Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-05-22

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, May 22
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 178▲ 8 vs year ago 162 · +4.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 25▼ 21 vs year ago 45 · −46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 23▼ 29 vs year ago 60 · −48.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.98/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −104.55 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$250.98
20 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,330
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.64
vs GA average
−25.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540258.721,3977thin
Medium and Large 2520255.501,3297thin
Medium and Large 3530236.671,2546thin
One grade step is worth $22.05/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd
250.98
—
GA average14 barns · 413 hd
247.34
+3.64
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
−25.48
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−104.55
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—Low1,571153.532,4125thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,324131.871,74614
CowsLean 85-90%High1,102115.381,2715thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,203$1,9252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,269$1,7268
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,081$2,02322

Every lot

70 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3278325.05/cwt320.00–330.009042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323332.67/cwt330.00–335.001,0752
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3358313.40/cwt310.00–320.001,1223
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423305.27/cwt300.00–310.001,2912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433345.00/cwt340.00–351.001,4944
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443327.49/cwt325.00–330.001,4512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460337.05/cwt332.00–342.001,5502
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,4494
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468295.13/cwt290.00–300.001,3812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505314.95/cwt310.00–320.001,5904
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524300.49/cwt300.00–302.001,5754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565305.98/cwt305.00–307.001,7292
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569287.03/cwt280.00–292.501,6338
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618262.53/cwt260.00–265.001,6222
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6861
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7781
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250315.00/cwt315.00–315.007881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3331293.22/cwt290.00–298.009714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360275.73/cwt270.00–280.009933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369305.44/cwt302.00–307.501,1274
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370311.30/cwt310.00–312.501,1522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418303.61/cwt300.00–307.501,2696
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421258.91/cwt254.00–264.001,0904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428273.26/cwt267.00–280.001,1706
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459267.15/cwt262.00–272.001,2267
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462255.04/cwt250.00–260.001,1783
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466277.36/cwt275.00–280.001,2925
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3503248.33/cwt247.50–250.001,2493
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2504258.19/cwt255.00–262.001,3015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513264.67/cwt262.00–267.001,3583
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3557225.01/cwt220.00–230.001,2533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560254.25/cwt250.00–257.501,4244
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560248.76/cwt247.50–250.001,3932
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616249.39/cwt247.50–250.001,5364
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623225.18/cwt220.00–230.001,4032
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655233.47/cwt230.00–237.001,5292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673214.94/cwt210.00–220.001,4473
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315331.31/cwt330.00–332.501,0442
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323314.81/cwt310.00–320.001,0172
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3362305.05/cwt300.00–310.001,1043
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365322.50/cwt320.00–325.001,1772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372333.27/cwt330.00–335.001,2403
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428290.01/cwt285.00–295.001,2414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2442303.32/cwt300.00–310.001,3413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456290.01/cwt285.00–300.001,3225
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3459275.00/cwt270.00–280.001,2624
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3503261.37/cwt257.00–267.001,3153
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565237.09/cwt232.00–242.001,3402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5901
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3623228.77/cwt227.50–230.001,4252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628242.43/cwt240.00–245.001,5222
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5431
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,442147.28/cwt145.00–151.002,1243
Bulls——1,765162.91/cwt160.00–166.002,8752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030118.36/cwt115.00–121.001,2192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145105.09/cwt101.00–110.001,2032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283121.81/cwt120.00–125.001,5633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298131.91/cwt130.00–137.001,7128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,433141.83/cwt140.00–145.002,0323
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39671,767.24/head1,650.00–1,900.001,7676
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1172,401.49/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4016
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1281,948.45/head1,800.00–2,050.001,94810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2071,569.18/head1,300.00–1,750.001,5695
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2201,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3731,988.23/head1,800.00–2,350.001,9883

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.