Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle steady. Feeder Steers no comparable trends. Feeder Bulls and Feeder Heifers firm. Bull Calves sold 10.00 higher. Heifer Calves steady. Steer Calves firm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $308.90/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −88.71 against this barn's trailing median of $397.61.

Average price

$308.90

8 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$10.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	558	311.44	1,739	6thin
Medium and Large 3	523	301.27	1,576	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.17/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale8 hd

308.90

—

GA average13 barns · 264 hd

324.15

−15.25

This barn, trailing median3 sales

397.61

−88.71

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	140.00	1,803	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	133.17	1,234	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,148	$2,142	2thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2	400–450	424	378.94/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,607	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	406.45/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	340.03/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	296.33/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	332.98/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	450.27/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	288.34/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,332	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,142.16/head	2,025.00–2,250.00	2,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	347.66/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	223.33/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	381.43/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,318	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	140.00/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	300.67/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	370.45/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	301.27/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	288	369.91/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,065	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	133.17/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	354.25/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	316.57/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	353.28/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,473	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	465.00/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	358.78/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,256	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 May 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 93Year ago 145

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 10Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 14Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	440.00–460.00	450.27
4	350–400	383	395.00–420.00	406.45
5	400–450	424	365.00–390.00	378.94
4	450–500	473	330.00–350.00	340.03
2	500–550	525	320.00–345.00	332.98
4	550–600	575	287.50–310.00	300.67
2	600–650	613	292.50–300.00	296.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	350.00–362.50	354.25
3	450–500	462	280.00–297.50	288.34
2	500–550	523	300.00–302.50	301.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	465.00	465.00
3	300–350	315	460.00–470.00	465.00
2	450–500	463	357.50–360.00	358.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	360.00–380.00	369.91
2	300–350	330	360.00–380.00	370.45
2	350–400	358	340.00–355.00	347.66
3	400–450	410	300.00–325.00	316.57
2	450–500	458	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	390.00	390.00
3	350–400	378	370.00–390.00	381.43
3	700–750	725	212.00–230.00	223.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	350.00–360.00	353.28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	2,025.00–2,250.00	2,142.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	138.00–142.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	128.00–140.00	133.17

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Fitzgerald

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle