Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and bull calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.98/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −117.24 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$232.98

4 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.75

vs GA average

−38.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	509	232.98	1,186	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $354.10, low $299.09, median $350.22 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

232.98

—

GA average4 barns · 64 hd

258.73

−25.75

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−38.93

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−117.24

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	1,574	112.37	1,768	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,263	106.00	1,338	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	939	83.73	786	5thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	948	$1,412	2thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,905	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,191	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	111.05/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,564	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	81.41/cwt	80.00–84.00	737	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,587	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	232.98/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	272.28/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	255.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	266.01/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	325.33/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	320.96/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	251.48/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	297.00/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	273.45/cwt	272.00–275.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	245.04/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	334.84/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,061	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	314.72/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	323.52/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	233.99/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	256.81/cwt	255.00–260.00	953	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	948	1,412.34/head	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,412	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	317.54/cwt	315.00–320.00	905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	281.07/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	271.01/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,247	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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 133Year ago 120

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 6Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 15Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	115.00	115.00
2	—	1,408	108.00–114.00	111.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	905	80.00–84.00	81.41
1	—	1,075	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,145	97.00	97.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	272.00–275.00	273.45
4	350–400	371	255.00–260.00	256.81
4	450–500	476	250.00–254.00	251.48
4	500–550	509	230.00–234.00	232.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	270.00–275.00	272.28
2	450–500	458	264.00–268.00	266.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	250.00–260.00	255.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	322.00–327.00	325.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	330.00–340.00	334.84
4	400–450	415	312.00–320.00	314.72
2	550–600	560	240.00–250.00	245.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	315.00–320.00	317.54
2	400–450	413	277.00–285.00	281.07
2	450–500	460	270.00–272.00	271.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	320.00–322.00	320.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	320.00–327.00	323.52
2	500–550	505	292.00–302.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	232.00–236.00	233.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	948	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,412.34

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

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