Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady. Feeder Bulls, Feeders Heifers and Feeder Steers steady. Bull Calves, Heifer Calves and Steer Calves steady. Replacement Cattle mostly steady with higher undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

300–400 lb heifers averaged $374.96/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −100.00 against this barn's trailing median of $474.96.

Average price

$374.96

2 head · 323 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.98

vs GA average

−15.95 vs national

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	323	374.96	1,211	2thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 300–400 lb

5 sales

Heifers 300–400 lb: high $523.21, low $443.54, median $474.96 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

374.96

—

GA average15 barns · 374 hd

363.98

+10.98

National average173 barns · 5,585 hd

390.91

−15.95

This barn, trailing median5 sales

474.96

−100.00

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	117.16	1,228	11

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,034	$2,441	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,042	$2,190	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,001	$2,441	10

Every lot, as filed

18 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	315	430.16/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	374.96/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	378.71/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,015	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	2,557.29/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	403.31/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	413.24/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,405	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	924	1,997.36/head	1,800.00–2,250.00	1,997	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	228	334.45/cwt	325.00–345.00	763	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	2,496.86/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,497	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	888	2,414.72/head	2,300.00–2,525.00	2,415	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	125.70/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,412	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	110.04/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,085	6
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	940	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	2,441.05/head	2,250.00–2,750.00	2,441	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	2,285.68/head	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,286	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	382.90/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,409	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	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 Apr 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 45Last week 132Year ago 138

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 5Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 14Year ago 38

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	315	420.00–440.00	430.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	400.00–410.00	403.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	370.00–385.00	378.71
2	300–350	323	370.00–380.00	374.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	325.00–345.00	334.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	400.00–420.00	413.24
3	350–400	368	370.00–400.00	382.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,028	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,557.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,034	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,496.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	888	2,300.00–2,525.00	2,414.72
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	924	1,800.00–2,250.00	1,997.36
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,034	2,250.00–2,750.00	2,441.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,114	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,285.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,123	121.00–131.00	125.70
6	—	986	100.00–119.00	110.04

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 300–400 lb

What quality paid 300–400 lb

This barn's trailing prices 300–400 lb

How it compared 300–400 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle