Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $269.15/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −53.99 against this barn's trailing median of $323.14.

Average price

$269.15

3 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.82

vs GA average

−72.27 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	612	269.15	1,647	3thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

4 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $348.22, low $316.45, median $323.14 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

269.15

—

GA average15 barns · 212 hd

306.97

−37.82

National average149 barns · 6,417 hd

341.42

−72.27

This barn, trailing median4 sales

323.14

−53.99

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

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,290	$2,853	3thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,866.83/head	2,450.00–3,225.00	2,867	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	161.49/cwt	161.00–162.00	2,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,092	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	351.73/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	326.54/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,061	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	247.31/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	353.43/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	307.17/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,296	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	334.24/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,257	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	355.03/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	354.73/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	269.15/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	258	354.85/cwt	350.00–360.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	313.47/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	290.06/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,386	5

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 Aug 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 127Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 8Year ago 0

Compared to last week: No trends available.

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	1	—	1,360	2,825.00	2,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	2,450.00–3,225.00	2,866.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,410	161.00–162.00	161.49

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	273	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	410	350.00–355.00	351.73
3	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	670	232.00–260.00	247.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	300.00–320.00	313.47
5	450–500	478	280.00–300.00	290.06
2	500–550	528	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	623	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	350.00–360.00	354.85
6	300–350	325	310.00–340.00	326.54
6	350–400	376	330.00–345.00	334.24
9	400–450	422	295.00–320.00	307.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	350.00–360.00	353.43
2	350–400	393	350.00–360.00	355.03
2	400–450	435	330.00–340.00	335.00
3	450–500	480	345.00–365.00	354.73
3	600–650	612	267.50–270.00	269.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	400.00	400.00

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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