Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, bull 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 $203.57/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$203.57

43 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$2.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.20

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	205.07	1,085	19thin
Medium and Large 1	642	203.02	1,303	6thin
Medium and Large 3	467	202.17	944	18thin

One grade step is worth $2.91/cwt here — about $140 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 sale43 hd

203.57

—

GA average15 barns · 1,457 hd

222.76

−19.20

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	1,578	114.58	1,808	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	96.49	1,186	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,146	82.32	943	5thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	513	219.00/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,123	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	205.98/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	227.51/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,065	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	191.65/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	232.42/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	207.00/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	678	195.99/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	190.68/cwt	188.00–194.00	1,262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	199.55/cwt	196.00–202.00	1,243	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	202.01/cwt	200.00–204.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	198.06/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	221.01/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	200.99/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	189.36/cwt	188.00–190.00	1,180	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	217.19/cwt	216.00–218.00	953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	240.65/cwt	240.00–242.00	883	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	605	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	213.58/cwt	210.00–220.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	201.39/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	204.53/cwt	204.00–206.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	241.28/cwt	240.00–242.50	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	223.16/cwt	220.00–230.00	942	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	190.01/cwt	188.00–192.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	240.59/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	209.01/cwt	208.00–210.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	211.65/cwt	210.00–213.00	900	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	78.30/cwt	76.00–80.00	947	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	938	3
Bulls	—	—	1,908	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,290	2
Bulls	—	—	1,248	109.16/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,362	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	108.29/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,481	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	87.99/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,088	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	102.48/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,205	6

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 Sep 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 94Last week 87Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 8Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	218.00–220.00	219.00
2	—	563	202.00–210.00	205.98
1	—	290	265.00	265.00
2	—	468	225.00–230.00	227.51
3	—	367	240.00–242.00	240.65
2	—	663	188.00–192.00	190.01
3	—	432	235.00–245.00	240.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	190.00–195.00	191.65
1	—	605	170.00	170.00
2	—	318	240.00–242.50	241.28
3	—	422	220.00–230.00	223.16
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	220.00	220.00
2	—	645	202.00–212.00	207.00
1	—	405	240.00	240.00
1	—	505	214.00	214.00
3	—	678	190.00–200.00	195.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	230.00–235.00	232.42
1	—	760	202.00	202.00
1	—	505	240.00	240.00
2	—	670	210.00	210.00
4	—	629	220.00–224.00	221.01
2	—	713	200.00–202.00	200.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	190.00	190.00
3	—	462	200.00–204.00	202.01
3	—	517	196.00–200.00	198.06
3	—	623	188.00–190.00	189.36
1	—	280	215.00	215.00
3	—	312	210.00–220.00	213.58
3	—	425	210.00–213.00	211.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	188.00–194.00	190.68
4	—	623	196.00–202.00	199.55
5	—	439	216.00–218.00	217.19
3	—	512	200.00–204.00	201.39
4	—	460	208.00–210.00	209.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	611	204.00–206.00	204.53
2	—	703	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	76.00–80.00	78.30
3	—	1,103	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	107.00–110.00	108.29
7	—	1,236	80.00–95.00	87.99
6	—	1,176	99.00–105.00	102.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,908	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,248	107.00–111.00	109.16

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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