Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-08-28

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Aug 28
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 139▲ 59 vs year ago 87 · +67.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 16▲ 17 vs year ago 8 · +212.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 16 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 and bulls lightly tested, all classes of feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $217.92/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −101.36 against this barn's trailing median of $319.28.
Average price
$217.92
13 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$45.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.15
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500250.001,2501thin
Medium and Large 2533220.521,1758thin
Medium and Large 3530204.701,0844thin
One grade step is worth $45.31/cwt here — about $166 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 sale13 hd
217.92
—
GA average15 barns · 370 hd
224.06
−6.15
This barn, trailing median14 sales
319.28
−101.36
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—Average1,732151.102,6173thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,023117.871,2068thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average834105.108774thin

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)919$1,9768

Every lot

52 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410312.47/cwt310.00–315.001,2812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425271.71/cwt267.00–276.001,1552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470261.77/cwt260.00–265.001,2304
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480253.36/cwt247.00–260.001,2162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511252.47/cwt250.00–260.001,2904
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560235.00/cwt230.00–240.001,3162
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618227.45/cwt225.00–230.001,4062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4741
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200250.00/cwt250.00–250.005001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265220.00/cwt220.00–220.005831
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295240.00/cwt240.00–240.007081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313240.00/cwt240.00–240.007512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360242.57/cwt240.00–245.008732
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365260.57/cwt257.00–265.009514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423243.97/cwt240.00–250.001,0325
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433233.40/cwt230.00–237.001,0112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463232.00/cwt230.00–237.001,0748
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520227.48/cwt225.00–230.001,1832
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537212.30/cwt210.00–215.001,1403
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559212.37/cwt210.00–215.001,1875
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573201.78/cwt200.00–205.001,1564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615209.48/cwt207.00–212.001,2882
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315280.00/cwt280.00–280.008822
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318304.96/cwt300.00–310.009702
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370296.58/cwt295.00–300.001,0973
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3376277.73/cwt275.00–285.001,0449
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414272.94/cwt270.00–280.001,1304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428246.65/cwt240.00–250.001,0563
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437264.03/cwt260.00–267.001,1543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464244.24/cwt240.00–247.001,1334
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523206.26/cwt202.00–212.001,0793
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524222.34/cwt220.00–227.001,1656
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560215.04/cwt210.00–220.001,2042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3605196.01/cwt195.00–197.001,1862
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,630154.15/cwt150.00–158.002,5132
Bulls——1,935145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,8061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%834105.10/cwt100.00–109.008774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010114.70/cwt112.00–116.001,1585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045123.14/cwt122.00–125.001,2873
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29191,976.02/head1,675.00–2,375.001,9768

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.