Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-03-20

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Mar 20
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 234▲ 52 vs year ago 172 · +30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 35▼ 6 vs year ago 36 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.50/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −47.78 against this barn's trailing median of $319.28.
Average price
$271.50
24 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.75
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542285.591,54910thin
Medium and Large 2547269.481,4748thin
Medium and Large 3551250.711,3816thin
One grade step is worth $34.88/cwt here — about $167 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 sale24 hd
271.50
—
GA average12 barns · 153 hd
272.24
−0.75
This barn, trailing median14 sales
319.28
−47.78
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

14 sales
430373316259median 319.2803/2505/2707/2209/1610/07
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $415.51, low $272.86, median $319.28 across 14 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—Average1,865150.002,7981thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,170123.511,4456thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08799.821,0855thin

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Jackson Regional Stockyard - Jackson, 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423343.55/cwt340.00–347.501,4532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4192
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1227325.07/cwt320.00–330.007383
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277314.94/cwt310.00–320.008723
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321314.27/cwt310.00–317.501,0098
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333292.32/cwt290.00–295.009733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358289.29/cwt285.00–295.001,0364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361304.93/cwt300.00–310.001,1017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369263.47/cwt260.00–270.009724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431289.95/cwt287.00–292.501,2505
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444282.25/cwt280.00–285.001,2534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458253.32/cwt250.00–257.001,1603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461262.31/cwt260.00–270.001,2096
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471285.55/cwt277.50–286.501,34514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2509255.70/cwt250.00–260.001,3024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562244.81/cwt242.50–247.501,3765
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565235.37/cwt230.00–240.001,3305
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565221.72/cwt220.00–225.001,2534
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623237.23/cwt232.00–242.501,4782
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3273326.69/cwt320.00–337.008924
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283350.06/cwt345.00–355.009913
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327361.94/cwt360.00–365.001,1846
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3327314.57/cwt310.00–320.001,0295
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332339.04/cwt335.00–345.001,1265
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3357300.03/cwt295.00–305.001,0715
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362325.73/cwt320.00–330.001,17910
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380345.04/cwt340.00–350.001,3113
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434331.79/cwt327.50–335.001,4404
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3436293.06/cwt290.00–300.001,2785
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440315.36/cwt305.00–317.501,38814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1457319.03/cwt310.00–325.001,4585
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3459284.03/cwt280.00–290.001,3045
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2461301.03/cwt295.00–307.001,3886
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515289.29/cwt288.00–290.001,4903
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521273.91/cwt270.00–280.001,4274
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523258.56/cwt257.00–260.001,3522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5737
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565246.78/cwt245.00–250.001,3944
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573265.04/cwt260.00–270.001,5194
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623256.30/cwt255.00–257.501,5972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623251.04/cwt250.00–252.001,5642
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,865150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00892.57/cwt90.00–95.009332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2881
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140104.65/cwt104.00–105.001,1933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180132.53/cwt132.00–133.001,5642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180120.33/cwt119.00–122.001,4203

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.