Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.13/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$131.13

62 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$12.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.47

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	391	136.71	534	35
Medium and Large 3	419	123.90	519	27

One grade step is worth $12.81/cwt here — about $16 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 sale62 hd

131.13

—

GA average15 barns · 1,513 hd

129.66

+1.47

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	1,748	78.10	1,365	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	950	59.00	561	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,287	52.37	674	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	936	42.68	399	9thin

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, 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	—	505	123.53/cwt	120.00–127.00	624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	152.56/cwt	150.00–155.00	656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	685	103.94/cwt	100.00–108.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	145.83/cwt	142.00–150.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	504	123.77/cwt	120.00–130.00	624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	576	113.99/cwt	110.00–120.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	129.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	614	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	612	111.78/cwt	110.00–116.00	684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.45/cwt	120.00–128.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	149.27/cwt	142.00–152.00	399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	144.10/cwt	140.00–148.00	455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	128.36/cwt	124.00–134.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	138.79/cwt	132.00–142.00	516	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	132.17/cwt	130.00–138.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	268	135.54/cwt	132.00–142.00	363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	113.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	110.63/cwt	106.00–116.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	126.11/cwt	120.00–130.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	123.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	132.81/cwt	130.00–136.00	420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	120.76/cwt	118.00–124.00	575	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,293	766.08/cwt	650.00–800.00	9,905	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	862	55.15/cwt	53.00–57.00	475	3
Bulls	—	—	1,765	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,740	74.65/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,299	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	950	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	561	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,095	48.22/cwt	44.00–51.00	528	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	55.49/cwt	55.00–57.00	794	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	398	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	42.01/cwt	38.00–44.00	399	8

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 →

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Mon May 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 286Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	120.00–127.00	123.53
6	—	430	150.00–155.00	152.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	100.00–108.00	103.94
4	—	418	142.00–150.00	145.83
4	—	504	120.00–130.00	123.77
5	—	576	110.00–120.00	113.99
7	—	473	125.00–135.00	129.91
8	—	612	110.00–116.00	111.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	120.00–128.00	125.45
5	—	267	142.00–152.00	149.27
5	—	316	140.00–148.00	144.10
5	—	467	124.00–134.00	128.36
8	—	372	132.00–142.00	138.79
9	—	430	130.00–138.00	132.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	132.00–142.00	135.54
3	—	525	110.00–120.00	113.46
3	—	585	106.00–116.00	110.63
4	—	368	120.00–130.00	126.11
4	—	435	120.00–127.00	123.54
5	—	316	130.00–136.00	132.81
5	—	476	118.00–124.00	120.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,293	650.00–800.00	766.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	71.00	71.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	862	53.00–57.00	55.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,740	73.00–78.00	74.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	59.00	59.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	44.00–51.00	48.22
4	—	1,431	55.00–57.00	55.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	48.00	48.00
8	—	949	38.00–44.00	42.01

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle