Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady, feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −119.22 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$231.00

2 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.39

vs GA average

−27.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	231.00	1,220	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

231.00

—

GA average15 barns · 574 hd

220.61

+10.39

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−27.39

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−119.22

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	1,672	128.16	2,142	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,129	108.34	1,224	5thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	400–450	418	267.51/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	243.94/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,007	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	231.97/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	209.01/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	273.81/cwt	270.00–280.00	917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	244.00/cwt	240.00–248.00	952	2
Bulls	—	—	1,778	132.79/cwt	131.00–135.00	2,361	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	123.53/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,933	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	105.42/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,179	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	234.57/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	276	250.52/cwt	250.00–252.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	231.00/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	202.88/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	274.00/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	244.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,013	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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 169Year ago 85

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 6Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 10Year ago 14

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady, feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	265.00–270.00	267.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	270.00–280.00	273.81
2	450–500	458	230.00–234.00	231.97
2	550–600	558	208.00–210.00	209.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	270.00–278.00	274.00
3	400–450	415	240.00–250.00	244.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	242.00–246.00	243.94
2	500–550	528	230.00–232.00	231.00
2	600–650	625	200.00–206.00	202.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	240.00–248.00	244.00
6	450–500	472	230.00–240.00	234.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	250.00–252.00	250.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	131.00–135.00	132.79
2	—	1,565	121.00–126.00	123.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,118	102.00–108.00	105.42

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle