Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago all classes of cattle steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $274.92/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −116.57 against this barn's trailing median of $391.49.

Average price

$274.92

9 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$34.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.41

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	300.00	1,554	2thin
Medium and Large 3	533	271.35	1,446	3thin
Medium and Large 2	574	265.05	1,521	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.95/cwt here — about $33 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 sale9 hd

274.92

—

GA average15 barns · 438 hd

285.32

−10.41

This barn, trailing median2 sales

391.49

−116.57

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	—	High	1,658	135.04	2,239	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,035	125.60	1,300	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	105.99	1,172	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%	—	955	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,251	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	122.90/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,321	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	956	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	113.48/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,286	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,811	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	125.56/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,978	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,478	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	157.54/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	323.74/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,201	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	265.05/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,521	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	301.72/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,291	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	326.44/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,195	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	311.49/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	253.03/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	325.19/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	221.01/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	311.55/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	221.03/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	304.55/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,157	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	283.21/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,192	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	271.35/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	259.42/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,357	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,199	2

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 Feb 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 147Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 4Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago all classes of cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	131.00	131.00
2	—	1,075	121.00–125.00	122.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,133	110.00–117.00	113.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	154.00	154.00
2	—	1,575	121.00–129.00	125.56

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	176.00	176.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,015	153.00–165.00	157.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	320.00–325.00	323.74
6	400–450	428	300.00–310.00	301.72
4	550–600	574	258.00–268.00	265.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	320.00–330.00	325.19
2	450–500	473	310.00–313.00	311.49
4	650–700	658	250.00–256.00	253.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	305.00–310.00	307.47
3	500–550	533	265.00–275.00	271.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	366	325.00–328.00	326.44
2	650–700	656	216.00–226.00	221.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	310.00–313.00	311.55
2	700–750	715	220.00–222.00	221.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	300.00–310.00	304.55
6	400–450	421	280.00–290.00	283.21
3	500–550	523	255.00–263.00	259.42

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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

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Replacement Cattle

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