Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers, bulls, and steers lightly tested, steer calves had limited comparable sells, bull calves steady, heifer calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.44/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −97.78 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$252.44

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$19.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.49

vs GA average

−15.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	266.93	1,415	3thin
Medium and Large 3	564	247.01	1,394	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.92/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale11 hd

252.44

—

GA average13 barns · 360 hd

246.95

+5.49

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−15.18

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−97.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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)	1,155	$1,791	3thin

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	200–250	223	392.70/cwt	390.00–395.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	342.23/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	324.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	329.19/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	243.62/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,406	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	1,312.21/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	273.39/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,115	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	325.32/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	252.65/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	259.28/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	233.26/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	336.78/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,108	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	278.73/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	253.00/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	266.93/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	291.01/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	335.81/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,269	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	327.30/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,204	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	314.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	309.00/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	325.68/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,189	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	314.94/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,338	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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 107Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 7Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	390.00–395.00	392.70
2	350–400	373	337.00–347.00	342.23
3	400–450	420	320.00–330.00	324.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	322.00–327.00	325.32
2	350–400	370	310.00–320.00	314.86
4	450–500	463	275.00–280.00	278.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	330.00–340.00	336.78
6	350–400	368	322.00–332.00	327.30
2	400–450	425	310.00–320.00	314.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	327.00–335.00	329.19
3	350–400	365	325.00–327.00	325.68
2	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	270.00–280.00	273.39
3	500–550	543	250.00–258.00	252.65
5	550–600	577	242.00–246.00	243.62
3	600–650	618	230.00–240.00	233.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	290.00–292.00	291.01
3	500–550	530	264.00–270.00	266.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	307.00–310.00	309.00
2	550–600	558	300.00–310.00	305.02
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	255.00–262.00	259.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	332.00–340.00	335.81
2	650–700	655	250.00–256.00	253.00

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	—	1,065	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,335	2,750.00	2,750.00

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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