Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.50/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −105.14 against this barn's trailing median of $376.64.

Average price

$271.50

24 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$34.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	285.59	1,549	10thin
Medium and Large 2	547	269.48	1,474	8thin
Medium and Large 3	551	250.71	1,381	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.88/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $415.51, low $315.40, median $376.64 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

271.50

—

GA average12 barns · 153 hd

272.24

−0.75

This barn, trailing median12 sales

376.64

−105.14

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	1,865	150.00	2,798	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,170	123.51	1,445	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,087	99.82	1,085	5thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	300–350	332	339.04/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,126	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	301.03/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	282.25/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	289.29/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,036	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	244.81/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,376	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	289.95/cwt	287.00–292.50	1,250	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	251.04/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	315.36/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,388	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	343.55/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,573	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	361.94/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,184	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	262.31/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,209	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	237.23/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	285.55/cwt	277.50–286.50	1,345	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	314.27/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,009	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	304.93/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,101	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	256.30/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,649	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	92.57/cwt	90.00–95.00	933	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,288	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	132.53/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,564	2
Bulls	—	—	1,865	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,798	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	120.33/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,420	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	104.65/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	314.94/cwt	310.00–320.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	325.07/cwt	320.00–330.00	738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	319.03/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,458	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	331.79/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,440	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	289.29/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	345.04/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,311	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	258.56/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	221.72/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	263.47/cwt	260.00–270.00	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	253.32/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	284.03/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,304	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	300.03/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,071	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	273.91/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,427	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	293.06/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	326.69/cwt	320.00–337.00	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	255.70/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	292.32/cwt	290.00–295.00	973	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	350.06/cwt	345.00–355.00	991	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	314.57/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,029	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	246.78/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	325.73/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,179	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	265.04/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	235.37/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,330	5

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 Mar 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 224Last week 234Year ago 172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 35Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	345.00–355.00	350.06
5	300–350	332	335.00–345.00	339.04
10	350–400	362	320.00–330.00	325.73
14	400–450	440	305.00–317.50	315.36
6	450–500	461	295.00–307.00	301.03
4	500–550	521	270.00–280.00	273.91
4	550–600	573	260.00–270.00	265.04
2	600–650	623	250.00–252.00	251.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	360.00–365.00	361.94
3	350–400	380	340.00–350.00	345.04
4	400–450	434	327.50–335.00	331.79
5	450–500	457	310.00–325.00	319.03
3	500–550	515	288.00–290.00	289.29
7	550–600	554	284.00	284.00
2	600–650	623	255.00–257.50	256.30
1	650–700	665	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	320.00–337.00	326.69
5	300–350	327	310.00–320.00	314.57
5	350–400	357	295.00–305.00	300.03
5	400–450	436	290.00–300.00	293.06
5	450–500	459	280.00–290.00	284.03
2	500–550	523	257.00–260.00	258.56
4	550–600	565	245.00–250.00	246.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	290.00–295.00	292.32
4	350–400	358	285.00–295.00	289.29
4	400–450	444	280.00–285.00	282.25
6	450–500	461	260.00–270.00	262.31
4	500–550	509	250.00–260.00	255.70
5	550–600	565	230.00–240.00	235.37
1	650–700	655	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	700	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	320.00–330.00	325.07
3	250–300	277	310.00–320.00	314.94
8	300–350	321	310.00–317.50	314.27
7	350–400	361	300.00–310.00	304.93
5	400–450	431	287.00–292.50	289.95
14	450–500	471	277.50–286.50	285.55
5	550–600	562	242.50–247.50	244.81
2	600–650	623	232.00–242.50	237.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	260.00–270.00	263.47
3	450–500	458	250.00–257.00	253.32
4	550–600	565	220.00–225.00	221.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	340.00–347.50	343.55
1	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	332.50	332.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	90.00–95.00	92.57
3	—	1,140	104.00–105.00	104.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	115.00	115.00
2	—	1,180	132.00–133.00	132.53
3	—	1,180	119.00–122.00	120.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	150.00	150.00

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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