Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.82/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$150.82

62 head · 361 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$21.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	370	165.86	614	8thin
Medium and Large 2	357	152.97	545	28
Medium and Large 3	363	143.87	522	26

One grade step is worth $21.99/cwt here — about $91 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 sale62 hd

150.82

—

GA average12 barns · 1,067 hd

138.68

+12.14

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	1,441	84.46	1,217	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	965	68.00	656	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,441	84.46/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,217	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	965	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	165.86/cwt	160.00–170.00	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	112.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	133.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	203	177.01/cwt	176.00–178.00	359	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,205	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	124.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	513	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	133.95/cwt	130.00–138.00	563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	153.87/cwt	150.00–158.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	317	151.38/cwt	147.00–157.00	480	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	144.34/cwt	142.00–147.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	503	113.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	113.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	133.63/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,085	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	137.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	134.51/cwt	130.00–138.00	562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	124.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	277	155.73/cwt	150.00–160.00	431	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	162.41/cwt	160.00–165.00	455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	162.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	508	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 Apr 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 182Last week 160Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 11Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 14Year ago 0

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	83.00–87.00	84.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	68.00	68.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	370	160.00–170.00	165.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	203	176.00–178.00	177.01
4	—	383	150.00–158.00	153.87
10	—	464	130.00–138.00	133.63
4	—	280	160.00–165.00	162.41
6	—	313	160.00–165.00	162.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	130.00–138.00	133.95
6	—	317	147.00–157.00	151.38
6	—	383	142.00–147.00	144.34
4	—	475	120.00–128.00	124.04
6	—	277	150.00–160.00	155.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	110.00–116.00	112.96
4	—	488	130.00–138.00	133.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	130.00–134.00	131.99
10	—	412	120.00–130.00	124.46
4	—	503	110.00–116.00	113.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	110.00–118.00	113.92
8	—	371	130.00–140.00	137.04
8	—	418	130.00–138.00	134.51

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	50.00	50.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	700.00	700.00

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle