Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

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 $278.03/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −113.46 against this barn's trailing median of $391.49.

Average price

$278.03

4 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,453

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$11.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	283.53	1,531	2thin
Medium and Large 3	505	272.52	1,376	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.01/cwt here — about $155 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

278.03

—

GA average15 barns · 233 hd

268.88

+9.15

This barn, trailing median2 sales

391.49

−113.46

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%	Average	1,215	108.00	1,312	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	105.00	1,664	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	872	90.81	792	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)	618	$817	4thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	250–300	270	324.75/cwt	320.00–330.00	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	309.53/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	313.60/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	333.71/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	322.62/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,371	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	283.53/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	262.03/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	252.68/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,395	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	817.21/head	775.00–850.00	817	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,664	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	92.71/cwt	90.00–95.00	774	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,312	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	822	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	311.79/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	272.52/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,376	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 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 153Year ago 157

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 4Year ago 15

No Trends available this week

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	320.00–330.00	324.75
2	350–400	365	307.00–317.00	311.79
2	500–550	505	270.00–275.00	272.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	330.00–337.00	333.71
2	400–450	425	320.00–325.00	322.62
2	450–500	485	307.00–312.00	309.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	310.00–317.00	313.60
2	500–550	540	280.00–287.00	283.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	260.00–264.00	262.03
3	550–600	552	250.00–258.00	252.68

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	4	—	618	775.00–850.00	817.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,370	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	105.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	90.00–95.00	92.71
1	—	945	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	108.00	108.00

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

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle