Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer, heifer, and bull calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $233.15/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$233.15

32 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

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

$30.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	241.21	1,092	21
Medium and Large 3	409	223.67	915	6thin
Medium and Large 2	529	210.66	1,114	5thin

One grade step is worth $30.56/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale32 hd

233.15

—

GA average16 barns · 1,313 hd

211.64

+21.51

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	1,555	115.60	1,798	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,103	87.33	963	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	79.17	758	9thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	235.86/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,132	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	262.57/cwt	260.00–265.00	958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	175.07/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	244.91/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	273	291.06/cwt	290.00–292.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	255	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	258.46/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	171.02/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	222.00/cwt	220.00–224.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	235.09/cwt	232.00–238.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	234.38/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,020	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	486	209.50/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,018	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	218.49/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	202.01/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,067	2
Bulls	—	—	1,355	111.47/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,510	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	87.33/cwt	85.00–90.00	963	6
Bulls	—	—	1,755	119.73/cwt	118.00–121.00	2,101	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	82.27/cwt	79.00–86.00	829	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	75.30/cwt	71.00–78.00	674	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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 236Year ago 78

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 9Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	480	230.00–238.00	235.86
2	—	365	260.00–265.00	262.57
2	—	413	240.00–250.00	244.91
2	—	273	290.00–292.00	291.06
4	—	531	218.00–220.00	218.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	172.00–178.00	175.07
3	—	435	230.00–238.00	234.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	252.00	252.00
4	—	486	208.00–210.00	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	257.00–260.00	258.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	170.00–172.00	171.02
3	—	360	220.00–224.00	222.00
2	—	490	200.00	200.00
3	—	333	232.00–238.00	235.09
2	—	528	200.00–204.00	202.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	109.00–113.00	111.47
2	—	1,755	118.00–121.00	119.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,103	85.00–90.00	87.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,008	79.00–86.00	82.27
4	—	895	71.00–78.00	75.30

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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