Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady. replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.98/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −29.51 against this barn's trailing median of $167.49.

Average price

$137.98

39 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$25.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.55

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	152.50	681	6thin
Medium and Large 2	458	138.54	635	24
Medium and Large 3	460	126.79	584	9thin

One grade step is worth $25.71/cwt here — about $98 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 sale39 hd

137.98

—

GA average16 barns · 1,302 hd

134.43

+3.55

This barn, trailing median1 sales

167.49

−29.51

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	64.00	896	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	61.70	766	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	46.90	461	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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	63.86/cwt	62.00–67.00	821	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	896	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	44.87/cwt	42.00–49.00	451	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	495	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	55.20/cwt	53.00–57.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	160.02/cwt	155.00–165.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	555	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	131.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	154.37/cwt	150.00–160.00	570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	154.49/cwt	154.00–155.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	149.52/cwt	149.00–150.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	117.37/cwt	115.00–119.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	131.46/cwt	130.00–133.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	119.04/cwt	118.00–120.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	128.54/cwt	127.00–131.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	127.26/cwt	125.00–129.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	124.33/cwt	124.00–125.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	118.63/cwt	117.50–120.00	522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	134.53/cwt	132.00–137.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	130.80/cwt	128.00–133.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	148.38/cwt	145.00–152.50	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	500	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	590	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,208	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	120.98/cwt	119.00–125.00	434	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	117.00/cwt	115.00–119.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	610	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 Aug 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 236Year ago 162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 35Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 36Year ago 71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	62.00–67.00	63.86
3	—	1,110	53.00–57.00	55.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,005	42.00–49.00	44.87
1	—	900	55.00	55.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	165.00	165.00
1	—	500	142.00	142.00
2	—	440	154.00–155.00	154.49
2	—	473	149.00–150.00	149.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	155.00–165.00	160.02
4	—	465	130.00–135.00	131.28
4	—	369	150.00–160.00	154.37
2	—	623	118.00–120.00	119.04
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
4	—	509	127.00–131.00	128.54
3	—	430	145.00–152.50	148.38
2	—	555	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	125.00–129.00	127.26
1	—	645	108.00	108.00
2	—	360	132.00–137.00	134.53
1	—	500	118.00	118.00
1	—	445	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	133.00	133.00
2	—	523	130.00–133.00	131.46
2	—	710	114.00–115.00	114.49
1	—	620	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	120.00–125.00	122.53
3	—	512	115.00–119.00	117.37
2	—	553	115.00–118.00	116.49
2	—	330	135.00	135.00
1	—	255	140.00	140.00
3	—	442	124.00–125.00	124.33
4	—	364	128.00–133.00	130.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	117.50–120.00	118.63
7	—	359	119.00–125.00	120.98
2	—	455	115.00–119.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	144.00	144.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	965	700.00	700.00

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

Bulls · 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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Replacement Cattle