Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $311.31/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −142.09 against this barn's trailing median of $453.40.

Average price

$311.31

32 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$41.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.00

vs GA average

−17.55 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	408	334.74	1,366	8thin
Medium and Large 3	407	312.00	1,270	13thin
Medium and Large 2	483	293.45	1,417	11thin

One grade step is worth $41.29/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale32 hd

311.31

—

GA average15 barns · 361 hd

296.31

+15.00

National average192 barns · 11,464 hd

328.86

−17.55

This barn, trailing median3 sales

453.40

−142.09

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	1,770	155.00	2,744	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	133.25	1,683	3thin

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	—	—	1,770	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,744	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,438	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	137.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,567	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	293.45/cwt	293.00–298.00	1,417	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	274	334.56/cwt	330.00–340.00	917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	407	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,270	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,529	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	419.92/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	334.74/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,366	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	347.75/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,120	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,176	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	560	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	823	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 Feb 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 164Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 23Year ago 15

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,320	135.00–140.00	137.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	412	371.00	371.00
17	450–500	453	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	342.00–352.00	347.75
11	450–500	483	293.00–298.00	293.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	274	330.00–340.00	334.56
13	400–450	407	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	334.00–340.00	334.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	375.00–380.00	377.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	433.00	433.00
1	650–700	660	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	415.00–425.00	419.92

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	—	800	147.00	147.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	560	147.00	147.00

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 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle