Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a Week ago: No Trends Available

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.05/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −82.56 against this barn's trailing median of $397.61.

Average price

$315.05

2 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	315.05	1,591	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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $405.00, low $377.98, median $397.61 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

315.05

—

GA average14 barns · 235 hd

320.28

−5.23

This barn, trailing median3 sales

397.61

−82.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	402.48/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	362.55/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	338.73/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	315.05/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	395.08/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	377.54/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	365.07/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	304.96/cwt	300.00–310.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	297.59/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	287.62/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	343.13/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	324.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	355.47/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,329	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	337.34/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	325.75/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	395.24/cwt	390.00–400.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	357.46/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	373.50/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	342.44/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	377.50/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,227	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	394.94/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	385.09/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,413	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 Apr 7, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	390.00–400.00	395.08
2	350–400	353	400.00–405.00	402.48
2	400–450	408	355.00–370.00	362.55
2	450–500	463	335.00–342.50	338.73
2	500–550	505	310.00–320.00	315.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	390.00–400.00	395.24
2	300–350	320	342.50	342.50
2	350–400	365	360.00–370.00	365.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	390.00–400.00	394.94
2	300–350	325	375.00–380.00	377.50
3	350–400	367	380.00–390.00	385.09
4	400–450	425	342.50–345.00	343.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	375.00–380.00	377.54
2	300–350	330	355.00–360.00	357.46
2	350–400	370	367.50–380.00	373.50
2	400–450	410	340.00–345.00	342.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	308	300.00–310.00	304.96
2	400–450	405	290.00–305.00	297.59
2	450–500	488	280.00–295.00	287.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	335.00–340.00	337.34
4	350–400	374	350.00–362.50	355.47
3	400–450	423	322.50–330.00	325.75
3	450–500	467	320.00–330.00	324.91

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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