Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.81/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$182.81

25 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$19.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	198.51	932	4thin
Medium and Large 2	540	180.00	972	16thin
Medium and Large 3	503	179.26	902	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.25/cwt here — about $30 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 sale25 hd

182.81

—

GA average16 barns · 1,575 hd

197.32

−14.51

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,133	92.57	1,049	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	88.00	1,214	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	73.71	721	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,130	71.55	809	2thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	197.32/cwt	195.00–200.00	908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	184.81/cwt	180.00–190.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	187.52/cwt	185.00–190.00	947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	221.00/cwt	220.00–222.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	212.42/cwt	210.00–215.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	728	147.98/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	155.66/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	199.02/cwt	198.00–200.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	191.26/cwt	190.00–192.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	223.53/cwt	222.00–225.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	193.34/cwt	193.00–194.00	973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	191.03/cwt	190.00–192.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	172.92/cwt	170.00–176.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	182.57/cwt	176.00–186.00	884	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	217.46/cwt	215.00–220.00	931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	163.53/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	750	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	963	1
Bulls	—	—	1,133	92.57/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,049	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	71.55/cwt	70.00–73.00	809	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,214	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	720	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	70.56/cwt	70.00–71.00	718	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 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 105Last week 164Year ago 176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 34

Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	195.00–200.00	197.32
1	—	500	190.00	190.00
2	—	428	215.00–220.00	217.46
2	—	680	160.00–167.00	163.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	180.00–190.00	184.81
1	—	395	210.00	210.00
2	—	545	170.00–180.00	175.00
1	—	750	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	185.00–190.00	187.52
2	—	418	198.00–200.00	199.02
4	—	474	190.00–192.00	191.26
2	—	655	160.00–161.00	160.50
2	—	720	150.00	150.00
2	—	570	170.00–176.00	172.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	214.00	214.00
3	—	503	193.00–194.00	193.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	484	176.00–186.00	182.57
1	—	580	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	220.00–222.00	221.00
2	—	413	210.00–215.00	212.42
3	—	728	144.00–150.00	147.98
2	—	483	190.00–192.00	191.03
1	—	775	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	207.00	207.00
3	—	777	155.00–156.00	155.66
2	—	413	222.00–225.00	223.53
1	—	560	200.00	200.00
1	—	455	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	90.00–95.00	92.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	70.00–73.00	71.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	88.00	88.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,018	70.00–71.00	70.56

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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