Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2023-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-23

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 $216.21/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$216.21

29 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$361

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

$35.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.93

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	429	218.67	938	27
Medium and Large 1	710	183.04	1,300	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.63/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale29 hd

216.21

—

GA average16 barns · 1,303 hd

215.28

+0.93

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	1,491	91.23	1,360	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	79.91	1,009	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	962	64.03	616	6thin

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)	1,413	$1,337	4thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2	—	308	222.92/cwt	220.00–230.00	687	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	202.81/cwt	200.00–210.00	832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	212.53/cwt	210.00–215.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	233.01/cwt	230.00–240.00	781	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	183.04/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	232.64/cwt	230.00–235.00	861	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	638	183.98/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	673	172.42/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	503	205.02/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	194.79/cwt	190.00–200.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	222.10/cwt	220.00–225.00	942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	216.46/cwt	210.00–220.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	205.35/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,072	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,413	1,337.21/head	1,325.00–1,350.00	1,337	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	82.67/cwt	80.00–85.00	928	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,430	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,073	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	86.74/cwt	80.00–92.00	872	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,204	75.09/cwt	70.00–78.00	904	6
Bulls	—	—	1,708	95.12/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,625	3
Bulls	—	—	1,165	85.39/cwt	83.00–88.00	995	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	83.03/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,011	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	76.79/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,004	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	76.98/cwt	76.00–78.00	845	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	894	57.56/cwt	55.00–59.00	515	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 Oct 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 202Last week 0Year ago 221

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 0Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 0Year ago 10

No Trends Available This Week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	308	220.00–230.00	222.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	200.00–210.00	202.81
2	—	365	210.00–215.00	212.53
2	—	470	190.00–200.00	194.79
3	—	325	210.00–220.00	216.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	202.00–212.00	205.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	335	230.00–240.00	233.01
4	—	370	230.00–235.00	232.64
2	—	638	182.00–186.00	183.98
2	—	673	170.00–175.00	172.42
4	—	503	200.00–210.00	205.02
5	—	424	220.00–225.00	222.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	180.00–186.00	183.04

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	—	1,413	1,325.00–1,350.00	1,337.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,123	80.00–85.00	82.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,005	80.00–92.00	86.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	75.00	75.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,204	70.00–78.00	75.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,708	93.00–96.00	95.12
2	—	1,165	83.00–88.00	85.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,218	81.00–84.00	83.03
4	—	1,308	75.00–79.00	76.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	76.00–78.00	76.98
4	—	894	55.00–59.00	57.56

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

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Replacement Cattle

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