Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $253.03/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −200.37 against this barn's trailing median of $453.40.

Average price

$253.03

8 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$26.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

vs GA average

−9.69 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	448	259.66	1,162	6thin
Medium and Large 3	470	233.13	1,096	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.53/cwt here — about $66 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 400–500 lb

3 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $461.42, low $436.39, median $453.40 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

253.03

—

GA average16 barns · 467 hd

244.44

+8.59

National average161 barns · 6,292 hd

262.72

−9.69

This barn, trailing median3 sales

453.40

−200.37

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	1,410	141.00	1,988	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,378	127.67	1,760	3thin

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	383	283.45/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,086	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,620	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,904	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,754	1
Bulls	—	—	1,410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	272.54/cwt	270.00–275.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	293.52/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	255.26/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	264.06/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	253.48/cwt	250.00–257.00	984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	233.13/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	263.23/cwt	260.00–265.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	301.46/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,130	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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 114Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 8

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	383	282.00–285.00	283.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	270.00–275.00	272.54
3	350–400	367	260.00–265.00	263.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	290.00–297.00	293.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	300.00–303.00	301.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	260.00–266.00	264.06
3	450–500	477	250.00–258.00	255.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	250.00–257.00	253.48
2	450–500	470	230.00–236.00	233.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,380	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,370	128.00	128.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	141.00	141.00

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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