Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.71/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$123.71

38 head · 406 lb average

Value per head Derived

$503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$3.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.13

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	441	125.70	555	13thin
Medium and Large 3	388	122.68	476	25

One grade step is worth $3.02/cwt here — about $79 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 sale38 hd

123.71

—

GA average15 barns · 1,069 hd

116.58

+7.13

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	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	42.00	416	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	553	109.98/cwt	106.00–112.00	608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	133.48/cwt	130.00–136.00	521	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	144.13/cwt	140.00–146.00	461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	277	143.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	326	132.42/cwt	130.00–134.00	432	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	437	114.56/cwt	112.00–120.00	501	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	108.71/cwt	106.00–114.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	359	124.45/cwt	120.00–128.00	447	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	531	102.46/cwt	100.00–106.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	116.77/cwt	114.00–120.00	371	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,233	724.29/cwt	675.00–775.00	8,930	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	53.47/cwt	51.00–55.00	415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	421	109.67/cwt	104.00–114.00	462	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	112.60/cwt	110.00–115.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	112.62/cwt	110.00–118.00	586	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 Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 0Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 6

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	106.00–112.00	109.98
4	—	390	130.00–136.00	133.48
3	—	320	140.00–146.00	144.13
3	—	520	110.00–118.00	112.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	140.00–145.00	143.37
8	—	326	130.00–134.00	132.42
3	—	437	112.00–120.00	114.56
3	—	463	106.00–114.00	108.71
4	—	359	120.00–128.00	124.45
4	—	531	100.00–106.00	102.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	318	114.00–120.00	116.77
6	—	421	104.00–114.00	109.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	110.00–115.00	112.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	42.00	42.00

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	—	1,233	675.00–775.00	724.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	777	51.00–55.00	53.47

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle