Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Bull calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 7.00 lower, Replacement cows 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −113.47 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$236.75

4 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,229

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.74

vs GA average

−31.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	241.02	1,285	2thin
Medium and Large 3	505	232.48	1,174	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.54/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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

236.75

—

GA average15 barns · 354 hd

245.49

−8.74

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−31.63

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−113.47

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	—	Low	1,485	101.00	1,500	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	109.12	1,373	4thin

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)	1,227	$1,331	6

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	266.98/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	224.98/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	272.02/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	241.02/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	265.14/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	286.21/cwt	280.00–290.00	884	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	103.49/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	295.95/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,199	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	282.29/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	244.84/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	294.81/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,020	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	130.32/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,147	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	316.73/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	232.48/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	266.97/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	281.73/cwt	280.00–283.00	718	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,227	1,330.74/head	1,200.00–1,525.00	1,331	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	926	106.23/cwt	93.00–114.00	984	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	315.04/cwt	310.00–320.00	970	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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 66Year ago 105

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 31Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	290.00–297.00	294.81
3	400–450	442	270.00–276.00	272.02
2	450–500	463	264.00–270.00	266.98
2	600–650	618	220.00–230.00	224.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	309	280.00–290.00	286.21
3	400–450	428	260.00–270.00	265.14
2	500–550	533	240.00–242.00	241.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	255	280.00–283.00	281.73
2	350–400	387	264.00–270.00	266.97
2	450–500	470	240.00–250.00	244.84
2	500–550	505	230.00–235.00	232.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	310.00–320.00	315.04
2	400–450	405	292.00–300.00	295.95
3	450–500	485	280.00–287.00	282.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	312.00–322.00	316.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	126.00	126.00
3	—	1,298	101.00–108.00	103.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	101.00	101.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	880	120.00–138.00	130.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	926	93.00–114.00	106.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,227	1,200.00–1,525.00	1,330.74

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle