Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago all classes of cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.53/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −77.69 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$272.53

2 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.38

vs GA average

−32.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	583	272.53	1,589	2thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $354.10, low $299.09, median $350.22 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

272.53

—

GA average16 barns · 306 hd

275.91

−3.38

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−32.49

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−77.69

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	1,714	147.61	2,530	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	893	134.62	1,202	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	134.22	1,608	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	993	$1,629	3thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,287	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	1,618.15/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	355.17/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	338.70/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	384.23/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,787	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	134.62/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,202	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	134.22/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,608	3
Bulls	—	—	1,813	152.92/cwt	152.00–154.00	2,772	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,708	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	372.63/cwt	368.00–375.00	1,230	3
Bulls	—	—	1,515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	298.16/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	329.44/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	272.53/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	386.58/cwt	385.00–388.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	419.66/cwt	418.00–423.00	1,687	3

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 Mar 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 86Last week 145Year ago 142

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 4Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 9Year ago 8

Compared to a week ago all classes of cattle steady.

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	157.00	157.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	170.00	170.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	930	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,618.15
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	207.00	207.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	350.00–360.00	355.17
4	400–450	433	325.00–335.00	329.44
4	450–500	465	295.00–300.00	298.16
2	550–600	583	270.00–275.00	272.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	368.00–375.00	372.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	380.00–388.00	384.23
3	500–550	513	335.00–343.00	338.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	385.00–388.00	386.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	418.00–423.00	419.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	132.00–137.00	134.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	131.00–139.00	134.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,813	152.00–154.00	152.92
1	—	1,515	137.00	137.00

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle