Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.97/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$118.97

42 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$12.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	126.35	619	8thin
Medium and Large 2	471	121.09	571	17thin
Medium and Large 3	455	113.38	516	17thin

One grade step is worth $12.97/cwt here — about $103 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 sale42 hd

118.97

—

GA average16 barns · 1,131 hd

122.97

−4.00

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	1,642	78.55	1,289	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,113	51.07	568	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	906	43.25	392	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	111.98/cwt	110.00–118.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	112.94/cwt	110.00–116.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	109.04/cwt	108.00–110.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	115.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	109.20/cwt	105.00–114.00	566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	116.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	136.65/cwt	132.00–140.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	131.07/cwt	125.00–135.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	125.06/cwt	120.00–130.00	527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	127.28/cwt	125.00–130.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	133.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	155.50/cwt	152.00–160.00	412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	113.37/cwt	110.00–118.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	137.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	122.65/cwt	120.00–126.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	123.94/cwt	122.00–126.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	112.71/cwt	110.00–116.00	631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	138.02/cwt	132.00–142.00	600	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	902.15/cwt	850.00–950.00	9,455	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,018	663.82/cwt	600.00–725.00	6,758	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	549	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,073	54.79/cwt	51.00–59.00	588	3
Bulls	—	—	1,610	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,652	78.06/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,290	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	48.04/cwt	45.00–49.00	531	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	53.50/cwt	50.00–58.00	598	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	37.48/cwt	36.00–39.00	347	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	47.10/cwt	45.00–50.00	421	3

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 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	110.00–118.00	111.98
4	—	386	125.00–135.00	131.07
4	—	421	120.00–130.00	125.06
2	—	480	122.00–126.00	123.94
3	—	560	110.00–116.00	112.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	110.00–116.00	112.94
2	—	573	108.00–110.00	109.04
3	—	428	110.00–120.00	115.46
4	—	518	105.00–114.00	109.20
6	—	378	110.00–120.00	116.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	135.00–140.00	137.43
6	—	533	120.00–126.00	122.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	132.00–140.00	136.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	132.00–142.00	138.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	125.00–130.00	127.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	130.00–136.00	133.04
3	—	265	152.00–160.00	155.50
3	—	573	110.00–118.00	113.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,048	850.00–950.00	902.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,018	600.00–725.00	663.82
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	61.00	61.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,073	51.00–59.00	54.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	80.00	80.00
3	—	1,652	77.00–79.00	78.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	45.00–49.00	48.04
5	—	1,118	50.00–58.00	53.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	36.00–39.00	37.48
3	—	893	45.00–50.00	47.10

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