Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2025-09-10

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Sep 10
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 142▼ 79 vs year ago 257 · −30.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 13▼ 34 vs year ago 43 · −79.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows 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 $349.80/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −5.72 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$349.80
26 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$64.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.54
vs GA average
−18.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541375.352,02912thin
Medium and Large 2553337.241,8659thin
Medium and Large 3533311.081,6595thin
One grade step is worth $64.27/cwt here — about $370 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 sale26 hd
349.80
—
GA average14 barns · 640 hd
345.26
+4.54
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−18.54
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
−5.72
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
Bulls—Average1,299176.332,2915thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,310151.001,9781thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,020120.501,2292thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508382.51/cwt380.00–385.001,9432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528397.43/cwt395.00–400.002,0984
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560392.43/cwt385.00–400.002,1982
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608385.02/cwt380.00–390.002,3412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2051
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678351.61/cwt345.00–360.002,3843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315397.46/cwt395.00–400.001,2522
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325366.95/cwt360.00–375.001,1933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378385.77/cwt375.00–400.001,4586
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3671
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412386.72/cwt380.00–400.001,5933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425340.24/cwt325.00–350.001,4463
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429366.72/cwt360.00–370.001,5734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469358.91/cwt340.00–365.001,6838
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475312.89/cwt300.00–325.001,4862
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479376.07/cwt370.00–385.001,80110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507364.97/cwt355.00–375.001,8503
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510311.80/cwt300.00–320.001,5903
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added515396.54/cwt390.00–400.002,0423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524338.82/cwt325.00–350.001,7754
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565353.79/cwt345.00–375.001,9994
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576335.97/cwt330.00–340.001,9355
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580402.28/cwt390.00–415.002,3332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1051
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added617391.66/cwt385.00–400.002,4173
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6541
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658343.70/cwt330.00–357.502,2622
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3305395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4491
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3365392.57/cwt390.00–395.001,4332
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7581
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377420.09/cwt410.00–425.001,5843
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413360.79/cwt340.00–375.001,4906
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415429.88/cwt420.00–440.001,7842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427391.74/cwt380.00–410.001,6733
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466376.46/cwt370.00–385.001,7547
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3468334.63/cwt320.00–350.001,5663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515371.39/cwt360.00–380.001,9137
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515311.91/cwt300.00–325.001,6064
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518341.88/cwt330.00–355.001,7718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562323.35/cwt320.00–325.001,8173
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567356.65/cwt350.00–365.002,0223
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3567303.37/cwt295.00–310.001,7203
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3607281.65/cwt275.00–285.001,7103
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610327.44/cwt320.00–335.001,9972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615308.33/cwt305.00–310.001,8963
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8951
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2771
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1501
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0161
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,205167.01/cwt165.00–169.002,0122
Bulls——1,362182.55/cwt175.00–191.002,4863
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,9781

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.