Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2025-08-20

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Aug 20
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 253▲ 5 vs year ago 139 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 40▲ 24 vs year ago 16 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 5▲ 18 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 steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder bulls unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.29/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +21.01 against this barn's trailing median of $319.28.
Average price
$340.29
17 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.82
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524350.991,83810thin
Medium and Large 2509335.021,7054thin
Medium and Large 3507311.641,5803thin
One grade step is worth $39.35/cwt here — about $258 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 sale17 hd
340.29
—
GA average13 barns · 426 hd
332.47
+7.82
This barn, trailing median14 sales
319.28
+21.01
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—Low1,565188.502,9502thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,890165.003,1191thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222162.081,98119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,046142.391,49017

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$2,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$2,2272thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)600$1,6504thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2223485.17/cwt480.00–490.001,0822
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225532.72/cwt530.00–535.001,1992
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303483.32/cwt480.00–485.001,4643
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365482.47/cwt480.00–485.001,7612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375414.80/cwt410.00–420.001,5562
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423342.81/cwt335.00–350.001,4502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426390.96/cwt385.00–400.001,6655
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535372.48/cwt370.00–375.001,9932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565362.50/cwt360.00–365.002,0482
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210470.00/cwt470.00–470.009871
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235419.89/cwt405.00–435.009873
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280427.41/cwt425.00–430.001,1972
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325354.92/cwt350.00–360.001,1532
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358352.45/cwt345.00–360.001,2622
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385380.06/cwt375.00–385.001,4633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414381.25/cwt370.00–390.001,5784
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430360.08/cwt355.00–365.001,5483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440322.41/cwt315.00–330.001,4192
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471364.99/cwt360.00–370.001,7194
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475344.95/cwt340.00–350.001,6392
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3488298.74/cwt295.00–305.001,4584
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515351.86/cwt340.00–360.001,8123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515289.71/cwt280.00–300.001,4922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527328.29/cwt325.00–330.001,7303
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570312.52/cwt310.00–315.001,7812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573322.49/cwt320.00–325.001,8482
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2220485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,0671
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320443.13/cwt440.00–450.001,4183
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5761
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360394.86/cwt385.00–400.001,4213
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362429.98/cwt420.00–445.001,5573
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3368365.51/cwt350.00–380.001,3452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416417.46/cwt410.00–430.001,7376
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3418339.93/cwt320.00–350.001,4215
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438389.19/cwt380.00–400.001,7056
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465372.55/cwt370.00–375.001,7324
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472360.02/cwt350.00–365.001,6997
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475330.05/cwt315.00–345.001,5685
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3507311.64/cwt310.00–315.001,5803
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509354.28/cwt350.00–360.001,8037
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2509335.02/cwt330.00–340.001,7054
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558343.31/cwt340.00–350.001,9163
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,490193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,8761
Bulls——1,640184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,0181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024127.67/cwt122.00–134.001,3075
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037146.89/cwt138.00–150.001,5239
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,112153.40/cwt151.00–155.001,7063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188155.41/cwt154.00–158.001,8465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222163.46/cwt160.00–169.001,99712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310170.50/cwt170.00–171.002,2342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,890165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,1191
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-36001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1002,226.70/head2,100.00–2,350.002,2272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501

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.