Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2024-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, all classes had a limited comparable sale due to a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $240.48/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −136.16 against this barn's trailing median of $376.64.

Average price

$240.48

10 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$3.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.07

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	574	242.51	1,392	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	239.13	1,315	6thin

One grade step is worth $3.38/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale10 hd

240.48

—

GA average14 barns · 290 hd

262.55

−22.07

This barn, trailing median12 sales

376.64

−136.16

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	1,718	145.00	2,490	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,030	129.01	1,329	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	805	94.00	757	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 3	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,102	137.04/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,510	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,288	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	757	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	928	125.66/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,166	3
Bulls	—	—	1,915	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,987	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	251.03/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	283.98/cwt	280.00–287.50	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	227.22/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	192.98/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	276.84/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	178.03/cwt	172.00–182.00	1,207	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	262.22/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,138	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	296.38/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	242.51/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	234.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,311	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	214.51/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	302.08/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	318.76/cwt	316.00–322.50	1,313	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	315.78/cwt	314.00–317.50	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	215.50/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	324.64/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	316.25/cwt	312.00–324.00	1,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	800	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	258.75/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,216	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 Jun 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 116Last week 183Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 28Year ago 13

Compared to a week ago, all classes had a limited comparable sale due to a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	280.00–287.50	283.98
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	445	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	470	257.50–260.00	258.75
3	500–550	525	246.00–255.00	251.03
3	550–600	575	220.00–232.00	227.22
1	650–700	695	206.00	206.00
2	700–750	725	190.00–196.00	192.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	425	292.50–300.00	296.38
4	550–600	574	240.00–246.00	242.51
2	650–700	670	215.00–216.00	215.50
4	700–750	711	210.00–219.00	214.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	322.50–327.50	324.64
3	350–400	377	312.00–324.00	316.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	370	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	545	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	338.00	338.00
1	300–350	325	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	412	316.00–322.50	318.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	265.00	265.00
2	350–400	370	250.00–255.00	252.50
1	400–450	425	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	460	222.00	222.00
1	600–650	625	204.00	204.00
3	650–700	678	172.00–182.00	178.03
1	800–850	800	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	385	270.00–280.00	276.84
4	400–450	434	259.00–266.00	262.22
1	450–500	465	266.00	266.00
2	550–600	558	230.00–240.00	234.98
1	600–650	605	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	314.00–317.50	315.78
2	350–400	370	300.00–304.00	302.08
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	135.00–139.00	137.04
1	—	1,120	115.00	115.00
3	—	928	123.00–128.00	125.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	94.00	94.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	156.00	156.00
1	—	1,520	134.00	134.00

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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