Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.08/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$217.08

20 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$8.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.92

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	221.45	1,211	10thin
Medium and Large 2	534	212.72	1,136	10thin

One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $75 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 sale20 hd

217.08

—

GA average15 barns · 690 hd

227.00

−9.92

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	—	High	1,350	99.53	1,344	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	917	69.53	638	14

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,142	6

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	251.71/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	253.46/cwt	250.00–255.00	963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	184.92/cwt	180.00–190.00	902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	195.57/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,299	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	193.06/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	228.02/cwt	224.00–230.00	896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	203.31/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	218.94/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,279	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	223.96/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	193.69/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	224.08/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	216.60/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	283	272.52/cwt	270.00–275.00	771	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	262.33/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,089	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,312.66/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,313	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,081	1
Bulls	—	—	1,620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,733	1
Bulls	—	—	1,215	95.79/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,164	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	68.53/cwt	64.00–70.00	671	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	76.56/cwt	74.00–80.00	696	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	54.48/cwt	52.00–60.00	466	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 May 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 105Year ago 162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 11Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 21Year ago 14

No Trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	250.00–255.00	251.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	250.00–255.00	253.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	283	270.00–275.00	272.52
5	—	415	260.00–265.00	262.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	180.00–190.00	184.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	190.00–198.00	195.57
3	—	393	224.00–230.00	228.02
3	—	513	200.00–210.00	203.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	190.00–196.00	193.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	215.00–225.00	218.94
5	—	510	220.00–230.00	223.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	190.00–196.00	193.69
4	—	480	220.00–228.00	224.08
3	—	530	215.00–220.00	216.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,155	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	101.00	101.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	107.00	107.00
2	—	1,215	93.00–99.00	95.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	979	64.00–70.00	68.53
7	—	909	74.00–80.00	76.56
3	—	855	52.00–60.00	54.48

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle