Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $330.38/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −74.36 against this barn's trailing median of $404.74.

Average price

$330.38

2 head · 421 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+26.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	421	330.38	1,391	2thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

3 sales

Bulls 400–500 lb: high $487.40, low $370.26, median $404.74 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 sale2 hd

330.38

—

GA average15 barns · 507 hd

304.38

+26.00

This barn, trailing median3 sales

404.74

−74.36

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	1,570	138.00	2,167	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	118.51	1,434	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	980	112.00	1,098	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,495	108.00	1,615	1thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2	350–400	357	354.24/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,265	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,098	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,615	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	386.61/cwt	383.00–390.00	1,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	394.12/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,100	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	374.00/cwt	373.00–375.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	300.97/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,270	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,458	2
Bulls	—	—	1,570	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,167	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	326.43/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	372.36/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	254.51/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	242	333.88/cwt	330.00–338.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	282.63/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,207	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	124.28/cwt	115.00–131.00	1,330	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	276.70/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	330.38/cwt	328.00–333.00	1,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	352.56/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,135	6

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 Dec 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 94Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 15Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 16Year ago 40

No trends available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	370.00–375.00	372.36
4	350–400	357	350.00–360.00	354.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	390.00–400.00	394.12
2	300–350	320	383.00–390.00	386.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	350.00–360.00	352.56
2	400–450	421	328.00–333.00	330.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	373.00–375.00	374.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	323.00–330.00	326.43
3	400–450	422	300.00–303.00	300.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	242	330.00–338.00	333.88
3	400–450	427	280.00–288.00	282.63
3	450–500	479	250.00–260.00	254.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	270.00–280.00	276.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	112.00	112.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	108.00	108.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,235	116.00–120.00	118.02
1	—	1,290	128.00	128.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	138.00	138.00

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)	3	—	1,070	115.00–131.00	124.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	135.00	135.00

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 400–500 lb

What quality paid 400–500 lb

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

How it compared 400–500 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle