Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 higher, Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.07/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −126.54 against this barn's trailing median of $397.61.

Average price

$271.07

11 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$16.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	280.01	1,479	5thin
Medium and Large 3	521	263.62	1,373	6thin

One grade step is worth $16.39/cwt here — about $106 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

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 sale11 hd

271.07

—

GA average16 barns · 241 hd

269.15

+1.92

This barn, trailing median3 sales

397.61

−126.54

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	—	High	1,690	117.00	1,977	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,167	92.35	1,078	3thin

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)	915	$1,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	400–450	420	274.14/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	232.01/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	303.74/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	265.93/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,261	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	263.62/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,373	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	284.17/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	285.40/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,176	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	275.37/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	294.00/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,097	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	307.07/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,345	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	275.69/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,304	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	92.35/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,078	3
Bulls	—	—	1,690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	282.02/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	261.65/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,347	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	341.98/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,156	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	284.65/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,443	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	264.02/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	273.05/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,529	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 May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 153Last week 138Year ago 105

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 10Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 38Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	270.00–278.00	274.14
4	450–500	474	260.00–268.00	265.93
2	600–650	633	230.00–234.00	232.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	290.00–295.00	294.00
7	400–450	412	280.00–288.00	285.40
3	450–500	457	270.00–278.00	275.37
6	500–550	515	260.00–270.00	261.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	302.00–305.00	303.74
2	450–500	465	280.00–284.00	282.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	280.00–286.00	284.17
4	450–500	473	270.00–280.00	275.69
6	500–550	521	260.00–270.00	263.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	340.00–345.00	341.98
13	400–450	438	302.00–310.00	307.07
3	500–550	507	280.00–287.00	284.65
2	550–600	560	270.00–276.00	273.05
2	600–650	620	262.00–266.00	264.02

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	91.00–94.00	92.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	117.00	117.00

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 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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Replacement Cattle

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