Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.59/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$100.59

65 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	110.01	574	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	101.88	570	42
Medium and Large 3	491	94.97	466	18thin

One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale65 hd

100.59

—

GA average16 barns · 912 hd

108.32

−7.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,880	90.00	1,692	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	63.08	770	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	50.26	484	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	2,140	42.00	899	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	53.77/cwt	50.00–56.00	547	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	396	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,140	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	899	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	62.76/cwt	58.00–65.00	761	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	141.29/cwt	140.00–142.50	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	133.94/cwt	132.00–136.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	268	143.69/cwt	142.50–145.00	385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	140.47/cwt	140.00–141.00	447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	131.26/cwt	130.00–132.50	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	108.15/cwt	105.00–113.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	104.66/cwt	104.00–105.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	124.53/cwt	123.00–125.00	543	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	107.73/cwt	104.00–111.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	88.98/cwt	88.00–90.00	503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	98.41/cwt	95.00–100.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	108.01/cwt	107.00–109.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	115.69/cwt	114.00–117.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	112.63/cwt	110.00–114.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	93.66/cwt	93.00–94.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	81.33/cwt	80.00–84.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	106.77/cwt	103.00–110.00	498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	103.83/cwt	100.00–106.00	589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	98.24/cwt	96.00–101.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	105.51/cwt	102.00–110.00	548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	94.93/cwt	90.00–100.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	81.02/cwt	80.00–82.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	101.59/cwt	100.00–105.00	378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	98.93/cwt	95.00–102.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	90.69/cwt	90.00–92.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	96.78/cwt	92.00–100.00	447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	108.97/cwt	108.00–110.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	125.27/cwt	120.00–129.00	580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	117.69/cwt	117.00–119.00	559	3
Bulls	—	—	1,880	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,692	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	858	1

How this sale compares

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Jackson Regional Stockyard - Jackson, GA

Wed Aug 14, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 197Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 42Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	50.00–56.00	53.77
2	—	880	45.00	45.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,140	42.00	42.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,212	58.00–65.00	62.76
1	—	1,300	66.00	66.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	90.00	90.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	140.00–142.50	141.29
2	—	433	132.00–136.00	133.94
2	—	473	127.00	127.00
2	—	628	115.00–116.00	115.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	142.50–145.00	143.69
2	—	318	140.00–141.00	140.47
2	—	358	130.00–132.50	131.26
2	—	473	115.00–116.00	115.52
3	—	515	105.00–113.00	108.15
3	—	635	104.00–105.00	104.66
4	—	436	123.00–125.00	124.53
4	—	565	104.00–111.00	107.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	88.00–90.00	88.98
3	—	523	95.00–100.00	98.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	113.00	113.00
3	—	560	107.00–109.00	108.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	114.00–117.00	115.69
3	—	432	110.00–114.00	112.63
3	—	662	93.00–94.00	93.66
3	—	768	80.00–84.00	81.33
4	—	713	90.00–92.00	91.02
5	—	466	103.00–110.00	106.77
5	—	567	100.00–106.00	103.83
5	—	619	96.00–101.00	98.24
11	—	519	102.00–110.00	105.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	90.00–100.00	94.93
2	—	665	80.00–82.00	81.02
3	—	372	100.00–105.00	101.59
3	—	433	95.00–102.00	98.93
3	—	570	90.00–92.00	90.69
5	—	462	92.00–100.00	96.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	108.00–110.00	108.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	118.00–120.00	119.02
4	—	463	120.00–129.00	125.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	117.00–119.00	117.69

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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