Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-04-24

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Apr 24
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 178▼ 1 vs year ago 164 · −0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 30▼ 7 vs year ago 20 · −35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 11 vs year ago 15 · −73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, 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 $244.12/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −111.41 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$244.12
17 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.40
vs GA average
−26.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520266.581,3864thin
Medium and Large 2539242.761,3076thin
Medium and Large 3536232.451,2457thin
One grade step is worth $34.13/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale17 hd
244.12
—
GA average14 barns · 400 hd
247.52
−3.40
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−26.07
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−111.41
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—Average1,708136.032,3232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,262116.931,4767thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low955101.009651thin

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)1,190$2,0002thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427316.66/cwt315.00–320.001,3523
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458306.23/cwt300.00–310.001,4034
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508287.97/cwt286.00–290.001,4632
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528295.02/cwt290.00–300.001,5582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565275.09/cwt270.00–280.001,5542
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328285.03/cwt280.00–290.009353
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360275.07/cwt270.00–280.009903
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373258.57/cwt257.00–260.009642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375296.32/cwt295.00–297.501,1112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424251.26/cwt245.00–260.001,0655
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431269.46/cwt262.00–275.001,1615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432282.33/cwt280.00–285.001,2203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460262.77/cwt257.00–267.001,2094
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461272.27/cwt270.00–277.001,2554
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473244.91/cwt240.00–250.001,1584
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515254.83/cwt250.00–257.501,3123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3516240.01/cwt235.00–245.001,2384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520266.58/cwt262.00–272.001,3864
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562230.68/cwt230.00–232.001,2963
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3562222.36/cwt220.00–225.001,2503
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620225.08/cwt220.00–230.001,3952
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630202.44/cwt200.00–205.001,2752
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668182.53/cwt180.00–185.001,2192
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3723180.16/cwt175.00–185.001,3032
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4962
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3367286.77/cwt285.00–290.001,0523
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368336.55/cwt335.00–338.001,2392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368331.29/cwt330.00–332.501,2192
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428316.73/cwt315.00–320.001,3563
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429301.38/cwt295.00–305.001,2934
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430278.66/cwt275.00–285.001,1984
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455306.34/cwt305.00–307.001,3943
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456295.64/cwt290.00–300.001,3484
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464268.44/cwt260.00–280.001,2465
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3524252.48/cwt245.00–260.001,3234
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526271.98/cwt267.50–277.001,4315
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558237.53/cwt230.00–245.001,3254
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562272.36/cwt270.00–275.001,5313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565256.75/cwt255.00–260.001,4514
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618232.38/cwt227.00–235.001,4365
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3622215.01/cwt212.00–220.001,3373
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3678215.62/cwt212.00–220.001,4623
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,708136.03/cwt135.00–137.002,3232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955101.00/cwt101.00–101.009651
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,093109.17/cwt106.00–112.001,1932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330120.03/cwt118.00–121.001,5965
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002

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.