Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $185.83/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$185.83

43 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$236

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

$64.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	351	236.76	830	8thin
Medium and Large 3	530	174.32	925	32
Medium and Large 2	617	172.72	1,066	3thin

One grade step is worth $64.04/cwt here — about −$236 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 sale43 hd

185.83

—

GA average14 barns · 1,074 hd

184.59

+1.23

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	1,658	88.22	1,463	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	75.53	916	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	Medium and Large 3	—	617	163.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,008	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	663	152.77/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	185.16/cwt	180.00–188.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	164.19/cwt	160.00–170.00	938	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	141.99/cwt	140.00–146.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	175.23/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	171.32/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,177	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	183.84/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,028	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	182.80/cwt	180.00–185.00	786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	195.60/cwt	192.00–200.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	163.95/cwt	162.00–168.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	164.41/cwt	160.00–170.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	174.59/cwt	170.00–177.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	135.31/cwt	130.00–138.00	857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	172.72/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,066	3
Bulls	—	—	2,255	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,736	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	975	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	82.66/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,114	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,256	2
Bulls	—	—	1,558	96.04/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	165.41/cwt	160.00–168.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	167.35/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,185	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	163.88/cwt	160.00–168.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	172.69/cwt	170.00–174.00	881	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	175.17/cwt	170.00–178.00	913	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	241.57/cwt	235.00–245.00	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	233.88/cwt	230.00–237.00	842	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	75.53/cwt	74.00–77.00	916	4

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 Feb 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 163Last week 178Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 24Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 7Year ago 18

No Trends Available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	160.00–165.00	163.30
3	—	663	150.00–158.00	152.77
3	—	465	180.00–188.00	185.16
7	—	571	160.00–170.00	164.19
6	—	422	192.00–200.00	195.60
10	—	521	170.00–178.00	175.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	170.00–178.00	172.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	235.00–245.00	241.57
5	—	360	230.00–237.00	233.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	140.00–146.00	141.99
3	—	633	130.00–138.00	135.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	430	180.00–185.00	182.80
5	—	484	170.00–177.00	174.59
2	—	573	160.00–168.00	163.88
3	—	510	170.00–174.00	172.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	162.00–168.00	163.95
4	—	474	160.00–170.00	164.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	170.00–178.00	175.23
3	—	687	170.00–174.00	171.32
3	—	708	162.00–170.00	167.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	559	180.00–190.00	183.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	160.00–168.00	165.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,255	77.00	77.00
2	—	1,460	86.00	86.00
2	—	1,558	95.00–97.00	96.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,213	74.00–77.00	75.53

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	59.00	59.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,348	79.00–86.00	82.66

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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Bulls · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle