Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Steers and Steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and Heifer calves lightly tested, Feeder Bulls 2.00 higher, Bull calves 5.00 higher, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $253.86/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$253.86

17 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$137

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

$54.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	303	291.04	881	5thin
Medium and Large 2	475	240.03	1,140	6thin
Medium and Large 3	430	236.70	1,018	6thin

One grade step is worth $54.34/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale17 hd

253.86

—

GA average16 barns · 999 hd

216.86

+37.00

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	1,060	101.32	1,074	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,085	92.97	1,009	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,092	77.33	844	3thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	77.33/cwt	72.00–80.00	844	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	92.97/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,009	2
Bulls	—	—	1,060	101.32/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	204.95/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	242.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	262.62/cwt	260.00–265.00	854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	216.74/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,242	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	263.32/cwt	260.00–265.00	993	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	291	296.00/cwt	295.00–298.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	283.61/cwt	280.00–287.00	908	2

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 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 75Year ago 166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 7Year ago 31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	72.00–80.00	77.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	90.00–96.00	92.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	98.00–105.00	101.32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	200.00–210.00	204.95
2	—	430	240.00–245.00	242.53
2	—	325	260.00–265.00	262.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	210.00–220.00	216.74
3	—	377	260.00–265.00	263.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	291	295.00–298.00	296.00
2	—	320	280.00–287.00	283.61

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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