Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.92/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$100.92

76 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$8.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.71

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	105.51	570	18thin
Medium and Large 2	494	101.23	500	36
Medium and Large 3	432	96.65	418	22

One grade step is worth $8.86/cwt here — about $152 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 sale76 hd

100.92

—

GA average16 barns · 1,381 hd

106.63

−5.71

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	—	Low	1,215	58.00	705	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	43.58	546	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	42.94	633	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	36.99	376	19

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	94.85/cwt	90.00–99.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	111.29/cwt	110.00–112.50	356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	107.93/cwt	104.00–110.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	105.00/cwt	103.00–107.00	540	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	112.26/cwt	111.00–114.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	102.05/cwt	100.00–104.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	99.50/cwt	99.00–100.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	101.04/cwt	100.00–104.00	524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	94.02/cwt	91.00–95.00	532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	104.55/cwt	100.00–109.00	481	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	110.63/cwt	110.00–112.50	398	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	106.14/cwt	104.00–110.00	440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	393	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	609	97.89/cwt	96.00–101.00	596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	102.90/cwt	99.00–107.00	578	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	113.55/cwt	110.00–118.00	523	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	129.49/cwt	127.50–132.50	484	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	439	117.26/cwt	115.00–120.00	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	96.69/cwt	95.00–100.00	643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	110.48/cwt	105.00–115.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	91.03/cwt	90.00–92.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	131.36/cwt	128.00–135.00	557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	90.98/cwt	90.00–92.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	110.01/cwt	107.50–112.50	396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	98.46/cwt	95.00–101.00	526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	95.62/cwt	92.00–99.00	536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	101.93/cwt	99.00–107.50	471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	97.65/cwt	95.00–100.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	104.27/cwt	100.00–107.50	342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	100.03/cwt	95.00–105.00	375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	89.79/cwt	89.00–91.00	471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	94.52/cwt	90.00–98.00	435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	151.06/cwt	150.00–152.00	480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	126.04/cwt	125.00–127.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	137.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	125.67/cwt	125.00–127.00	550	3
Bulls	—	—	1,215	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	705	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	38.97/cwt	38.00–40.00	442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	44.42/cwt	42.00–49.00	565	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	42.94/cwt	42.00–44.00	633	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	33.55/cwt	30.00–36.00	335	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	39.49/cwt	38.00–41.00	406	11

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 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 98Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	90.00–99.00	94.85
4	—	320	110.00–112.50	111.29
3	—	425	104.00–110.00	107.93
4	—	665	90.00–92.00	90.98
5	—	360	107.50–112.50	110.01
5	—	534	95.00–101.00	98.46
5	—	561	92.00–99.00	95.62
6	—	462	99.00–107.50	101.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	514	103.00–107.00	105.00
4	—	468	111.00–114.00	112.26
3	—	630	100.00–104.00	102.05
2	—	670	99.00–100.00	99.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	95.00–100.00	97.65
4	—	328	100.00–107.50	104.27
4	—	375	95.00–105.00	100.03
5	—	525	89.00–91.00	89.79
6	—	460	90.00–98.00	94.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	100.00–104.00	101.04
4	—	566	91.00–95.00	94.02
4	—	460	100.00–109.00	104.55
4	—	360	110.00–112.50	110.63
3	—	415	104.00–110.00	106.14
2	—	325	120.00–122.00	120.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	609	96.00–101.00	97.89
7	—	562	99.00–107.00	102.90
6	—	461	110.00–118.00	113.55
5	—	374	127.50–132.50	129.49
4	—	439	115.00–120.00	117.26
3	—	665	95.00–100.00	96.69
3	—	527	105.00–115.00	110.48
2	—	723	90.00–92.00	91.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	128.00–135.00	131.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	155.00	155.00
2	—	318	150.00–152.00	151.06
2	—	523	125.00–127.00	126.04
3	—	432	135.00–137.00	135.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	135.00–140.00	137.60
3	—	438	125.00–127.00	125.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	38.00–40.00	38.97
11	—	1,273	42.00–49.00	44.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	42.00–44.00	42.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	999	30.00–36.00	33.55
11	—	1,027	38.00–41.00	39.49

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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