Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2022-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-24

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 $141.82/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$141.82

53 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$15.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.73

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	145.81	558	26
Medium and Large 1	484	144.19	698	15thin
Medium and Large 3	437	130.23	570	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about −$12 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

141.82

—

GA average15 barns · 1,417 hd

133.09

+8.73

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	1,613	79.35	1,280	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	62.00	766	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	47.83	475	10

Every lot, as filed

25 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 3	—	658	111.99/cwt	110.00–114.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	131.46/cwt	130.00–134.00	820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	162.41/cwt	160.00–168.00	450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	171.75/cwt	170.00–175.00	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	162.51/cwt	160.00–165.00	964	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	142.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	152.03/cwt	150.00–154.00	464	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	154.60/cwt	150.00–158.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	134.04/cwt	130.00–138.00	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	144.70/cwt	140.00–148.00	618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	145.65/cwt	140.00–150.00	521	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	697	2
Bulls	—	—	1,643	80.94/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,330	4
Bulls	—	—	1,495	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,091	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	53.38/cwt	50.00–57.00	519	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	44.13/cwt	40.00–48.00	445	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	162.97/cwt	160.00–166.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	172.05/cwt	170.00–174.00	705	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	162.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	133.87/cwt	130.00–138.00	495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	133.88/cwt	130.00–138.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	152.16/cwt	150.00–154.00	638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	153.50/cwt	150.00–156.00	946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	131.37/cwt	130.00–134.00	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 Oct 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 0Year ago 173

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 0Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 22

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	110.00–114.00	111.99
6	—	370	130.00–138.00	133.87
4	—	428	130.00–138.00	133.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	624	130.00–134.00	131.46
4	—	458	140.00–146.00	142.98
7	—	419	150.00–154.00	152.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	160.00–168.00	162.41
4	—	305	150.00–154.00	152.03
2	—	475	130.00–138.00	134.04
6	—	427	140.00–148.00	144.70
8	—	358	140.00–150.00	145.65
3	—	507	130.00–134.00	131.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	170.00–175.00	171.75
4	—	593	160.00–165.00	162.51
4	—	616	150.00–156.00	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	150.00–158.00	154.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	160.00–166.00	162.97
4	—	410	170.00–174.00	172.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	160.00–165.00	162.44

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	—	1,025	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,643	80.00–84.00	80.94
1	—	1,495	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	973	50.00–57.00	53.38
6	—	1,008	40.00–48.00	44.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	62.00	62.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle