Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeders Steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves unevenly steady, Heifer calves and Bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.04/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −107.18 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$243.04

2 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.33

vs GA average

+2.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	243.04	1,247	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale2 hd

243.04

—

GA average16 barns · 528 hd

225.71

+17.33

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

+2.35

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−107.18

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	1,102	119.78	1,319	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	104.67	1,022	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)	1,460	$2,225	2thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,414	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	113.04/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,280	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	283.34/cwt	280.00–287.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	243.04/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	305.15/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	274.14/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	263.44/cwt	260.00–267.00	803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	302.89/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,121	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	243.89/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	252.57/cwt	250.00–260.00	957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	274.93/cwt	270.00–280.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	264.26/cwt	260.00–267.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	293.63/cwt	290.00–297.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	308.25/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,011	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	295.15/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,101	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	284.28/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,171	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	234.07/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	284.70/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,167	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	268.05/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,099	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	252.54/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	262.04/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	274.01/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,252	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 Sep 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 133Last week 154Year ago 106

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 7Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 6

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,132	110.00–115.00	113.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	110.00	110.00
2	—	995	102.00	102.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	290.00–297.00	293.63
2	300–350	325	280.00–287.00	283.34
3	350–400	378	270.00–280.00	274.14
3	400–450	410	262.00–272.00	268.05
2	500–550	513	240.00–246.00	243.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	260.00–267.00	263.44
4	350–400	379	250.00–260.00	252.57
3	450–500	483	230.00–238.00	234.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	270.00–280.00	274.93
5	350–400	377	260.00–267.00	264.26
4	400–450	413	250.00–258.00	252.54
3	450–500	465	240.00–248.00	243.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	300.00–310.00	305.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	280.00–288.00	284.70
3	450–500	457	272.00–276.00	274.01
2	500–550	520	260.00–264.00	262.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	300.00–307.00	302.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	305.00–310.00	308.25
3	350–400	373	290.00–298.00	295.15
3	400–450	412	280.00–287.00	284.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	131.00	131.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	735	154.00	154.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,460	2,225.00	2,225.00

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

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