Sale reports / Georgia / Jackson / 2023-12-06

Jackson

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Georgia · Wed, Dec 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1942
Feeder Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 224▲ 12 vs year ago 118 · +10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 30▲ 3 vs year ago 35 · +8.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $215.97/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +48.48 against this barn's trailing median of $167.49.
Average price
$215.97
43 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,070
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532220.871,1767thin
Medium and Large 2514215.331,10824
Medium and Large 3437214.3993612thin
One grade step is worth $6.48/cwt here — about $240 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
215.97
—
GA average16 barns · 1,164 hd
220.98
−5.01
This barn, trailing median1 sales
167.49
+48.48
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,885102.501,9322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31988.781,17111
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02970.447248thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3—273254.86/cwt250.00–260.006962
BullsMedium and Large 3—355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008342
BullsMedium and Large 3—478205.13/cwt200.00–210.009814
BullsMedium and Large 3—518193.10/cwt190.00–196.001,0004
BullsMedium and Large 2—464227.80/cwt225.00–230.001,0577
BullsMedium and Large 1—410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0052
SteersMedium and Large 1—613222.49/cwt222.00–223.001,3642
SteersMedium and Large 1—473245.03/cwt244.00–246.001,1594
SteersMedium and Large 2—455232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 2—645210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3551
SteersMedium and Large 2—680194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3191
SteersMedium and Large 2—530225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470209.45/cwt208.00–210.009847
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333234.50/cwt234.00–235.007812
SteersMedium and Large 2—565214.51/cwt214.00–215.001,2122
SteersMedium and Large 1—400257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1—555232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2881
SteersMedium and Large 1—660206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3601
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325212.31/cwt210.00–220.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520181.18/cwt180.00–184.009427
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383231.65/cwt230.00–235.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 2—562185.27/cwt180.00–190.001,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 2—511191.09/cwt185.00–195.009765
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432211.38/cwt208.00–218.009137
BullsMedium and Large 2—564206.72/cwt204.00–210.001,1669
BullsMedium and Large 1—468243.03/cwt242.00–244.001,1372
BullsMedium and Large 1—657190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2483
BullsMedium and Large 2—623193.86/cwt190.00–198.001,2082
BullsMedium and Large 2—415229.11/cwt227.50–230.009513
BullsMedium and Large 2—510212.61/cwt210.00–214.001,0843
Bulls——2,060110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,2661
Bulls——1,71095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6251
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36691.14/cwt88.00–95.001,2457
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23684.66/cwt82.00–87.001,0464
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04166.36/cwt65.00–70.006914
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01674.51/cwt72.00–76.007574

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.