Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.00/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$107.00

54 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$11.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	442	114.17	504	20
Medium and Large 3	485	102.78	498	34

One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about $6 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 sale54 hd

107.00

—

GA average16 barns · 1,516 hd

105.94

+1.06

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	—	Low	1,322	70.91	937	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	48.34	604	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	985	45.70	450	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	515	113.26/cwt	110.00–118.00	583	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	126.88/cwt	120.00–132.00	520	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	123.93/cwt	120.00–128.00	524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	112.04/cwt	110.00–114.00	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	103.23/cwt	100.00–108.00	537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	93.96/cwt	90.00–98.00	618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	115.84/cwt	110.00–120.00	431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	110.03/cwt	108.00–112.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	116.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	505	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	112.88/cwt	110.00–116.00	412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	97.07/cwt	92.00–102.00	542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	94.10/cwt	90.00–98.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	108.06/cwt	104.00–114.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	98.40/cwt	95.00–104.00	505	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	103.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	478	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	122.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	113.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	639	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	1,058.40/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	14,479	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,083	890.36/cwt	850.00–925.00	9,643	4
Bulls	—	—	1,322	70.91/cwt	68.00–74.00	937	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	48.34/cwt	45.00–51.00	604	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	45.70/cwt	43.00–48.00	450	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 →

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Mon Sep 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 74Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 15Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	515	110.00–118.00	113.26
10	—	410	120.00–132.00	126.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	120.00–128.00	123.93
4	—	460	110.00–114.00	112.04
6	—	520	100.00–108.00	103.23
6	—	658	90.00–98.00	93.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	372	110.00–120.00	115.84
6	—	520	108.00–112.00	110.03
8	—	435	110.00–120.00	116.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	110.00–116.00	112.88
4	—	558	92.00–102.00	97.07
4	—	625	90.00–98.00	94.10
6	—	435	104.00–114.00	108.06
6	—	513	95.00–104.00	98.40
10	—	460	100.00–110.00	103.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	120.00–125.00	122.52
4	—	565	110.00–116.00	113.03

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	—	1,368	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,058.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,083	850.00–925.00	890.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	68.00–74.00	70.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	45.00–51.00	48.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	43.00–48.00	45.70

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