Holstein bull calves here are bringing $5/lb and more, for the ones that are 85 lbs and bigger... about 2 months ago, I sold a 120 lb holstein bull calf I got off a dairy, their hutches were full, and they are 2 hours from the stockyard and won't go that far for 1 or 2 calves, which I understand..... along with a set of twin bulls that weighed about 60 lbs each... got just shy of $600 for the 120 lb calf, made a little, and KEPT the twins... they are on 1x a day milk, now and eating grain and all... might weigh over 100 lbs now but they will not bring those prices as they are "started calves" , they want "new" bottle calves for those prices... why, I am not sure, since the veal market fell apart several years ago... but this set of twins will make me money as feeders and they are not costing much to raise, and I have no purchase cost in them.
One of the dairies I test for breeds about 1/3 of his cows to beef... does not use sexed semen much, so gets some holstein bulls and some black calves male and female... and there is someone that comes once a week and gets all they have... paying upwards of $6-800 A CALF.... goes to 3 or 4 farms and gets them right off the farm... of course the calves have a better chance because they are not exposed to soo many germs and pathogens by going to the stockyards....
I can remember when you could not get near as much for a hol x angus(black) calf as you could for a straight hol bull calf... and buying bull calves off the dairy for $25-50 a piece... Holstein feeder steers; at 400-500 lbs, you would be very happy with getting $.50-.75 /lb..... now they are in the $2.00/lb range.