Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

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 $257.50/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −133.98 against this barn's trailing median of $391.49.

Average price

$257.50

8 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$21.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	266.58	1,352	3thin
Medium and Large 2	518	256.75	1,330	3thin
Medium and Large 3	553	245.02	1,355	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.56/cwt here — about −$3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale8 hd

257.50

—

GA average14 barns · 357 hd

261.64

−4.14

This barn, trailing median2 sales

391.49

−133.98

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	1,520	143.87	2,187	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,065	144.00	1,534	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	789	120.43	950	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)	1,255	$1,800	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	350–400	355	305.07/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,083	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	266.58/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,352	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	304.92/cwt	300.00–310.00	945	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	276.51/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,004	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	245.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	264.71/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	296.61/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,017	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	256.75/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,330	3
Bulls	—	—	1,520	143.87/cwt	141.00–147.00	2,187	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,534	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,072	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	113.65/cwt	111.00–116.00	890	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 Jul 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 122Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 19Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 15Year ago 0

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	300.00–310.00	305.07
3	500–550	507	260.00–270.00	266.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	300.00–310.00	304.92
3	500–550	518	250.00–260.00	256.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	240.00–250.00	245.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	270.00–280.00	276.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	290.00–300.00	296.61
3	500–550	517	262.00–266.00	264.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	141.00–147.00	143.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	144.00	144.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	134.00	134.00
2	—	783	111.00–116.00	113.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	1,800.00	1,800.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle