Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.23/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$120.23

56 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$16.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.26

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	438	133.02	583	4thin
Medium and Large 2	450	126.57	570	14thin
Medium and Large 3	468	116.55	546	38

One grade step is worth $16.47/cwt here — about $37 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 sale56 hd

120.23

—

GA average17 barns · 1,561 hd

119.97

+0.26

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%	Low	1,263	60.17	760	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	51.11	496	6thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	388	163.92/cwt	160.00–168.00	636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	610	104.07/cwt	100.00–108.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	155.91/cwt	152.00–162.00	511	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	151.95/cwt	146.00–156.00	562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	132.96/cwt	130.00–135.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	281	165.64/cwt	160.00–168.00	465	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	118.53/cwt	117.00–124.00	783	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,175	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	133.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	128.64/cwt	124.00–134.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	125.02/cwt	122.00–128.00	581	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	154.03/cwt	150.00–158.00	498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	126.54/cwt	124.00–129.00	709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	137.29/cwt	134.00–139.00	664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	121.17/cwt	116.00–126.00	446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	117.59/cwt	115.00–120.00	500	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	112.36/cwt	109.00–116.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	124.03/cwt	120.00–128.00	425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	114.10/cwt	108.00–118.00	598	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	115.57/cwt	110.00–120.00	551	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	411	143.23/cwt	140.00–147.00	589	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	122.97/cwt	120.00–126.00	646	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	55.18/cwt	50.00–59.00	677	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	63.91/cwt	60.00–68.00	824	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	44.50/cwt	43.00–46.00	440	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	54.42/cwt	50.00–58.00	524	4

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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 153Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 7Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 9Year ago 10

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	160.00–168.00	163.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	100.00–108.00	104.07
6	—	328	152.00–162.00	155.91
6	—	370	146.00–156.00	151.95
6	—	478	130.00–135.00	132.96
7	—	281	160.00–168.00	165.64
8	—	411	140.00–147.00	143.23
8	—	525	120.00–126.00	122.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	661	117.00–124.00	118.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	150.00–158.00	154.03
4	—	560	124.00–129.00	126.54
9	—	484	134.00–139.00	137.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	130.00–136.00	133.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	124.00–134.00	128.64
8	—	465	122.00–128.00	125.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	116.00–126.00	121.17
6	—	425	115.00–120.00	117.59
6	—	573	109.00–116.00	112.36
4	—	343	120.00–128.00	124.03
8	—	524	108.00–118.00	114.10
10	—	477	110.00–120.00	115.57

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	—	1,175	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,227	50.00–59.00	55.18
4	—	1,290	60.00–68.00	63.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	43.00–46.00	44.50
4	—	963	50.00–58.00	54.42

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