Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-04-10

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Apr 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 233▼ 118 vs year ago 209 · −56.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 31▼ 4 vs year ago 24 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 16▼ 18 vs year ago 21 · −85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.01/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −100.51 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$255.01
12 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,361
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.84
vs GA average
−8.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530275.361,4595thin
Medium and Large 2527259.751,3693thin
Medium and Large 3544226.031,2304thin
One grade step is worth $49.33/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd
255.01
—
GA average15 barns · 428 hd
247.18
+7.84
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−8.95
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−100.51
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

18 sales
432380329277median 355.5203/1805/0607/1509/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.00, low $291.08, median $355.52 across 18 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—Average1,457142.672,0783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,255123.871,55414
CowsLean 85-90%Low980105.661,0363thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,3502thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6171
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525285.78/cwt282.00–290.001,5003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560292.48/cwt290.00–295.001,6382
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285299.02/cwt298.00–300.008522
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323303.14/cwt300.00–307.009793
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358300.00/cwt298.00–302.001,0743
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363268.43/cwt265.00–272.009742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378283.76/cwt282.50–285.001,0732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430293.83/cwt290.00–297.501,2633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467246.88/cwt242.00–252.001,1533
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483290.04/cwt288.00–295.001,4015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521281.70/cwt272.50–290.001,4684
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523231.04/cwt230.00–232.001,2082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527259.75/cwt255.00–264.001,3693
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565221.02/cwt220.00–222.001,2492
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3001
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3711
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315334.38/cwt330.00–340.001,0534
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470292.03/cwt286.00–297.001,3734
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471278.67/cwt275.00–285.001,3134
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518287.33/cwt285.00–290.001,4883
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520269.39/cwt265.00–275.001,4014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3529252.56/cwt250.00–257.501,3364
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568236.09/cwt230.00–240.001,3415
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570257.48/cwt255.00–260.001,4684
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3605210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2711
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5181
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6771
Bulls——1,540149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893111.99/cwt109.00–115.001,0002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193119.85/cwt117.00–122.001,4306
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301126.88/cwt125.00–130.001,6518
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1001,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3502

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.