Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows lightly tested, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $117.10/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$117.10

54 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$1.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	456	117.80	537	20
Medium and Large 1	583	116.86	681	22
Medium and Large 3	361	116.38	421	12thin

One grade step is worth $1.42/cwt here — about $116 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 sale54 hd

117.10

—

GA average16 barns · 1,310 hd

119.88

−2.78

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	61.33	810	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	51.52	491	6thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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%	—	1,381	61.98/cwt	60.00–66.00	856	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	57.43/cwt	56.00–59.00	551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	54.74/cwt	52.00–59.00	564	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	45.07/cwt	44.00–46.00	358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	98.97/cwt	98.00–100.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	114.51/cwt	111.00–117.00	648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	97.95/cwt	96.00–100.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	118.69/cwt	115.00–120.00	506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	123.95/cwt	120.00–128.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	119.74/cwt	118.00–122.00	626	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	131.07/cwt	127.50–135.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	140.59/cwt	140.00–142.50	595	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	116.96/cwt	115.00–119.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	122.61/cwt	121.00–125.00	574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	133.55/cwt	132.00–135.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	123.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	350	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	106.45/cwt	105.00–108.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	143.74/cwt	140.00–147.50	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	111.30/cwt	110.00–112.50	471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	524	113.28/cwt	110.00–116.00	594	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	114.25/cwt	110.00–117.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	116.26/cwt	115.00–119.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	121.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	460	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,166.52/cwt	1,125.00–1,225.00	13,065	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	737.98/cwt	725.00–750.00	6,789	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,023	764.18/cwt	625.00–850.00	7,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	139.36/cwt	137.50–142.00	676	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	141.81/cwt	140.00–145.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	113.72/cwt	110.00–119.00	426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	124.43/cwt	122.00–125.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	223	152.30/cwt	150.00–155.00	340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	122.04/cwt	121.00–123.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	107.39/cwt	105.00–110.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	105.52/cwt	105.00–106.00	605	2

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 May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 161Last week 102Year ago 213

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 8Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 5Year ago 25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,381	60.00–66.00	61.98
2	—	960	56.00–59.00	57.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	52.00–59.00	54.74
2	—	795	44.00–46.00	45.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	111.00–117.00	114.51
6	—	423	140.00–142.50	140.59
2	—	625	105.00–108.00	106.45
3	—	480	130.00	130.00
4	—	373	140.00–147.50	143.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	127.50–135.00	131.07
1	—	375	138.00	138.00
4	—	468	121.00–125.00	122.61
6	—	524	110.00–116.00	113.28
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
3	—	318	140.00–145.00	141.81
2	—	223	150.00–155.00	152.30
2	—	573	105.00–106.00	105.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	98.00–100.00	98.97
2	—	823	96.00–100.00	97.95
4	—	659	117.00	117.00
4	—	523	118.00–122.00	119.74
1	—	375	132.00	132.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
3	—	575	115.00–119.00	116.96
5	—	476	122.00–125.00	124.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	115.00–120.00	118.69
1	—	630	114.00	114.00
5	—	520	110.00–117.00	114.25
3	—	482	115.00–119.00	116.26
5	—	377	120.00–125.00	121.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	283	120.00–125.00	123.61
2	—	423	110.00–112.50	111.30
3	—	375	110.00–119.00	113.72
2	—	475	105.00–110.00	107.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	120.00–128.00	123.95
2	—	523	132.00–135.00	133.55
9	—	485	137.50–142.00	139.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	738	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	121.00–123.00	122.04
1	—	675	107.00	107.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,120	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,166.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	920	725.00–750.00	737.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,023	625.00–850.00	764.18

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle