Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

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 $114.04/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$114.04

86 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

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

$15.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.54

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	423	125.71	532	22
Medium and Large 3	508	110.02	559	64

One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale86 hd

114.04

—

GA average15 barns · 1,357 hd

115.58

−1.54

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	1,540	72.41	1,115	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	61.00	767	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	47.98	457	6thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	715	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	55.90/cwt	54.00–58.00	516	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	44.02/cwt	42.00–47.00	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	102.99/cwt	100.00–106.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	611	113.50/cwt	110.00–114.00	693	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	95.76/cwt	95.00–98.00	723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	115.01/cwt	112.00–122.00	497	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	112.52/cwt	108.00–120.00	536	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	110.37/cwt	109.00–112.00	571	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	612	100.38/cwt	95.00–103.00	614	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	122.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	130.48/cwt	127.00–134.00	506	4
Bulls	—	—	1,540	72.41/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,115	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	144.84/cwt	140.00–150.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	576	104.01/cwt	100.00–108.00	599	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	618	95.98/cwt	90.00–99.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	409	134.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	466	123.42/cwt	120.00–127.00	575	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	110.99/cwt	106.00–116.00	573	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,563	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	581	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	116.97/cwt	114.00–120.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	135.35/cwt	130.00–138.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	120.46/cwt	117.00–124.00	567	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	126.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	431	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 Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 81Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 14Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 7Year ago 20

No Trends available this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,500	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	54.00–58.00	55.90
4	—	968	42.00–47.00	44.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	71.00–75.00	72.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	588	100.00–106.00	102.99
10	—	432	112.00–122.00	115.01
11	—	476	108.00–120.00	112.52
16	—	517	109.00–112.00	110.37
16	—	612	95.00–103.00	100.38
4	—	375	120.00–125.00	122.37
3	—	340	120.00–130.00	126.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	127.00–134.00	130.48
4	—	515	114.00–120.00	116.97
6	—	321	130.00–138.00	135.35
8	—	471	117.00–124.00	120.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	611	110.00–114.00	113.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	755	95.00–98.00	95.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	140.00–150.00	144.84
5	—	576	100.00–108.00	104.01
5	—	618	90.00–99.00	95.98
7	—	409	130.00–140.00	134.01
8	—	466	120.00–127.00	123.42
8	—	516	106.00–116.00	110.99

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	—	1,050	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	70.00	70.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	51.00	51.00

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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle