Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.19/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$129.19

54 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$6.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.92

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	132.04	734	10thin
Medium and Large 2	498	130.84	652	24
Medium and Large 3	471	125.78	592	20

One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about $142 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 sale54 hd

129.19

—

GA average15 barns · 1,694 hd

139.11

−9.92

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	1,278	90.00	1,150	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	58.19	725	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	49.50	479	2thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,295	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,114	1
Bulls	—	—	1,260	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,184	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	61.59/cwt	60.00–65.00	766	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	54.78/cwt	51.00–58.00	685	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	518	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	434	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,168	805.35/cwt	775.00–850.00	9,406	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,195	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	133.91/cwt	130.00–138.00	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	123.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	172.01/cwt	170.00–174.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.89/cwt	140.00–148.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	133.33/cwt	130.00–136.00	544	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	562	112.64/cwt	110.00–118.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	143.78/cwt	140.00–148.00	532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	147.05/cwt	142.00–152.00	669	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	122.03/cwt	120.00–124.00	760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	114.04/cwt	110.00–118.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	653	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	1,179.59/cwt	1,000.00–1,400.00	15,217	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,096	784.06/cwt	700.00–975.00	8,593	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	122.30/cwt	120.00–125.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	143.98/cwt	140.00–148.00	674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	134.76/cwt	130.00–138.00	563	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	124.70/cwt	120.00–128.00	758	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,740	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	114.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	134.39/cwt	130.00–140.00	640	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	787.68/cwt	775.00–800.00	8,389	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	513	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 Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 182Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 8Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 4Year ago 0

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves, 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
1	—	1,295	86.00	86.00
1	—	1,260	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	60.00–65.00	61.59
4	—	1,250	51.00–58.00	54.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,010	43.00	43.00

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)	2	—	1,168	775.00–850.00	805.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	59.00	59.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,065	775.00–800.00	787.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	50.00	50.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	65.00	65.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,290	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,179.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,096	700.00–975.00	784.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	130.00–138.00	133.91
6	—	533	120.00–128.00	123.25
6	—	425	140.00–148.00	143.89
6	—	568	120.00–125.00	122.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	562	110.00–118.00	112.64
4	—	370	140.00–148.00	143.78
6	—	418	130.00–138.00	134.76
4	—	513	110.00–118.00	114.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	142.00–152.00	147.05
6	—	623	120.00–124.00	122.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	170.00–174.00	172.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	140.00–148.00	143.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	120.00–128.00	124.70
8	—	476	130.00–140.00	134.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	120.00–124.00	122.01
6	—	408	130.00–136.00	133.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	110.00–118.00	114.04
4	—	583	110.00–114.00	112.03

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle