Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.85/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −54.75 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.

Average price

$271.85

7 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$32.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.82

vs GA average

−33.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	281.00	1,442	5thin
Medium and Large 3	521	248.96	1,297	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.04/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

271.85

—

GA average5 barns · 148 hd

265.02

+6.82

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−33.39

This barn, trailing median2 sales

326.60

−54.75

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	—	Low	1,408	127.00	1,788	2thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	450–500	466	275.16/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	278.57/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	248.96/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	250.98/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	321.51/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,183	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	142.94/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	272	298.17/cwt	295.00–300.00	811	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	278.96/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,032	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	264.08/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,225	4
Bulls	—	—	1,320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,584	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,003	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	513	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,442	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,507	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	260	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,001	1

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 Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 135Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 8Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 31Year ago 0

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
2	350–400	368	320.00–323.00	321.51
2	450–500	466	270.00–280.00	275.16
2	550–600	590	250.00–252.00	250.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	275.00–282.00	278.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	295.00–300.00	298.17
2	350–400	370	278.00–280.00	278.96
2	500–550	521	248.00–250.00	248.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	260.00–268.00	264.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	281.00	281.00
3	600–650	610	247.00	247.00

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	—	845	137.00–148.00	142.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	165.00	165.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	755	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,495	134.00	134.00

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

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