Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows lightly tested, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves unevenly steady to 4.00 lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.57/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$149.57

87 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$24.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.13

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	160.90	708	34
Medium and Large 2	460	149.89	690	24
Medium and Large 3	496	136.02	674	29

One grade step is worth $24.88/cwt here — about $34 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 sale87 hd

149.57

—

GA average15 barns · 1,358 hd

141.43

+8.13

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	1,466	82.72	1,213	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	64.00	790	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	790	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,602	1
Bulls	—	—	1,355	80.62/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,092	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	314	175.67/cwt	170.00–178.00	552	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	160.00/cwt	156.00–164.00	739	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	134.81/cwt	130.00–140.00	658	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	287	175.30/cwt	170.00–178.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	693	114.01/cwt	110.00–118.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	132.99/cwt	130.00–136.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	145.06/cwt	140.00–150.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	116.74/cwt	110.00–120.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	125.42/cwt	120.00–128.00	588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	131.03/cwt	128.00–134.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	143.24/cwt	140.00–150.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	603	115.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	153.95/cwt	150.00–156.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	164.27/cwt	160.00–166.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	132.94/cwt	130.00–140.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	130.04/cwt	128.00–132.00	550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	143.88/cwt	140.00–148.00	468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	126.02/cwt	120.00–136.00	737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	718	114.04/cwt	110.00–118.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	123.07/cwt	120.00–126.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	162.67/cwt	160.00–166.00	673	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	173.74/cwt	170.00–176.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	132.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	796	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 Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11Last week 134Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 210Last week 24Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	89.00	89.00
3	—	1,355	79.00–83.00	80.62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	314	170.00–178.00	175.67
4	—	568	130.00–136.00	132.99
3	—	468	140.00–150.00	143.24
3	—	415	150.00–156.00	153.95
5	—	373	160.00–166.00	164.27
2	—	718	110.00–118.00	114.04
2	—	625	120.00–126.00	123.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	462	156.00–164.00	160.00
12	—	414	160.00–166.00	162.67
6	—	362	170.00–176.00	173.74
3	—	603	130.00–136.00	132.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	488	130.00–140.00	134.81
3	—	287	170.00–178.00	175.30
2	—	693	110.00–118.00	114.01
4	—	405	140.00–150.00	145.06
2	—	603	110.00–120.00	115.02
4	—	585	120.00–136.00	126.02
4	—	520	130.00–134.00	132.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	110.00–120.00	116.74
7	—	469	120.00–128.00	125.42
7	—	379	130.00–140.00	132.94
6	—	423	128.00–132.00	130.04
4	—	325	140.00–148.00	143.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	128.00–134.00	131.03

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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