Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2026-04-15

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Apr 15
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 110▼ 54 vs year ago 167 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 32▲ 7 vs year ago 15 · +46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaguhter cows, bulls, and all classes of feeder cattle 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 $418.00/cwt on 10 head, up $29.38 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 18 comparable sales and sits +62.47 against this barn's trailing median of $355.52.
Average price
$418.00
▲ 29.38 vs prior sale
10 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$487
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$84.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.43
vs GA average
−9.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522444.992,3235thin
Medium and Large 2548398.752,1834thin
Medium and Large 3510360.001,8361thin
One grade step is worth $84.99/cwt here — about $487 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd
418.00
—
GA average16 barns · 534 hd
400.57
+17.43
National average182 barns · 12,591 hd
427.39
−9.39
This barn, trailing median18 sales
355.52
+62.47
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—Average1,462199.002,9095thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,119186.722,0906thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,037145.801,5126thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,3231
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270625.19/cwt620.00–630.001,6882
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7161
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9442
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,0261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,4151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563455.07/cwt450.00–460.002,5622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3210500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220548.18/cwt540.00–555.001,2062
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275542.68/cwt540.00–545.001,4922
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278505.23/cwt500.00–510.001,4052
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,6051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321501.46/cwt490.00–515.001,6104
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338476.72/cwt470.00–485.001,6113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390466.20/cwt460.00–470.001,8184
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463455.18/cwt450.00–465.002,1073
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465436.63/cwt430.00–440.002,0303
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522444.99/cwt440.00–455.002,3235
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535417.50/cwt415.00–420.002,2342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560380.00/cwt375.00–385.002,1282
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,4721
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6381
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323567.67/cwt560.00–575.001,8344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369507.42/cwt500.00–510.001,8726
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8102
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417460.08/cwt450.00–465.001,9193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2473
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1341
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505472.52/cwt470.00–475.002,3862
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9641
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,4442
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,078170.93/cwt170.00–172.001,8432
Bulls——1,718217.71/cwt209.00–224.003,7403
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%910174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5831
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022158.42/cwt156.00–160.001,6193
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,052133.17/cwt130.00–137.001,4013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160186.23/cwt180.00–191.002,1603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163193.80/cwt193.00–195.002,2542

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.