Calhoun Stockyard Market Report

Calhoun, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 27, 2022

431 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $153.66/cwt ≈ $650/hd at 423 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.22/cwt +9.30 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 467 lb · 15 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $174.79/cwt ≈ $617/hd at 353 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	431	386	319
Feeder cattle	266	172	128
Slaughter cattle	40	37	31
Replacement cattle	44	44	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–582	578	6	143.00–145.00	$143.32	$828	—
615	615	1	143.00	$143.00	$879	-12.00
685–686	686	9	140.00–145.00	$140.55	$964	—
700–735	718	2	132.00–140.00	$135.90	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	144.00	$144.00	$742	—
553–555	553	6	140.00–142.00	$140.33	$776	—
660	660	1	139.00	$139.00	$917	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	170.00	$170.00	$434	—
355–365	360	2	170.00	$170.00	$612	—
555–575	565	2	133.00–135.00	$134.02	$757	—
655	655	1	122.00	$122.00	$799	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	148.00	$148.00	$377	—
330–338	335	8	135.00–145.00	$139.01	$466	—
355–395	375	4	135.00–145.00	$141.21	$530	-1.49
455–472	467	15	134.00–142.00	$139.22	$650	+9.30
500–545	537	6	126.00–136.50	$133.68	$718	+5.16
555–570	563	6	120.00–126.00	$121.33	$683	—
600–645	620	4	109.00–119.00	$112.29	$696	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	375	3	150.00–157.00	$153.44	$575	-4.56
425–445	432	3	150.00–157.00	$152.41	$658	—
455–465	460	4	144.00–154.00	$147.54	$679	—
470 value added	470	1	157.00	$157.00	$738	±0.00
500–505	504	8	143.00–148.00	$147.38	$743	+4.87
555–588	581	5	129.50–133.00	$130.17	$756	-6.83
615–625	619	5	124.50–129.00	$126.32	$782	—
660	660	1	123.00	$123.00	$812	+1.00
700–730	720	5	120.00–123.00	$120.81	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–360	357	3	121.00–128.00	$124.65	$445	-3.87
435–445	440	2	120.00–128.00	$124.05	$546	—
455–465	460	2	115.00–124.00	$119.55	$550	-1.77
500–543	521	7	114.00–121.00	$117.96	$615	-2.09

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	175.00	$175.00	$490	—
355–390	366	6	155.00–165.00	$160.86	$589	-5.13
406–445	423	15	150.00–159.00	$153.66	$650	—
455–465	460	8	150.00–155.00	$151.98	$699	+0.57
500–535	518	8	136.00–144.00	$139.10	$721	-1.28
555–575	568	4	134.00–140.00	$137.01	$778	+2.18
600–645	615	3	124.00–128.00	$125.72	$773	—
655–675	665	5	117.00–124.00	$121.79	$810	-1.32

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–265	258	3	144.00–150.00	$147.29	$380	-12.71
300–335	321	4	140.00–150.00	$145.11	$466	-5.17
355–365	358	4	140.00–144.00	$142.01	$508	-5.14
455–480	465	7	138.00–144.00	$140.70	$654	+3.67
500–535	512	3	129.00–135.00	$131.09	$671	+5.07
555–580	573	4	120.00–127.00	$123.78	$709	+7.52
600–635	625	7	117.00–122.00	$120.63	$754	—
660–675	668	4	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$718	-5.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–355	353	10	170.00–176.00	$174.79	$617	—
425–445	430	10	164.00–170.00	$165.72	$713	-7.20
455–490	463	5	159.00–164.00	$160.40	$743	-1.65
500–535	523	3	151.00–156.00	$154.07	$806	-3.93
555–575	562	3	142.00–151.00	$147.27	$828	+1.98

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1335	1276	80-85%	7	60.00–64.00	$61.44	$784	—
1000–1565	1314	80-85%	11	70.00–76.00	$73.73	$969	-0.23
1250–1655	1474	80-85%	5	79.00–85.00	$82.75	$1,220	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1100	1050	85-90%	4	48.00–53.00	$51.55	$541	-1.76
1100–1130	1110	85-90%	3	55.00–62.00	$59.03	$655	+1.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580	1580	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,580	—
1700–2005	1866	4	88.50–90.50	$89.55	$1,671	—
1770–1990	1890	4	75.00–80.00	$78.80	$1,489	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1110	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	530.00–780.00	$669.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1100	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$845.76
1240	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00

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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	67.50–77.50	$73.06	-9.16
70	70	—	—	1	160.00	$160.00	+12.16
175	175	—	—	1	525.00	$525.00	+175.10

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–700	660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	500.00–650.00	$579.55	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	785.00	$785.00	—

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	2	675.00	$675.00	—
105	105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	625.00	$625.00	+475.00
110	110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	270.00	$270.00	+120.00
120	120	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	3	550.00	$550.00	+73.17
165	165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	625.00	$625.00	+105.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
10–15	13	2	100.00–150.00	$120.00	+45.00
20–25	23	2	77.50–80.00	$78.61	+3.61
25	25	2	90.00–100.00	$95.00	+20.00
30–35	33	3	115.00–160.00	$138.25	+31.48
45	45	4	157.50–180.00	$168.75	+36.98
50–55	52	3	165.00–205.00	$190.81	+29.36
70	70	1	260.00	$260.00	+96.55
85	85	1	175.00	$175.00	-40.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20–25	23	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	2	105.00–160.00	$135.56	-10.91
65–75	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	165.00–260.00	$193.93	+41.84
80	80	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	325.00	$325.00	-70.85
80–85	83	—	—	2	325.00–350.00	$337.88	+166.74
80–85	83	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	150.00–200.00	$175.76	+4.62
80–85	83	—	—	4	160.00–225.00	$176.74	+5.60
90–95	91	—	—	5	185.00–280.00	$239.56	+7.06
95	95	—	—	1	350.00	$350.00	+117.50
100–105	103	—	—	4	162.50–235.00	$199.63	-51.52
100–110	104	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	195.00–260.00	$232.29	-18.86
110	110	Yearlings (1-2 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	+352.70
115	115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	510.00	$510.00	+262.70
145	145	—	—	1	365.00	$365.00	+15.00
150	150	—	—	2	305.00	$305.00	—

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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.