Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.10/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$131.10

45 head · 417 lb average

Value per head Derived

$546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.74

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	467	145.37	679	3thin
Medium and Large 3	365	130.60	477	21
Medium and Large 2	461	129.55	597	21

One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $81 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 sale45 hd

131.10

—

GA average12 barns · 1,448 hd

129.36

+1.74

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	1,350	88.67	1,197	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,041	66.55	693	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	922	60.67	559	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	121.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	286	137.37/cwt	134.00–140.00	393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	133.43/cwt	130.00–136.00	619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	143.88/cwt	140.00–146.00	460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	358	144.09/cwt	140.00–148.00	516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	133.97/cwt	132.00–136.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	484	125.63/cwt	122.00–130.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	145.37/cwt	140.00–148.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	133.21/cwt	130.00–136.00	554	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	144.11/cwt	140.00–146.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	132.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	508	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	545	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	474	1
Bulls	—	—	1,470	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,294	2
Bulls	—	—	1,110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	999	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	68.19/cwt	65.00–73.00	727	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	164.16/cwt	160.00–168.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	334	135.27/cwt	132.00–138.00	452	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	119.50/cwt	116.00–124.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	112.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	681	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	125.19/cwt	120.00–128.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	134.59/cwt	130.00–140.00	560	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,009	963.77/cwt	900.00–1,175.00	9,724	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	792.13/cwt	700.00–875.00	8,159	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,481	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	7,493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	122.64/cwt	120.00–128.00	500	3

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 Jun 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 136Last week 137Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 17Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 35Year ago 0

No Trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	120.00–125.00	121.66
4	—	464	130.00–136.00	133.43
3	—	320	140.00–146.00	143.88
4	—	608	110.00–118.00	112.02
7	—	416	130.00–140.00	134.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	286	134.00–140.00	137.37
3	—	385	130.00–136.00	132.05
5	—	334	132.00–138.00	135.27
4	—	476	116.00–124.00	119.50
3	—	408	120.00–128.00	122.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	140.00–148.00	145.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	358	140.00–148.00	144.09
5	—	484	122.00–130.00	125.63
5	—	416	130.00–136.00	133.21
3	—	513	120.00–128.00	125.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	140.00–146.00	144.11
4	—	323	160.00–168.00	164.16
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	132.00–136.00	133.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	66.00	66.00
1	—	895	53.00	53.00
1	—	1,045	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	65.00–73.00	68.19
1	—	940	60.00	60.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,110	90.00	90.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,009	900.00–1,175.00	963.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,030	700.00–875.00	792.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	925.00	925.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle