Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-05-29

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, May 29
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 170▲ 6 vs year ago 88 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 24▲ 3 vs year ago 26 · +11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 31▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull and heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $259.67/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −59.61 against this barn's trailing median of $319.28.
Average price
$259.67
10 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,425
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.87
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548267.501,4652thin
Medium and Large 2545259.861,4176thin
Medium and Large 3560251.251,4072thin
One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about $58 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 sale10 hd
259.67
—
GA average12 barns · 159 hd
270.54
−10.87
This barn, trailing median14 sales
319.28
−59.61
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—Average1,503143.002,1503thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,166134.341,56614
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,108107.201,1886thin

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)730$9751thin

Every lot

50 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3438289.91/cwt285.00–295.001,2702
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4741
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2291
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563277.60/cwt270.00–285.001,5632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373311.85/cwt310.00–315.001,1634
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375286.58/cwt285.00–290.001,0753
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422279.75/cwt275.00–287.501,1813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423293.19/cwt290.00–300.001,2403
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460271.26/cwt270.00–272.501,2482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1503260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511252.96/cwt250.00–255.001,2934
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577238.19/cwt235.00–242.501,3743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628232.49/cwt230.00–235.001,4602
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4141
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325335.40/cwt330.00–340.001,0905
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325314.90/cwt310.00–320.001,0233
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1892
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2392
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418323.23/cwt320.00–330.001,3513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460295.05/cwt290.00–300.001,3572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465273.63/cwt270.00–277.501,2722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528263.54/cwt260.00–267.001,3914
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4231
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4652
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615251.26/cwt250.00–252.501,5452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3713195.02/cwt190.00–200.001,3902
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5411
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495138.00/cwt135.00–141.002,0632
Bulls——1,520153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,3261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038103.77/cwt101.00–105.001,0773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115134.73/cwt131.00–138.001,5026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166126.85/cwt125.00–130.001,4795
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178110.63/cwt109.00–113.001,3033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267146.02/cwt143.00–150.001,8503
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-3730975.00/head975.00–975.009751

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.