Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer calves steady. Bull and heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $302.64/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −150.76 against this barn's trailing median of $453.40.

Average price

$302.64

10 head · 432 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$20.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.16

vs GA average

−27.63 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	438	319.02	1,397	2thin
Medium and Large 3	430	298.54	1,284	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.48/cwt here — about $114 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 400–500 lb

3 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $461.42, low $436.39, median $453.40 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 sale10 hd

302.64

—

GA average17 barns · 576 hd

287.48

+15.16

National average197 barns · 18,303 hd

330.27

−27.63

This barn, trailing median3 sales

453.40

−150.76

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	1,705	131.14	2,236	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	935	126.35	1,181	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	123.00	1,476	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,410	115.00	1,622	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	300–350	308	405.11/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	385.92/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	324.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	298.54/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,284	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	311.88/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	319.02/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,397	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	126.35/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,181	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	344.94/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,219	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	367.60/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,151	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	330.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,389	3
Bulls	—	—	1,705	131.14/cwt	130.00–133.00	2,236	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,476	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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 122Year ago 110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 19

Compared to last week slaughter cattle steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer calves steady. Bull and heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher. 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	300–350	308	400.00–410.00	405.11
3	350–400	362	380.00–390.00	385.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	340.00–350.00	344.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	365.00–370.00	367.60
3	400–450	421	325.00–335.00	330.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	320.00–330.00	324.88
8	400–450	430	295.00–303.00	298.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	315.00–323.00	319.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	320.00–330.00	325.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	308.00–315.00	311.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	935	125.00–128.00	126.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	115.00	115.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	123.00	123.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,705	130.00–133.00	131.14

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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