Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steer calves and feeder calves lightly tested, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers lightly tested, bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.53/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$124.53

23 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$23.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.72

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	424	133.49	567	8thin
Medium and Large 2	455	123.40	562	11thin
Medium and Large 3	477	109.75	523	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.75/cwt here — about $44 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 sale23 hd

124.53

—

GA average12 barns · 375 hd

127.26

−2.72

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	1,505	96.55	1,453	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	68.67	830	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	912	50.29	459	8thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1	—	265	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	113.46/cwt	112.00–115.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	129.97/cwt	129.00–131.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	116.22/cwt	115.00–117.50	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	126.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	126.31/cwt	125.00–127.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	146.15/cwt	145.00–147.50	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	127.65/cwt	125.00–130.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	278	174.85/cwt	170.00–180.00	486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,505	96.55/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,453	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	582	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	68.54/cwt	65.00–72.00	857	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	55.58/cwt	53.00–58.00	597	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	75.87/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,017	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	60.78/cwt	58.00–64.00	641	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	48.52/cwt	46.00–49.00	416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	775	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 Mar 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 59Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	150.00	150.00
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
1	—	220	150.00	150.00
1	—	415	132.50	132.50
2	—	480	129.00–131.00	129.97
1	—	355	137.50	137.50
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	130.00–135.00	132.54
2	—	575	112.00–115.00	113.46
2	—	528	115.00–117.50	116.22
2	—	413	125.00–129.00	126.99
3	—	465	125.00–127.00	126.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	109.00–110.00	109.49
2	—	420	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	145.00–147.50	146.15
3	—	278	170.00–180.00	174.85
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	125.00–130.00	127.65
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
1	—	375	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	160.00	160.00
2	—	323	150.00	150.00
1	—	530	152.50	152.50
1	—	625	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	175.00	175.00
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	91.00–101.00	96.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	65.00–72.00	68.54
11	—	1,340	73.00–80.00	75.87
10	—	1,055	58.00–64.00	60.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	53.00–58.00	55.58
6	—	858	46.00–49.00	48.52

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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