Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls unevenly steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.62/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$122.62

74 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$15.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	425	133.91	569	4thin
Medium and Large 2	447	126.25	564	32
Medium and Large 3	474	118.38	561	38

One grade step is worth $15.53/cwt here — about $8 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 sale74 hd

122.62

—

GA average17 barns · 1,626 hd

118.47

+4.15

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	1,259	58.31	734	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	871	49.45	431	8thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1	—	369	161.08/cwt	158.00–164.00	594	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	153.04/cwt	150.00–156.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	139.05/cwt	135.00–144.00	602	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	153.05/cwt	150.00–156.00	482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	115.03/cwt	112.00–119.00	648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	133.27/cwt	130.00–137.00	568	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	125.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	112.93/cwt	110.00–116.00	636	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	674	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,110	59.59/cwt	54.00–64.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	113.99/cwt	110.00–118.00	604	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	119.06/cwt	116.00–122.00	566	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	133.91/cwt	130.00–138.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	137.09/cwt	134.00–140.00	446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	147.26/cwt	145.00–150.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	114.03/cwt	110.00–118.00	747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	109.05/cwt	106.00–112.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	123.94/cwt	120.00–128.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	133.43/cwt	130.00–138.00	494	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	128.02/cwt	122.00–132.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	125.51/cwt	120.00–130.00	458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	123.43/cwt	120.00–128.00	528	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	483	124.85/cwt	120.00–130.00	603	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	54.90/cwt	50.00–58.00	655	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	61.29/cwt	60.00–65.00	807	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	821	46.71/cwt	43.00–49.00	383	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	52.18/cwt	50.00–55.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	113.02/cwt	110.00–116.00	659	8

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 211Year ago 113

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 13Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	369	158.00–164.00	161.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	150.00–156.00	153.04
6	—	433	135.00–144.00	139.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	150.00–156.00	153.05
6	—	563	112.00–119.00	115.03
8	—	426	130.00–137.00	133.27
12	—	483	120.00–130.00	124.85
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	120.00–130.00	125.07
4	—	563	110.00–116.00	112.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	474	145.00–150.00	147.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	110.00–118.00	114.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	110.00–118.00	113.99
12	—	475	116.00–122.00	119.06
4	—	565	106.00–112.00	109.05
6	—	365	120.00–130.00	125.51
6	—	428	120.00–128.00	123.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	130.00–138.00	133.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	134.00–140.00	137.09
4	—	488	120.00–128.00	123.94
8	—	370	130.00–138.00	133.43
8	—	429	122.00–132.00	128.02
8	—	583	110.00–116.00	113.02

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	—	1,190	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	77.00	77.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	54.00–64.00	59.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,193	50.00–58.00	54.90
8	—	1,316	60.00–65.00	61.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	821	43.00–49.00	46.71
4	—	921	50.00–55.00	52.18

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