Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 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 $127.07/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$127.07

58 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

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

$27.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.83

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	338	146.67	496	6thin
Medium and Large 2	455	129.29	588	28
Medium and Large 3	471	119.57	563	24

One grade step is worth $27.10/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale58 hd

127.07

—

GA average16 barns · 2,371 hd

123.23

+3.83

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	1,513	82.46	1,248	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,348	62.00	835	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	793	53.03	421	2thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,569	83.35/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,308	5
Bulls	—	—	1,235	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	963	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	618	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	53.03/cwt	50.00–56.00	421	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,630	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	121.60/cwt	120.00–125.00	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	133.90/cwt	130.00–138.00	513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	125.68/cwt	120.00–130.00	520	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	128.94/cwt	125.00–132.00	616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	123.15/cwt	120.00–128.00	586	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	113.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	767	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	136.04/cwt	132.00–140.00	439	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	125.07/cwt	122.00–128.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	129.56/cwt	128.00–131.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	146.67/cwt	142.00–152.00	496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	131.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	804	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	123.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	133.05/cwt	130.00–135.00	569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	104.63/cwt	100.00–110.00	586	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	126.22/cwt	125.00–130.00	843	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	143.13/cwt	140.00–146.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	163.43/cwt	160.00–166.00	539	6

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 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 280Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 57Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 55Year ago 30

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,569	80.00–86.00	83.35
1	—	1,235	78.00	78.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	58.00	58.00
1	—	1,630	66.00	66.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	50.00–56.00	53.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	731	120.00–125.00	121.60
6	—	609	130.00–136.00	131.98
8	—	668	125.00–130.00	126.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	130.00–138.00	133.90
6	—	673	110.00–116.00	113.98
6	—	323	132.00–140.00	136.04
4	—	475	128.00–131.00	129.56
6	—	428	130.00–135.00	133.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	414	120.00–130.00	125.68
8	—	476	120.00–128.00	123.15
6	—	560	100.00–110.00	104.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	338	142.00–152.00	146.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	125.00–132.00	128.94
4	—	563	122.00–128.00	125.07
8	—	527	120.00–130.00	123.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	140.00–146.00	143.13
6	—	330	160.00–166.00	163.43

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	—	925	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	66.00	66.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	66.00	66.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle