Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.71/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$123.71

36 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$16.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.92

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	427	130.76	558	21
Medium and Large 3	485	113.85	552	15thin

One grade step is worth $16.92/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 sale36 hd

123.71

—

GA average16 barns · 1,356 hd

113.79

+9.92

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	1,269	67.28	854	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	45.55	603	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	42.22	450	5thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	418	132.68/cwt	130.00–136.00	555	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	139.93/cwt	137.00–143.00	522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	121.30/cwt	118.00–125.00	583	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	92.63/cwt	90.00–98.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	121.20/cwt	118.00–125.00	521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	120.03/cwt	118.00–122.00	574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	114.25/cwt	110.00–120.00	480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	103.50/cwt	100.00–110.00	424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	103.32/cwt	100.00–106.00	488	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	128.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	587	113.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	665	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,328	649.01/cwt	625.00–675.00	8,619	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,383	53.13/cwt	51.00–56.00	735	2
Bulls	—	—	1,269	67.28/cwt	63.00–70.00	854	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	45.55/cwt	44.00–47.00	603	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	46.02/cwt	45.00–47.00	502	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	39.69/cwt	38.00–42.00	416	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 Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 264Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 30Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 10Year 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	—	418	130.00–136.00	132.68
7	—	373	137.00–143.00	139.93
8	—	481	118.00–125.00	121.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	90.00–98.00	92.63
4	—	485	110.00–120.00	115.05
8	—	430	118.00–125.00	121.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	118.00–122.00	120.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	110.00–120.00	114.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	100.00–110.00	103.50
6	—	472	100.00–106.00	103.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	125.00–130.00	128.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	110.00–115.00	113.35

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	4	—	1,328	625.00–675.00	649.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,383	51.00–56.00	53.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	63.00–70.00	67.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,323	44.00–47.00	45.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	45.00–47.00	46.02
3	—	1,048	38.00–42.00	39.69

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

Bulls · 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