We only averaged $500 this year. How old are your calves when you all sell them? We start calving the second week of January and wean in the first week of October so our calves are heavy! Two, three years ago, it was not uncommon to get $1.00 or more a pound for calves over 800 pounds. I sold one of my steers three years ago that was over 900 pounds and got over $1000 for him. Ah, the good ole days! But now, those heavy calves are docked because they'll finish too fast in the feedlot, so the best we got was around $575. Cattle are basically not a money making operation around here anymore. We just raise cattle for the fun of it now!