Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2026-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No Trends Available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.22/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $350.22.

Average price

$350.22

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$37.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.48

vs GA average

−87.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	370.56	2,031	5thin
Medium and Large 2	561	333.26	1,870	6thin

One grade step is worth $37.30/cwt here — about $162 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

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 sale11 hd

350.22

—

GA average11 barns · 241 hd

373.70

−23.48

National average68 barns · 7,217 hd

437.65

−87.43

This barn, trailing median3 sales

350.22

+0.00

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%	High	1,373	189.81	2,606	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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	189.81/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	539.91/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	517.62/cwt	495.00–540.00	2,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	462.50/cwt	405.00–520.00	2,590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	603.54/cwt	590.00–615.00	1,992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	591.28/cwt	580.00–605.00	2,135	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	494.91/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,351	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	495.24/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	535.09/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,242	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	339.85/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	319.14/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,291	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	402.49/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	492.50/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	296.11/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,132	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	325.85/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,027	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	213	535.18/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	538.33/cwt	525.00–545.00	2,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	329.97/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	468.12/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	410.00/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	480.95/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	452.42/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	392.50/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	498.81/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	355.94/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	422.48/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	465.00/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	515.62/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	592.49/cwt	565.00–610.00	2,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	316.16/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,150	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 Jan 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 122Year ago 247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 13

Compared to a week ago: No Trends Available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	185.00–195.00	189.81

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	330	590.00–615.00	603.54
4	350–400	361	580.00–605.00	591.28
2	400–450	408	525.00–555.00	539.91
2	450–500	468	495.00–540.00	517.62
2	550–600	560	405.00–520.00	462.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	480.00–505.00	492.50
3	250–300	273	475.00–510.00	494.91
2	400–450	443	400.00–405.00	402.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	530.00–540.00	535.18
3	350–400	375	525.00–545.00	538.33
2	400–450	425	485.00–505.00	495.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	530.00–540.00	535.09
3	700–750	718	310.00–330.00	319.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	565.00–610.00	592.49
3	550–600	568	405.00–415.00	410.00
2	600–650	620	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	450.00–485.00	468.12
2	500–550	513	330.00–350.00	339.85
4	550–600	585	320.00–337.50	329.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	480.00–510.00	498.81
2	300–350	325	495.00–535.00	515.62
5	350–400	368	470.00–490.00	480.95
3	400–450	425	460.00–470.00	465.00
2	450–500	475	445.00–460.00	452.42
2	500–550	505	385.00–400.00	392.50
3	550–600	577	342.50–365.00	355.94
12	600–650	622	310.00–340.00	325.85
2	650–700	680	310.00–322.50	316.16
5	700–750	720	280.00–310.00	296.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	420.00–425.00	422.48

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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