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 2 comparable sales and sits +23.62 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.

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.

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 median2 sales

326.60

+23.62

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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