Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifer calves mostly steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.05/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +46.56 against this barn's trailing median of $167.49.

Average price

$214.05

48 head · 465 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$22.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	227.08	1,151	6thin
Medium and Large 2	482	221.13	1,066	19thin
Medium and Large 3	440	204.80	901	23

One grade step is worth $22.28/cwt here — about $250 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 sale48 hd

214.05

—

GA average16 barns · 1,213 hd

206.63

+7.41

This barn, trailing median1 sales

167.49

+46.56

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	2,180	110.00	2,398	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,367	85.96	1,175	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	80.96	1,198	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	75.67	760	4thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	213.53/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,100	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	190.70/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	227.42/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,044	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	232.27/cwt	230.00–235.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	231.28/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,302	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	185.04/cwt	180.00–190.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	214.77/cwt	210.00–220.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	199.07/cwt	195.00–202.50	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	215.18/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	208.38/cwt	205.00–210.00	902	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	181.59/cwt	180.00–185.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	162.51/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,077	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	209.17/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	175.18/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	208.81/cwt	207.50–210.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	181.25/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,202	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	232.59/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	241.65/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,351	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	360	213.77/cwt	210.00–220.00	770	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	203.38/cwt	200.00–210.00	931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	180.65/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	202.58/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,049	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	211.32/cwt	210.00–212.00	915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	211.26/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	231.67/cwt	230.00–235.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	195.22/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,021	4
Bulls	—	—	2,180	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,398	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	85.96/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,175	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	80.96/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,198	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	76.89/cwt	74.00–80.00	727	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	850	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 Oct 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 224Year ago 122

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 45Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	247.50	247.50
1	—	600	205.00	205.00
4	—	500	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	210.00–220.00	213.53
3	—	615	190.00–192.00	190.70
5	—	459	225.00–230.00	227.42
4	—	424	230.00–235.00	232.27
2	—	330	250.00	250.00
2	—	560	210.00–212.50	211.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	170.00–180.00	175.18
8	—	360	210.00–220.00	213.77
2	—	455	200.00	200.00
3	—	433	210.00–212.00	211.32
3	—	330	230.00–235.00	231.67
1	—	700	140.00	140.00
4	—	523	190.00–200.00	195.22
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	242.50	242.50
4	—	563	225.00–235.00	231.28
2	—	623	210.00–220.00	215.18
1	—	305	282.50	282.50
3	—	663	207.50–210.00	209.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	262.50	262.50
1	—	330	297.50	297.50
1	—	510	250.00	250.00
1	—	675	220.00	220.00
2	—	623	230.00–235.00	232.59
6	—	559	240.00–245.00	241.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	180.00–190.00	185.04
2	—	268	210.00–220.00	214.77
3	—	428	195.00–202.50	199.07
3	—	523	180.00–185.00	181.59
2	—	663	160.00–165.00	162.51
3	—	568	180.00–182.00	180.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	205.00–210.00	208.38
4	—	373	207.50–210.00	208.81
2	—	663	180.00–182.50	181.25
2	—	795	175.00	175.00
3	—	458	200.00–210.00	203.38
4	—	518	200.00–205.00	202.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,180	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,367	83.00–90.00	85.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	80.00–82.00	80.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	945	74.00–80.00	76.89
1	—	1,180	72.00	72.00

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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