Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-17

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 $120.11/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$120.11

21 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$24.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.86

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	424	135.77	576	7thin
Medium and Large 2	518	115.38	598	3thin
Medium and Large 3	513	111.44	571	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.33/cwt here — about $4 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 sale21 hd

120.11

—

GA average16 barns · 1,159 hd

119.25

+0.86

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	53.34	610	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	906	50.04	453	4thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	455	134.42/cwt	127.00–137.00	612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	116.79/cwt	110.00–120.00	619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	134.94/cwt	130.00–137.00	569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	135.77/cwt	130.00–138.00	576	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	115.38/cwt	114.00–118.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	104.98/cwt	100.00–110.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	109.97/cwt	108.00–112.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	114.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	548	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	787	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	61.84/cwt	59.00–65.00	699	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	785	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	49.57/cwt	48.00–51.00	506	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	469	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	47.05/cwt	46.00–48.00	444	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 Jun 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	127.00–137.00	134.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	110.00–120.00	116.79
5	—	422	130.00–137.00	134.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	130.00–138.00	135.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	114.00–118.00	115.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	100.00–110.00	104.98
3	—	573	108.00–112.00	109.97
6	—	479	110.00–120.00	114.32

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	2	—	975	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	65.00	65.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,130	59.00–65.00	61.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,020	48.00–51.00	49.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	59.00	59.00
3	—	943	46.00–48.00	47.05

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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Fitzgerald

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