Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2019-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull and heifer calves 4.00 to 8.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $94.48/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$94.48

66 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$14.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.46

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	102.74	590	17thin
Medium and Large 2	530	94.57	502	26
Medium and Large 3	456	88.26	402	23

One grade step is worth $14.48/cwt here — about $188 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 sale66 hd

94.48

—

GA average16 barns · 1,534 hd

105.94

−11.46

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	1,480	69.00	1,021	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,429	47.32	676	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	33.34	329	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	100.53/cwt	99.00–102.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	112.57/cwt	110.00–118.00	490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	103.08/cwt	100.00–107.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	94.34/cwt	90.00–98.00	607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	114.56/cwt	110.00–119.00	412	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	462	99.96/cwt	95.00–105.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	91.02/cwt	90.00–92.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	117.52/cwt	117.00–118.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	111.71/cwt	111.00–112.50	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	100.96/cwt	100.00–102.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	97.52/cwt	97.00–98.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	95.97/cwt	93.00–99.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	97.08/cwt	94.00–103.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	108.17/cwt	103.00–113.00	398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	91.49/cwt	90.00–93.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	91.71/cwt	90.00–94.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	89.75/cwt	89.00–91.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	97.81/cwt	95.00–102.00	431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	93.16/cwt	90.00–96.00	493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	101.19/cwt	100.00–102.50	271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	94.51/cwt	94.00–95.00	340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	98.13/cwt	95.00–105.00	314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	90.66/cwt	90.00–92.00	399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	85.36/cwt	82.00–89.00	394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	81.77/cwt	80.00–85.00	508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	81.51/cwt	80.00–86.00	418	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	117.06/cwt	115.00–119.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	125.97/cwt	125.00–127.00	403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	124.38/cwt	122.00–127.00	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	107.60/cwt	105.00–110.00	404	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,290	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,030	1
Bulls	—	—	1,275	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	893	1
Bulls	—	—	1,685	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,146	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	570	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	48.18/cwt	45.00–51.00	699	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	33.34/cwt	30.00–36.00	329	4

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 Oct 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 345Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 21Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	99.00–102.00	100.53
3	—	435	110.00–118.00	112.57
3	—	530	100.00–107.00	103.08
3	—	643	90.00–98.00	94.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	110.00–119.00	114.56
3	—	462	95.00–105.00	99.96
4	—	578	90.00–92.00	91.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	119.00	119.00
2	—	368	117.00–118.00	117.52
2	—	423	111.00–112.50	111.71
2	—	523	100.00–102.00	100.96
2	—	623	97.00–98.00	97.52
4	—	668	93.00–99.00	95.97
4	—	723	94.00–103.00	97.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	103.00–113.00	108.17
2	—	560	90.00–93.00	91.49
3	—	625	90.00–94.00	91.71
4	—	663	89.00–91.00	89.75
6	—	441	95.00–102.00	97.81
9	—	529	90.00–96.00	93.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	100.00–102.50	101.19
2	—	360	94.00–95.00	94.51
3	—	320	95.00–105.00	98.13
3	—	440	90.00–92.00	90.66
3	—	462	82.00–89.00	85.36
4	—	621	80.00–85.00	81.77
6	—	513	80.00–86.00	81.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	115.00–119.00	117.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	125.00–127.00	125.97
2	—	373	122.00–127.00	124.38
2	—	440	119.00–120.00	119.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	105.00–110.00	107.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,685	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	43.00	43.00
5	—	1,450	45.00–51.00	48.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	988	30.00–36.00	33.34

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Jackson Regional Stockyard - Jackson, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle