Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2024-09-11

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Sep 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 139 vs last sale 118▼ 40 vs year ago 297 · −13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 27▲ 21 vs year ago 22 · +95.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cattle 5.00 lower, feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 lower, Feeder bulls 5.00 lower, Feeder heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $207.14/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −148.39 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$207.14
23 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.90
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 1530215.791,14310thin
Medium and Large 2527207.661,0949thin
Medium and Large 3535184.329874thin
One grade step is worth $31.47/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale23 hd
207.14
—
GA average15 barns · 876 hd
218.03
−10.90
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−31.47
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−148.39
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%Low1,315119.261,56830
CowsLean 85-90%Low997100.711,0049thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375260.00/cwt260.00–260.009751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410232.44/cwt230.00–240.009534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425259.70/cwt255.00–265.001,1049
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1371
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471256.71/cwt255.00–260.001,2097
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526246.36/cwt240.00–250.001,2967
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565231.67/cwt230.00–235.001,3093
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329241.29/cwt240.00–245.007944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374234.01/cwt230.00–240.0087514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422230.13/cwt225.00–235.0097111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426221.23/cwt220.00–227.009427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3431212.00/cwt210.00–220.009145
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465227.92/cwt225.00–235.001,0605
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471212.42/cwt210.00–215.001,0007
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519217.84/cwt215.00–225.001,1318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3522185.76/cwt180.00–190.009703
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524209.62/cwt206.00–212.001,0988
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573207.58/cwt205.00–210.001,1892
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0351
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630150.00/cwt150.00–150.009451
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720192.48/cwt190.00–195.001,3862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338225.11/cwt220.00–230.007612
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1339253.01/cwt250.00–260.008584
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350230.00/cwt230.00–230.008051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3369211.79/cwt210.00–215.007825
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371268.55/cwt265.00–275.009967
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419254.90/cwt250.00–260.001,0685
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431240.99/cwt240.00–245.001,0395
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435223.12/cwt220.00–230.009717
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0582
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471211.39/cwt210.00–217.0099610
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478204.76/cwt200.00–220.009794
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511203.12/cwt200.00–210.001,0387
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3513188.31/cwt185.00–190.009663
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0743
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568182.56/cwt180.00–185.001,0372
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3623155.00/cwt155.00–155.009662
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670163.58/cwt160.00–167.001,0962
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2071
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1661
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3501
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%863132.02/cwt130.00–134.001,1392
Cows—Lean 85-90%98589.91/cwt86.00–95.008863
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003106.11/cwt100.00–109.001,0646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,316114.90/cwt110.00–117.001,51212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,371120.93/cwt118.00–126.001,65816

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.