Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-08-21

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Aug 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 16▲ 45 vs year ago 94 · +47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 58▼ 19 vs year ago 35 · −54.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows were lightly tested, and all feeder classes had a limited comparable sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $209.35/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −146.18 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$209.35
15 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.98
vs GA average
−35.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542214.781,1648thin
Medium and Large 3558203.151,1347thin
One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $30 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 sale15 hd
209.35
—
GA average16 barns · 681 hd
223.33
−13.98
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−35.06
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−146.18
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225137.271,68210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100123.661,3602thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2131
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445253.75/cwt250.00–257.501,1292
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465259.84/cwt255.00–265.001,2082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0672
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520257.96/cwt256.00–260.001,3413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520245.74/cwt242.50–250.001,2784
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618223.89/cwt220.00–228.001,3842
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255240.00/cwt240.00–240.006121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320252.50/cwt252.50–252.508081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340262.50/cwt262.50–262.508931
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3377226.73/cwt220.00–230.008553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430231.68/cwt230.00–235.009966
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440223.74/cwt222.50–225.009842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469221.88/cwt220.00–227.501,0414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518213.74/cwt210.00–220.001,1074
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532202.37/cwt200.00–207.501,0773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566215.81/cwt210.00–220.001,2214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578203.73/cwt200.00–205.001,1784
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637192.51/cwt190.00–195.001,2263
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3240305.00/cwt305.00–305.007321
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290330.00/cwt330.00–330.009571
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320305.00/cwt305.00–305.009761
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0011
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383281.24/cwt280.00–282.501,0772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3388254.90/cwt250.00–260.009892
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434239.89/cwt237.00–247.501,0414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459234.98/cwt230.00–237.501,0795
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2512235.03/cwt230.00–237.501,2033
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573216.22/cwt215.00–217.501,2392
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3161
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100129.44/cwt125.00–132.001,4243
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100123.66/cwt120.00–127.001,3602
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230146.33/cwt143.00–150.001,8002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298138.34/cwt134.00–141.001,7965

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.