Name: Jackson livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, all classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $320.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −56.64 against this barn's trailing median of $376.64.

Average price

$320.00

1 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.70

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	320.00	1,744	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd

320.00

—

GA average12 barns · 229 hd

320.70

−0.70

This barn, trailing median12 sales

376.64

−56.64

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	1,935	176.50	3,415	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,077	147.79	1,592	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	818	127.35	1,042	8thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,013	137.91/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,397	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	839	131.70/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,105	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	120.09/cwt	116.00–122.00	940	3
Bulls	—	—	2,000	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,660	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,179	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	154.37/cwt	147.50–157.00	1,729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	279.21/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	354.47/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	388.75/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,239	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	469.91/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	396.26/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	254.92/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	348.42/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,247	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	419.37/cwt	402.50–430.00	1,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	396.81/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	360.61/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	304.87/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	372.53/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	332.38/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	392.85/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,321	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	373.04/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,240	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 May 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 148Year ago 94

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 9Year ago 29

Compared to one week ago, all classes lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	137.00–139.00	137.91
3	—	1,120	147.50–157.00	154.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	839	126.00–136.00	131.70
3	—	783	116.00–122.00	120.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	183.00	183.00
1	—	1,870	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	422.50	422.50
1	300–350	310	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	375	370.00–375.00	372.53
5	400–450	419	345.00–362.50	354.47
3	450–500	458	320.00–340.00	332.38
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	610	275.00–282.50	279.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	358	340.00–355.00	348.42
4	400–450	413	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	610	250.00–260.00	254.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	460.00–480.00	469.91
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	387.50–390.00	388.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	426.00	426.00
4	350–400	363	402.50–430.00	419.37
4	400–450	425	392.50–405.00	396.81
4	450–500	460	390.00–395.00	392.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	395.00–397.50	396.26
4	350–400	364	370.00–377.50	373.04
7	400–450	416	355.00–367.50	360.61
3	450–500	455	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	345.00	345.00
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	478	300.00–310.00	304.87

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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