Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly, Heifer calves and Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.14/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −128.08 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$222.14

15 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,206

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.73

vs GA average

−22.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	228.00	1,211	7thin
Medium and Large 2	553	217.01	1,200	8thin

One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about $11 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 sale15 hd

222.14

—

GA average16 barns · 498 hd

232.86

−10.73

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−22.27

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−128.08

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%	High	1,347	134.67	1,814	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,603	133.50	2,139	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	120.00	1,278	1thin

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)	1,168	$1,970	4thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1	550–600	558	221.33/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	233.00/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,191	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	1,969.81/head	1,175.00–2,400.00	1,970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	255.50/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,290	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	222.68/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	213.60/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,239	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,278	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,704	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,759	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	335.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	253.31/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,031	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	235.30/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	225.29/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,021	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,954	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	242.01/cwt	240.00–244.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	232.56/cwt	230.00–235.00	988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	232.92/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	242.01/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	251.98/cwt	250.00–254.00	942	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	241.32/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,214	3

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 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 170Last week 120Year ago 148

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 17

Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly, Heifer calves and Bull calves 5.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	252.00–256.00	253.31
4	500–550	511	230.00–236.00	233.00
3	550–600	558	220.00–224.00	221.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	250.00–254.00	251.98
2	400–450	413	240.00–244.00	242.01
4	450–500	468	230.00–236.00	232.92
3	500–550	508	220.00–224.00	222.68
5	550–600	580	210.00–218.00	213.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	240.00–244.00	242.01
2	400–450	425	230.00–235.00	232.56
3	450–500	453	220.00–228.00	225.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	505	250.00–258.00	255.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	330.00–340.00	335.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	240.00–244.00	241.32
3	550–600	553	230.00–238.00	235.30

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	4	—	1,168	1,175.00–2,400.00	1,969.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,385	127.00	127.00
1	—	1,480	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,580	138.00	138.00

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

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle