Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-01

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 $129.95/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$129.95

81 head · 384 lb average

Value per head Derived

$499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$4.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.80

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	403	132.29	533	37
Medium and Large 3	367	127.98	470	44

One grade step is worth $4.31/cwt here — about $63 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 sale81 hd

129.95

—

GA average15 barns · 1,737 hd

125.14

+4.80

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	—	Average	1,540	82.40	1,269	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	60.81	761	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	833	48.56	404	13

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	408	155.02/cwt	152.00–158.00	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	141.94/cwt	140.00–144.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	136.90/cwt	132.00–142.00	455	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	143.20/cwt	140.00–148.00	540	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	697.98/cwt	600.00–800.00	5,933	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	149.45/cwt	146.00–156.00	692	3
Bulls	—	—	1,518	84.82/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,288	4
Bulls	—	—	1,835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,652	1
Bulls	—	—	1,470	76.65/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,127	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	756	44.82/cwt	42.00–48.00	339	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	54.55/cwt	53.00–56.00	521	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	63.30/cwt	60.00–67.00	833	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	158.03/cwt	154.00–160.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	125.82/cwt	120.00–130.00	588	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	144.07/cwt	140.00–148.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	155.25/cwt	150.00–160.00	593	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	944.64/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	133.30/cwt	130.00–138.00	571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	122.04/cwt	120.00–124.00	622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	145.46/cwt	140.00–148.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	134.79/cwt	130.00–140.00	514	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	152.60/cwt	150.00–158.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	113.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	136.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	562	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	316	153.10/cwt	150.00–158.00	484	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	119.61/cwt	114.00–124.00	551	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	68.59/cwt	67.00–70.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	124.66/cwt	120.00–128.00	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	132.92/cwt	130.00–136.00	437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	125.34/cwt	120.00–130.00	469	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	1,004.88/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	8,903	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	276	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	373	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,037	52.52/cwt	50.00–54.00	545	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,350	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	797	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,078	742.74/cwt	625.00–800.00	8,007	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	7,030	1

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 Mar 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 0Year ago 0

No Trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	152.00–158.00	155.02
3	—	463	146.00–156.00	149.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	140.00–144.00	141.94
4	—	408	140.00–148.00	144.07
5	—	382	150.00–160.00	155.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	140.00–148.00	143.20
2	—	555	110.00–116.00	113.03
5	—	413	130.00–140.00	136.07
7	—	316	150.00–158.00	153.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	332	132.00–142.00	136.90
6	—	467	120.00–130.00	125.82
6	—	428	130.00–138.00	133.30
4	—	510	120.00–124.00	122.04
11	—	381	130.00–140.00	134.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	461	114.00–124.00	119.61
6	—	437	120.00–128.00	124.66
8	—	329	130.00–136.00	132.92
8	—	374	120.00–130.00	125.34
12	—	276	130.00–140.00	135.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	154.00–160.00	158.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	140.00–148.00	145.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	150.00–158.00	152.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	850	600.00–800.00	697.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	59.00	59.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,233	67.00–70.00	68.59
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	886	900.00–1,100.00	1,004.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,143	900.00–1,000.00	944.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,078	625.00–800.00	742.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	81.00–88.00	84.82
1	—	1,835	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,470	74.00–79.00	76.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	756	42.00–48.00	44.82
5	—	956	53.00–56.00	54.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,316	60.00–67.00	63.30
3	—	1,037	50.00–54.00	52.52

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