Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2021-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers and Steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and Bulls mostly steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.52/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$119.52

53 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$65

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

$14.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.99

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	383	130.10	498	14thin
Medium and Large 3	486	115.72	563	39

One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about −$65 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 sale53 hd

119.52

—

GA average16 barns · 1,624 hd

124.51

−4.99

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	1,605	77.12	1,238	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,110	56.21	624	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	49.08	514	20

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	429	128.79/cwt	125.00–133.00	553	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	128.81/cwt	125.00–133.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	508	119.99/cwt	115.00–125.00	610	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	608	108.42/cwt	105.00–115.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	143.66/cwt	140.00–147.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	125.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	104.67/cwt	104.00–106.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	304	133.43/cwt	130.00–137.00	406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	111.03/cwt	105.00–115.00	632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	120.44/cwt	110.00–126.00	518	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	112.09/cwt	108.00–118.00	586	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	116.71/cwt	112.00–120.00	540	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,145	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	617	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,515	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	74.18/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,109	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	51.55/cwt	50.00–55.00	548	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	46.60/cwt	42.00–49.00	480	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	665	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	55.36/cwt	52.00–59.00	618	8

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 Sep 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 168Last week 218Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 15Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 38Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	125.00–133.00	128.79
5	—	304	130.00–137.00	133.43
2	—	373	130.00–135.00	132.55
2	—	473	120.00–125.00	122.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	120.00–130.00	125.31
3	—	627	104.00–106.00	104.67
7	—	569	105.00–115.00	111.03
14	—	430	110.00–126.00	120.44
7	—	523	108.00–118.00	112.09
6	—	463	112.00–120.00	116.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	125.00–133.00	128.81
7	—	508	115.00–125.00	119.99
3	—	608	105.00–115.00	108.42
4	—	373	140.00–147.00	143.66

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	—	1,180	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	59.00	59.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,495	70.00–77.00	74.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,063	50.00–55.00	51.55
10	—	1,031	42.00–49.00	46.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	63.00	63.00
8	—	1,117	52.00–59.00	55.36

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle