Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Bulls firm. Slaughter Cows and Replacement Cattle no comparable trends. Feeder Bulls and Feeder Heifers firm. Feeder Steers no comparable trends. Bull Calves and Heifer Calves firm. Steer Calves no comparable trends.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.59/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −34.63 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$315.59

4 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.73

vs GA average

−22.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	315.59	1,709	4thin

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 sale4 hd

315.59

—

GA average14 barns · 483 hd

314.86

+0.73

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−22.65

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

−34.63

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	1,638	176.01	2,883	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,638	176.01/cwt	175.00–177.00	2,883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	367.18/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	451.42/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	324.94/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	452.57/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	298.72/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	384.65/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	333.79/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	402.34/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	333.70/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	333.77/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	332.46/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	339.91/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	295.67/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,265	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	380.34/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	382.41/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	387.84/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,055	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	409.81/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,086	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	367.31/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	375.87/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,376	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	294.00/cwt	287.50–307.50	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	218	414.43/cwt	405.00–425.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	238.82/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	337.36/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	349.90/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,498	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	405.00/cwt	400.00–410.00	992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	307.42/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	324.97/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,196	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	297.57/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,378	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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 119Last week 79Year ago 107

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 13Year ago 8

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	175.00–177.00	176.01

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	328	440.00–460.00	451.42
2	350–400	370	400.00–410.00	405.00
2	450–500	483	355.00–380.00	367.18
3	550–600	557	320.00–330.00	324.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	450.00–455.00	452.57
2	300–350	320	400.00–405.00	402.34
2	350–400	368	370.00–390.00	380.34
2	400–450	430	375.00–395.00	384.65
2	450–500	455	325.00–350.00	337.36
2	500–550	520	332.50–335.00	333.79
2	550–600	585	292.50	292.50
3	600–650	615	287.50–307.50	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	400.00–410.00	405.00
2	250–300	265	400.00–420.00	409.81
2	300–350	335	355.00–380.00	367.31
3	400–450	428	335.00–360.00	349.90
2	500–550	528	305.00–310.00	307.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	272	380.00–395.00	387.84
6	300–350	318	375.00–400.00	382.41
6	350–400	366	360.00–385.00	375.87
4	400–450	415	330.00–340.00	333.77
2	450–500	478	332.50–335.00	333.70
2	500–550	518	330.00–335.00	332.46
2	550–600	565	297.50–300.00	298.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	405.00–425.00	414.43
2	350–400	368	320.00–330.00	324.97
3	400–450	428	287.50–300.00	295.67
2	450–500	463	285.00–310.00	297.57
2	600–650	640	230.00–247.50	238.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	325.00–355.00	339.91

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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