47	$622	—
755–770	765	3	80.00–85.00	$83.32	$637	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–480	463	3	142.00–143.00	$142.65	$660	-8.05
505–530	522	3	141.00–143.00	$141.65	$739	+5.65
555–575	565	4	127.00–134.00	$129.29	$730	-8.16
600–645	621	5	123.00–126.00	$124.60	$774	—
660–670	663	4	120.00–126.00	$122.49	$812	—
700–745	715	3	112.00–117.00	$114.33	$817	—
755–780	771	4	111.00–114.00	$112.50	$867	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1590	1284	80-85%	8	54.00–59.00	$56.83	$730	—
1120–1510	1315	80-85%	2	50.00–52.00	$50.85	$669	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1100	996	85-90%	5	50.00–55.00	$51.25	$510	-1.72
1050–1100	1075	85-90%	2	44.00–45.00	$44.49	$478	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1310	1287	3	73.50–77.50	$75.33	$969	—
1700–1980	1848	3	80.50–83.50	$82.28	$1,521	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–920	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	580.00–800.00	$696.99
900–1400	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	560.00–750.00	$644.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1290	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–1,020.00	$890.40

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	60.00–80.00	$71.11	-26.83
40–45	43	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	120.00–130.00	$125.29	+27.35
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	190.00	$190.00	+12.50
70–75	73	—	—	2	180.00–200.00	$190.34	+12.84
80–85	81	—	—	4	150.00–230.00	$191.85	-8.15
105–120	111	—	—	4	200.00–295.00	$248.65	+42.82
118	118	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	2	300.00–450.00	$375.00	+169.17

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1180	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	870.00–950.00	$915.38	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1420	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,180.00–1,290.00	$1,243.50	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	640.00	$640.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	230.00	$230.00	—
80–90	85	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	240.00–325.00	$284.85	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	2	80.00–120.00	$100.00	+2.14
30–35	33	2	130.00–140.00	$135.38	+31.43
40–45	43	2	105.00–125.00	$115.59	-4.70
50–55	52	6	130.00–145.00	$139.19	+0.98
50–55	52	3	165.00–180.00	$175.16	+36.95
60–65	63	2	155.00–180.00	$168.00	+3.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–35	28	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	8	70.00–122.50	$106.13	-8.87
50–55	52	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	3	130.00–150.00	$139.68	-24.78
60–65	63	—	—	2	170.00–180.00	$175.20	+10.74
60–75	66	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	120.00–200.00	$162.63	-1.83
65–75	69	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	4	160.00–175.00	$167.27	+2.81
70	70	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	290.00	$290.00	+125.54
70–75	73	—	—	2	150.00–195.00	$171.72	+32.95
75	75	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	210.00	$210.00	+71.23
80–85	83	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	160.00–190.00	$175.45	-25.14
90–95	93	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	210.00–250.00	$230.54	+29.95
105–125	117	—	—	3	170.00–210.00	$187.29	-17.92
150–160	155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	300.00–320.00	$310.32	-19.68

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.