Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, 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 $115.91/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$115.91

61 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$9.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.67

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	121.02	654	8thin
Medium and Large 2	481	117.85	567	32
Medium and Large 3	443	111.02	492	21

One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about $162 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 sale61 hd

115.91

—

GA average15 barns · 1,909 hd

123.58

−7.67

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	1,593	83.90	1,337	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,408	56.29	793	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	46.01	466	2thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	53.05/cwt	51.00–55.00	734	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	46.01/cwt	45.00–47.00	466	2
Bulls	—	—	1,593	83.90/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,337	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,423	58.24/cwt	56.00–61.00	829	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	153.80/cwt	152.50–155.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	149.99/cwt	148.00–153.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	148.29/cwt	145.00–150.00	534	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	108.35/cwt	105.00–110.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	144.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	633	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	137.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	131.49/cwt	128.00–135.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	119.99/cwt	119.00–122.00	532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.33/cwt	120.00–121.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	121.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	105.35/cwt	105.00–106.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	109.30/cwt	108.00–110.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	118.60/cwt	116.00–120.00	377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	421	128.02/cwt	125.00–130.00	539	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	119.56/cwt	118.00–122.00	557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	112.86/cwt	110.00–115.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	119.02/cwt	115.00–122.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	125.36/cwt	125.00–127.50	460	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	139.82/cwt	137.50–145.00	452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	118.98/cwt	117.00–120.00	616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	129.10/cwt	126.00–132.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	115.27/cwt	110.00–119.00	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	114.20/cwt	110.00–117.50	409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	633	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	14,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	138.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	111.99/cwt	110.00–114.00	493	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	726.12/cwt	625.00–825.00	6,462	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,325	741.98/cwt	600.00–850.00	9,831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	105.99/cwt	105.00–107.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	110.58/cwt	110.00–112.00	508	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	102.54/cwt	100.00–105.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	110.65/cwt	110.00–112.00	628	3

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 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 277Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 55Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	51.00–55.00	53.05
5	—	1,423	56.00–61.00	58.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	45.00–47.00	46.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	83.00–85.00	83.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	145.00	145.00
2	—	428	152.50–155.00	153.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	145.00–150.00	148.29
3	—	672	105.00–110.00	108.35
7	—	437	140.00–150.00	144.95
3	—	615	108.00–110.00	109.30
4	—	518	126.00–132.00	129.10
3	—	458	135.00–140.00	138.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	125.00–130.00	128.02
3	—	458	115.00–122.00	119.02
3	—	323	137.50–145.00	139.82
5	—	518	117.00–120.00	118.98
3	—	378	135.00–140.00	138.44
3	—	568	110.00–112.00	110.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	148.00–153.00	149.99
2	—	663	128.00–135.00	131.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	135.00–140.00	137.49
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
1	—	645	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	119.00–122.00	119.99
3	—	615	105.00–106.00	105.35
7	—	466	118.00–122.00	119.56
5	—	571	110.00–115.00	112.86
7	—	367	125.00–127.50	125.36
5	—	530	110.00–119.00	115.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	120.00–121.00	120.33
5	—	532	120.00–125.00	121.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	116.00–120.00	118.60
3	—	358	110.00–117.50	114.20
3	—	440	110.00–114.00	111.99
3	—	538	105.00–107.00	105.99
7	—	459	110.00–112.00	110.58
2	—	565	100.00–105.00	102.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	890	625.00–825.00	726.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,325	600.00–850.00	741.98

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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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

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