Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $279.99/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −117.62 against this barn's trailing median of $397.61.

Average price

$279.99

6 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.93

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	545	279.99	1,526	6thin

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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $405.00, low $377.98, median $397.61 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 sale6 hd

279.99

—

GA average15 barns · 154 hd

274.05

+5.93

This barn, trailing median3 sales

397.61

−117.62

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	1,290	119.00	1,535	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	120.00	1,890	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	111.50	1,328	4thin

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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	322.40/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,364	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	293.42/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	293.97/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	303.57/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,457	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,334	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,328	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,321	2
Bulls	—	—	1,290	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,535	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,890	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	107.21/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,609	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	125.53/cwt	113.00–140.00	1,393	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	322.31/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	292.47/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	306.42/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,290	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	87.11/cwt	78.00–94.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	314.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,134	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	305.50/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	284.97/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,439	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	117.70/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	265.98/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	344.29/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,174	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	333.41/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,247	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	292.49/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	304.54/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,081	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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 142Year ago 98

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 9Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 33Year ago 9

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	340.00–350.00	344.29
4	350–400	374	330.00–337.00	333.41
2	400–450	423	320.00–325.00	322.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	310.00–320.00	314.18
3	400–450	427	300.00–308.00	305.50
3	450–500	467	290.00–300.00	293.97
3	500–550	505	280.00–290.00	284.97
3	550–600	585	270.00–280.00	275.00
2	600–650	608	262.00–270.00	265.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	320.00–325.00	322.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	300.00–310.00	306.42
2	450–500	460	290.00–297.00	293.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	300.00–307.00	303.57
2	500–550	503	290.00–295.00	292.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	302.00–307.00	304.54
2	400–450	405	290.00–295.00	292.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,125	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,235	107.00	107.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	120.00	120.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	119.00	119.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	938	104.00–113.00	107.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	113.00–140.00	125.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	993	114.00–123.00	117.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	830	78.00–94.00	87.11

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 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle