Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, 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 $116.54/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$116.54

31 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$15.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.17

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	119.33	707	18thin
Medium and Large 2	526	114.32	602	11thin
Medium and Large 3	518	103.66	537	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.67/cwt here — about $170 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 sale31 hd

116.54

—

GA average15 barns · 1,202 hd

126.71

−10.17

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	1,470	87.00	1,279	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	58.38	759	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,046	45.04	471	5thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	151.26/cwt	150.00–152.50	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	159.14/cwt	157.50–160.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	141.67/cwt	141.00–142.00	796	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	640.28/cwt	600.00–700.00	5,763	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	684.67/cwt	625.00–750.00	6,812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	144.55/cwt	140.00–149.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	127.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	137.54/cwt	134.00–140.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	89.51/cwt	89.00–90.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	118.75/cwt	117.00–120.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	103.66/cwt	100.00–107.50	537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	166.26/cwt	165.00–167.50	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	154.45/cwt	150.00–159.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	111.02/cwt	109.00–112.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	126.95/cwt	125.00–130.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	113.00/cwt	111.00–115.00	741	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	136.23/cwt	135.00–137.50	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	103.51/cwt	102.00–105.00	590	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	61.05/cwt	58.00–65.00	827	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	37.62/cwt	35.00–40.00	387	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	49.99/cwt	49.00–52.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	129.05/cwt	127.00–131.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	115.63/cwt	112.00–119.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	121.93/cwt	118.00–124.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	162.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	508	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	122.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	636	2
Bulls	—	—	1,050	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	861	1
Bulls	—	—	1,890	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,739	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	791	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	53.82/cwt	52.00–56.00	676	6

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 Feb 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 142Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 42Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 10Year 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	—	330	170.00	170.00
1	—	355	165.00	165.00
1	—	555	140.00	140.00
2	—	458	150.00–152.50	151.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	119.00	119.00
3	—	360	157.50–160.00	159.14
5	—	313	160.00–165.00	162.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	120.00–125.00	122.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	141.00–142.00	141.67
1	—	455	160.00	160.00
1	—	500	150.00	150.00
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	140.00–149.00	144.55
2	—	618	125.00–130.00	127.57
4	—	566	134.00–140.00	137.54
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
2	—	333	165.00–167.50	166.26
2	—	435	150.00–159.00	154.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	89.00–90.00	89.51
4	—	529	117.00–120.00	118.75
1	—	455	124.00	124.00
2	—	325	135.00–137.50	136.23
2	—	570	102.00–105.00	103.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	100.00–107.50	103.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	109.00–112.00	111.02
4	—	521	125.00–130.00	126.95
4	—	656	111.00–115.00	113.00
2	—	430	127.00–131.00	129.05
2	—	623	112.00–119.00	115.63
3	—	570	118.00–124.00	121.93

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	900	600.00–700.00	640.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	725.00	725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	625.00–750.00	684.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,354	58.00–65.00	61.05
1	—	1,180	67.00	67.00
6	—	1,256	52.00–56.00	53.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	35.00–40.00	37.62
3	—	1,057	49.00–52.00	49.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	82.00	82.00
1	—	1,890	92.00	92.00

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