Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2025-02-12

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 276▲ 21 vs year ago 135 · +15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 26▲ 9 vs year ago 25 · +36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher, all feeder classes 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 $257.60/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −61.68 against this barn's trailing median of $319.28.
Average price
$257.60
17 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,417
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527276.691,4583thin
Medium and Large 2557264.941,4766thin
Medium and Large 3554244.941,3568thin
One grade step is worth $31.75/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale17 hd
257.60
—
GA average16 barns · 341 hd
275.61
−18.01
This barn, trailing median14 sales
319.28
−61.68
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—High1,655159.502,6402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,112132.931,47810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,415131.771,8652thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low839123.471,0367thin

Every lot

64 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367328.27/cwt315.00–335.001,2053
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4491
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215350.00/cwt350.00–350.007531
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260330.00/cwt330.00–330.008581
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263313.64/cwt310.00–317.508252
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3277296.44/cwt290.00–302.508215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305307.50/cwt307.50–307.509381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318294.82/cwt290.00–300.009383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345277.50/cwt270.00–285.009572
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369289.15/cwt285.00–295.001,0679
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373274.97/cwt270.00–280.001,0262
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414286.41/cwt280.00–295.001,1867
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415262.53/cwt260.00–265.001,0892
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467264.81/cwt257.50–270.001,2373
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517249.16/cwt240.00–257.501,2885
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575248.52/cwt240.00–257.501,4292
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4731
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225390.00/cwt390.00–390.008781
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273417.43/cwt410.00–425.001,1402
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285325.00/cwt325.00–325.009261
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3322304.95/cwt300.00–310.009823
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325377.15/cwt370.00–385.001,2262
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325353.27/cwt340.00–365.001,1482
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3358295.03/cwt290.00–300.001,0562
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380348.27/cwt345.00–350.001,3233
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3571
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423309.40/cwt300.00–320.001,3095
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423287.37/cwt280.00–295.001,2162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3468260.66/cwt250.00–270.001,2204
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4641
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486290.50/cwt280.00–297.501,4129
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513277.54/cwt275.00–280.001,4242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535267.50/cwt262.50–272.501,4312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3539250.63/cwt250.00–252.501,3514
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568263.66/cwt255.00–270.001,4984
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568239.25/cwt230.00–250.001,3594
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623237.65/cwt235.00–240.001,4813
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5081
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685231.25/cwt230.00–232.501,5842
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3713219.97/cwt217.50–222.501,5682
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3758168.78/cwt160.00–177.501,2792
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778182.49/cwt180.00–185.001,4202
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,1641
Bulls——1,905165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,1431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%593131.99/cwt130.00–134.007832
Cows—Boner 80-85%750140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0501
Cows—Lean 85-90%825109.00/cwt109.00–109.008991
Cows—Lean 85-90%965122.82/cwt119.00–126.001,1854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091129.10/cwt126.00–131.001,4084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201134.57/cwt132.00–139.001,6165
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415131.77/cwt129.00–134.001,8652

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.