Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2025-09-03

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Sep 3
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 111 vs last sale 253▲ 24 vs year ago 118 · +20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 19▼ 14 vs year ago 27 · −51.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 9 vs year ago 12 · −75.0%
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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 lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 5.00 to 10:00 higher, replacement cows 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 $353.48/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +34.20 against this barn's trailing median of $319.28.
Average price
$353.48
17 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$85.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.98
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520374.941,9508thin
Medium and Large 2537347.131,8637thin
Medium and Large 3563289.871,6322thin
One grade step is worth $85.07/cwt here — about $318 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
353.48
—
GA average14 barns · 333 hd
351.50
+1.98
This barn, trailing median14 sales
319.28
+34.20
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—Low1,085166.001,8011thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,340159.782,1416thin
CowsLean 85-90%High993131.251,3034thin

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)845$1,7001thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3290470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423422.43/cwt420.00–425.001,7872
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503409.95/cwt400.00–420.002,0622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533382.44/cwt380.00–385.002,0382
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2721
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271451.18/cwt445.00–460.001,2234
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315429.76/cwt420.00–435.001,3543
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325407.38/cwt400.00–415.001,3242
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373412.38/cwt410.00–415.001,5382
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375397.53/cwt395.00–400.001,4914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3376372.64/cwt365.00–375.001,4014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413403.21/cwt395.00–415.001,6653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413387.58/cwt385.00–390.001,6012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465362.45/cwt360.00–365.001,6852
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472380.11/cwt375.00–385.001,7943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1503374.98/cwt370.00–380.001,8862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3508318.28/cwt315.00–320.001,6173
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516346.42/cwt340.00–355.001,7887
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567328.40/cwt320.00–335.001,8623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570345.04/cwt340.00–350.001,9672
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0941
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,2201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3260450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5111
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5341
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318505.12/cwt490.00–520.001,6062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362433.95/cwt425.00–445.001,5715
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369466.70/cwt455.00–485.001,7226
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422419.16/cwt410.00–425.001,7695
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430440.08/cwt430.00–450.001,8927
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435365.34/cwt350.00–380.001,5892
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464350.16/cwt340.00–360.001,6254
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470414.71/cwt400.00–430.001,9494
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472379.34/cwt370.00–390.001,7907
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520374.94/cwt370.00–390.001,9508
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523355.02/cwt350.00–360.001,8574
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555336.62/cwt325.00–345.001,8683
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563289.87/cwt280.00–300.001,6322
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9782
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690297.50/cwt295.00–300.002,0532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,085166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,8011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0681
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3262
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,085170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355161.00/cwt160.00–163.002,1823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,445152.85/cwt151.00–155.002,2092
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-38451,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001

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.