Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

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 $270.70/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$270.70

50 head · 343 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$24.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.99

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	334	282.56	944	14thin
Medium and Large 2	332	272.70	905	20
Medium and Large 3	366	257.83	943	16thin

One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $2 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 sale50 hd

270.70

—

GA average16 barns · 1,175 hd

248.71

+21.99

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,268	88.04	1,116	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	79.00	794	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 3	—	423	245.78/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,040	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	235.26/cwt	230.00–238.00	847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	224.32/cwt	220.00–230.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	233.11/cwt	230.00–236.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	223.74/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	206.45/cwt	200.00–210.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	263.16/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,003	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	223.62/cwt	220.00–227.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	226.69/cwt	220.00–230.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	221.15/cwt	217.00–224.00	836	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	279	285.12/cwt	280.00–287.00	795	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	266.15/cwt	260.00–270.00	873	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	302	285.37/cwt	282.00–292.00	862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	271.68/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,106	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	290.14/cwt	275.00–300.00	769	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	281.02/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,048	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	314	274.72/cwt	270.00–280.00	863	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	255.72/cwt	250.00–260.00	946	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,072	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	88.04/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,116	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	794	1

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 Jan 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 110Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 19Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 56

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	240.00–250.00	245.78
8	—	328	260.00–270.00	266.15
3	—	370	250.00–260.00	255.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	381	260.00–270.00	263.16
5	—	279	280.00–287.00	285.12
7	—	314	270.00–280.00	274.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	302	282.00–292.00	285.37
3	—	407	270.00–275.00	271.68
4	—	265	275.00–300.00	290.14
4	—	373	275.00–285.00	281.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	230.00–238.00	235.26
4	—	481	220.00–227.00	223.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	220.00–230.00	224.32
2	—	285	230.00–236.00	233.11
3	—	413	200.00–210.00	206.45
6	—	378	217.00–224.00	221.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	220.00–227.00	223.62
5	—	373	220.00–230.00	226.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	87.00–89.00	88.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	79.00	79.00

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle