Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-09-04

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Sep 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 146▲ 24 vs year ago 94 · +25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 25▼ 3 vs year ago 30 · −10.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 16▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder steers and heifers steady, and feeder bulls 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 $209.22/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −146.30 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$209.22
21 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.52
vs GA average
−31.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543211.951,15116thin
Medium and Large 3572200.501,1475thin
One grade step is worth $11.45/cwt here — about $4 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 sale21 hd
209.22
—
GA average14 barns · 458 hd
223.74
−14.52
National average148 barns · 7,025 hd
240.69
−31.47
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−146.30
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%Low1,272129.221,64420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,273124.501,5842thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,075121.371,3053thin

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)799$1,8788

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413308.68/cwt305.00–312.501,2752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458279.15/cwt272.50–285.001,2793
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1391
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475263.91/cwt260.00–267.501,2542
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518263.28/cwt260.00–265.001,3643
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2032
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575242.53/cwt237.50–247.501,3953
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4731
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265225.00/cwt225.00–225.005961
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335255.00/cwt255.00–255.008541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385234.91/cwt230.00–240.009043
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410201.98/cwt200.00–210.008285
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425230.63/cwt225.00–237.509804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480204.84/cwt200.00–210.009832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481223.33/cwt220.00–230.001,0746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0891
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531212.64/cwt210.00–220.001,12910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563210.79/cwt207.50–217.501,1876
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3584198.75/cwt195.00–205.001,1614
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613208.10/cwt205.00–215.001,2764
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3622197.50/cwt195.00–200.001,2283
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3672163.40/cwt160.00–170.001,0983
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688191.25/cwt190.00–192.501,3162
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2471
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405245.00/cwt245.00–245.009921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428286.30/cwt285.00–287.501,2252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3467233.44/cwt230.00–237.501,0903
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480265.05/cwt260.00–270.001,2722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530216.03/cwt215.00–218.001,1453
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3091
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2291
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1201
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075121.37/cwt119.00–125.001,3053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,085120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224123.35/cwt119.00–126.001,5106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260131.10/cwt127.00–134.001,65212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,8831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,490135.56/cwt135.00–136.002,0202
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27221,686.69/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6874
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-38752,069.00/head1,975.00–2,150.002,0694

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.