Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-09

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 $128.95/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$128.95

24 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$28

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

$22.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.42

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	408	143.83	586	8thin
Medium and Large 3	506	121.51	615	16thin

One grade step is worth $22.32/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale24 hd

128.95

—

GA average14 barns · 1,662 hd

132.37

−3.42

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	1,482	83.66	1,240	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,133	65.56	743	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	949	49.65	471	3thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	—	—	1,470	72.21/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,061	2
Bulls	—	—	1,575	92.12/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,451	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	504	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	593	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	66.63/cwt	63.00–69.00	763	8
Bulls	—	—	1,428	85.66/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,223	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	1,120.57/cwt	1,000.00–1,250.00	12,483	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	144.44/cwt	142.00–146.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	142.81/cwt	140.00–148.00	514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	155.44/cwt	150.00–158.00	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	182.97/cwt	180.00–185.00	704	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	65.40/cwt	62.00–70.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	108.78/cwt	106.00–112.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	509	124.41/cwt	120.00–128.00	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	143.03/cwt	138.00–148.00	634	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	807.48/cwt	750.00–850.00	7,316	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	898.24/cwt	825.00–1,025.00	9,809	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	46.47/cwt	45.00–48.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	133.37/cwt	130.00–138.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	120.02/cwt	108.00–128.00	639	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	143.88/cwt	140.00–146.00	666	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 Aug 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 95Last week 151Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 5Year ago 10

No trends available this week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	69.00–75.00	72.21
2	—	1,575	91.00–94.00	92.12
3	—	1,428	83.00–88.00	85.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	56.00	56.00
2	—	973	45.00–48.00	46.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	57.00	57.00
8	—	1,145	63.00–69.00	66.63

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	22	—	1,114	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,120.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	62.00–70.00	65.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	906	750.00–850.00	807.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,092	825.00–1,025.00	898.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	142.00–146.00	144.44
3	—	360	140.00–148.00	142.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	106.00–112.00	108.78
6	—	432	130.00–138.00	133.37
5	—	532	108.00–128.00	120.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	150.00–158.00	155.44
3	—	463	140.00–146.00	143.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	385	180.00–185.00	182.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	120.00–128.00	124.41
2	—	443	138.00–148.00	143.03

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle