Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends available.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.41/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +4.78 against this barn's trailing median of $319.63.

Average price

$324.41

29 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$47.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.93

vs GA average

−51.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	552	327.70	1,810	27
Medium and Large 3	530	280.00	1,484	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.70/cwt here — about $326 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale29 hd

324.41

—

GA average14 barns · 415 hd

358.34

−33.93

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−51.33

This barn, trailing median1 sales

319.63

+4.78

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%	Low	896	135.00	1,210	1thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,338	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	472.64/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	407.70/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	363.06/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	350.63/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,272	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	336.00/cwt	317.50–338.00	1,707	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,884	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	1,338.00/head	1,338.00–1,338.00	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	345.02/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	406.42/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,325	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,877	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	317.13/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	289.95/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	282.33/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	313.87/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	389.64/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	279.95/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	255.89/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	378.35/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	364.85/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	247.44/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,282	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	266.29/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	327.80/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	276.22/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,693	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 Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	896	135.00	135.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	470.00–475.00	472.64
1	300–350	310	475.00	475.00
2	350–400	380	400.00–415.00	407.70
3	400–450	413	350.00–380.00	363.06
4	450–500	471	342.50–360.00	350.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	400.00–425.00	406.42
2	350–400	368	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	380.00–400.00	389.64
2	300–350	330	355.00–375.00	364.85
4	450–500	461	255.00–280.00	266.29
3	500–550	518	242.50–250.00	247.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	988	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	340.00–350.00	345.02
11	500–550	508	317.50–338.00	336.00
16	550–600	583	322.00	322.00
2	600–650	628	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	310.00–317.50	313.87
2	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	678	250.00–262.00	255.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	305.00–330.00	317.13
3	550–600	562	270.00–292.50	279.95
2	600–650	613	270.00–282.50	276.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	410	375.00–380.00	378.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	320.00–335.00	327.80
4	400–450	434	275.00–300.00	282.33
2	500–550	523	280.00–300.00	289.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,338.00	1,338.00

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 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

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