Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends available on Slaughter Cows, Slaughter Bulls, Replacement Cattle, all Feeder Cattle Classes or Steer Calves. Bull Calves and Heifer Calves steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.42/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −70.07 against this barn's trailing median of $391.49.

Average price

$321.42

16 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.42

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	325.97	1,742	8thin
Medium and Large 2	523	316.87	1,657	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about $85 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

321.42

—

GA average14 barns · 392 hd

343.84

−22.42

This barn, trailing median2 sales

391.49

−70.07

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	1,375	168.00	2,310	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	170.00	1,921	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$2,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,095	$3,500	3thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,375	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,310	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	355.05/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	334.96/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,688	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	955	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	316.98/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	374.85/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	303.30/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	368.61/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	336.40/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	380.22/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	316.87/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,657	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	383.76/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	348.03/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	314.38/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,324	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	304.87/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,442	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	624	274.95/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	355.97/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	294.84/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,400	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 Sep 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 92Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 14Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 35Year ago 15

Compared to a week ago: No trends available on Slaughter Cows, Slaughter Bulls, Replacement Cattle, all Feeder Cattle Classes or Steer Calves. Bull Calves and Heifer Calves steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	168.00	168.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	170.00	170.00

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	333	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	378	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	455	350.00–360.00	355.05
4	500–550	504	330.00–340.00	334.96
4	550–600	565	312.50–325.00	316.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	370.00–380.00	374.85
4	350–400	359	375.00–390.00	383.76
7	400–450	431	360.00–390.00	368.61
8	450–500	469	320.00–345.00	336.40
8	500–550	523	310.00–322.50	316.87
3	600–650	627	300.00–310.00	303.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	473	300.00–310.00	304.87
4	600–650	624	260.00–280.00	274.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	370.00–390.00	380.22
5	400–450	417	340.00–350.00	348.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	350.00–360.00	355.97
4	400–450	421	305.00–330.00	314.38
2	450–500	475	280.00–310.00	294.84

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	—	1,240	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	3,600.00	3,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	3,600.00	3,600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	2,700.00	2,700.00

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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Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

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