Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.47/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$122.47

46 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$7.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.04

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	125.88	606	24
Medium and Large 3	469	118.76	557	22

One grade step is worth $7.11/cwt here — about $49 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 sale46 hd

122.47

—

GA average17 barns · 1,472 hd

125.52

−3.04

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	—	Low	1,095	71.14	779	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,006	60.88	613	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	842	48.54	408	4thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,095	71.14/cwt	69.00–73.00	779	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	655	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	675	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	358	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	47.05/cwt	45.00–49.00	422	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	965	61.84/cwt	60.00–65.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	145.15/cwt	140.00–150.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	125.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	123.34/cwt	120.00–128.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	123.10/cwt	120.00–126.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	125.39/cwt	122.00–128.00	717	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	114.14/cwt	110.00–118.00	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	123.09/cwt	120.00–126.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	124.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	531	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	113.48/cwt	108.00–118.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	114.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	115.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	133.60/cwt	130.00–138.00	562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	125.03/cwt	122.00–128.00	663	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,054	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	531	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 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 160Last week 187Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 10Year ago 0

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	69.00–73.00	71.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	58.00	58.00
3	—	965	60.00–65.00	61.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	53.00	53.00
3	—	897	45.00–49.00	47.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	140.00–150.00	145.15
4	—	620	120.00–126.00	123.10
6	—	572	122.00–128.00	125.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	110.00–118.00	114.14
4	—	530	122.00–128.00	125.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	120.00–130.00	125.39
6	—	517	120.00–128.00	123.34
4	—	565	110.00–120.00	114.96
8	—	421	130.00–138.00	133.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	428	120.00–128.00	124.00
6	—	527	108.00–118.00	113.48
6	—	478	110.00–120.00	115.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	120.00–126.00	123.09

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	—	835	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	69.00	69.00

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