Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-21

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 $228.92/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$228.92

27 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$6.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.07

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	233.32	1,136	3thin
Medium and Large 2	434	231.06	1,004	10thin
Medium and Large 3	409	226.45	926	14thin

One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about $210 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 sale27 hd

228.92

—

GA average16 barns · 1,463 hd

220.85

+8.07

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	1,430	96.54	1,381	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	95.33	1,111	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,698	92.57	1,572	2thin

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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	835	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	875	$1,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	941	$1,104	8

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	457	213.43/cwt	210.00–220.00	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	233.47/cwt	230.00–238.00	978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	252.54/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,003	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	244.97/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,039	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	272.21/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	224.81/cwt	220.00–227.00	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	386	234.32/cwt	230.00–238.00	904	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	233.32/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	225.45/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,060	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	1,243.15/head	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,243	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	868	963.98/head	950.00–975.00	964	4
Bulls	—	—	1,335	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,148	1
Bulls	—	—	1,568	96.58/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,514	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,338	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	95.33/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,111	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,698	92.57/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,572	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 Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 148Last week 0Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 0Year ago 11

No Trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	210.00–220.00	213.43
5	—	408	220.00–227.00	224.81
6	—	386	230.00–238.00	234.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	230.00–238.00	233.47
3	—	470	220.00–228.00	225.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	230.00–235.00	233.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	250.00–255.00	252.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	343	290.00–295.00	292.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	240.00–247.00	244.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	270.00–277.00	272.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,013	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,243.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	868	950.00–975.00	963.98
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	660	137.00	137.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	875	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	86.00	86.00
2	—	1,568	94.00–99.00	96.58
1	—	1,250	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	93.00–98.00	95.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	90.00–95.00	92.57

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle