Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2020-03-18

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Mar 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
130 vs last sale 189 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
5 vs last sale 45 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.32/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$114.32
36 head · 412 lb average
Value per head Derived
$471
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1382123.9947421
Medium and Large 2433111.364828thin
Medium and Large 348088.704267thin
One grade step is worth $35.29/cwt here — about $48 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 sale36 hd
114.32
GA average16 barns · 917 hd
108.94
+5.38
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,93787.351,6923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27663.4580918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37060.008221thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00050.5950620

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2505109.00/cwt109.00–109.005501
BullsMedium and Large 2458131.24/cwt130.00–132.506012
BullsMedium and Large 2365136.18/cwt132.50–142.504974
BullsMedium and Large 355590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
BullsMedium and Large 361085.00/cwt85.00–85.005191
BullsMedium and Large 3423109.53/cwt109.00–110.004632
HeifersMedium and Large 1515114.12/cwt110.00–118.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 356582.51/cwt82.00–83.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 350290.33/cwt90.00–91.004533
HeifersMedium and Large 1361127.41/cwt125.00–130.004605
SteersMedium and Large 2458131.98/cwt128.00–136.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 2523107.48/cwt107.00–108.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 262393.11/cwt90.00–96.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 336392.45/cwt90.00–95.003362
HeifersMedium and Large 2280128.55/cwt127.00–130.003602
HeifersMedium and Large 2305116.31/cwt112.50–120.003552
HeifersMedium and Large 1280133.55/cwt132.00–135.003742
CowsLean 85-90%95744.35/cwt42.00–48.004246
CowsLean 85-90%1,01953.26/cwt50.00–56.0054314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24570.67/cwt70.00–71.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 1407120.69/cwt117.00–127.504913
HeifersMedium and Large 1466119.20/cwt116.00–122.505554
HeifersMedium and Large 1308126.51/cwt122.50–130.003905
Bulls1,90079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,5011
Bulls1,95591.52/cwt91.00–92.001,7892
BullsMedium and Large 3372125.11/cwt120.00–130.004653
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21358.67/cwt58.00–60.007126
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32864.22/cwt62.00–69.008539
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37060.00/cwt60.00–60.008221

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.