Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady, Bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.58/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$132.58

100 head · 402 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$14.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.87

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	374	141.83	531	26
Medium and Large 2	413	131.43	542	40
Medium and Large 3	410	126.87	520	34

One grade step is worth $14.96/cwt here — about $11 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 sale100 hd

132.58

—

GA average15 barns · 1,838 hd

122.71

+9.87

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	1,465	82.00	1,201	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	58.20	727	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	997	49.71	495	10

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,465	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,201	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	44.68/cwt	42.00–47.00	412	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	54.73/cwt	50.00–59.00	586	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	63.13/cwt	60.00–65.00	675	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	55.46/cwt	50.00–58.00	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	143.90/cwt	140.00–148.00	532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	309	136.97/cwt	134.00–140.00	423	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	133.34/cwt	130.00–138.00	424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	137.65/cwt	132.00–142.00	577	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	765	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	636	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	134.04/cwt	130.00–138.00	495	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	124.06/cwt	120.00–128.00	653	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	133.11/cwt	130.00–136.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	144.98/cwt	140.00–150.00	468	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	153.95/cwt	150.00–158.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	132.71/cwt	130.00–135.00	492	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,607	1,042.69/cwt	1,000.00–1,175.00	16,756	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	122.30/cwt	120.00–125.00	642	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	113.09/cwt	110.00–116.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	133.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	552	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.42/cwt	124.00–130.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	124.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	529	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	154.40/cwt	150.00–158.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	114.10/cwt	110.00–118.00	591	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,135	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	134.12/cwt	130.00–138.00	697	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	122.99/cwt	120.00–126.00	686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	141.96/cwt	140.00–146.00	671	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 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 162Year ago 81

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 16Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 10Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	82.00	82.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	923	42.00–47.00	44.68
5	—	1,070	50.00–59.00	54.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,070	60.00–65.00	63.13
9	—	1,348	50.00–58.00	55.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	370	140.00–148.00	143.90
10	—	419	132.00–142.00	137.65
8	—	323	140.00–150.00	144.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	309	134.00–140.00	136.97
10	—	369	130.00–138.00	134.04
8	—	526	120.00–128.00	124.06
8	—	415	130.00–136.00	133.00
6	—	470	124.00–130.00	127.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	318	130.00–138.00	133.34
4	—	480	120.00–128.00	123.92
8	—	371	130.00–135.00	132.71
12	—	423	120.00–130.00	124.98
4	—	518	110.00–118.00	114.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	617	122.00–126.00	123.99
4	—	405	150.00–158.00	153.95
4	—	520	130.00–138.00	134.12
4	—	558	120.00–126.00	122.99
6	—	473	140.00–146.00	141.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	130.00–136.00	133.11
6	—	525	120.00–125.00	122.30
4	—	578	110.00–116.00	113.09
8	—	379	150.00–158.00	154.40

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	86.00	86.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	82.00	82.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	61.00	61.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,607	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,042.69

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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle