Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2026-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No Trends Available.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $377.98/cwt on 10 head, down $27.02 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −13.51 against this barn's trailing median of $391.49.

Average price

$377.98

▼ 27.02 vs prior sale

10 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$357

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$80.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	401.13	2,182	6thin
Medium and Large 2	590	366.25	2,161	2thin
Medium and Large 3	570	320.26	1,825	2thin

One grade step is worth $80.87/cwt here — about $357 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale10 hd

377.98

—

GA average15 barns · 304 hd

373.88

+4.10

This barn, trailing median2 sales

391.49

−13.51

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%	Average	1,058	146.13	1,546	2thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	401.05/cwt	380.00–422.50	2,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	401.17/cwt	387.50–420.00	2,231	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	473.93/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	455.05/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	366.25/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	455.15/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	423.23/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	386.41/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,623	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	146.13/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	218	432.41/cwt	425.00–440.00	943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	439.84/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,089	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	320.26/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	307.47/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	338.59/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	301.26/cwt	300.00–302.50	2,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	407.03/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	450.85/cwt	447.50–455.00	1,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	477.95/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,338	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	481.43/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	428.01/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,810	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	371.87/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,577	4

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 Jun 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 91Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: No Trends Available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	470.00–480.00	473.93
5	400–450	423	445.00–465.00	455.05
2	500–550	520	380.00–422.50	401.05
4	550–600	556	387.50–420.00	401.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	465.00–500.00	481.43
3	350–400	380	450.00–460.00	455.15
5	400–450	423	425.00–430.00	428.01
3	450–500	480	400.00–440.00	423.23
2	550–600	590	365.00–367.50	366.25
2	650–700	683	330.00–347.50	338.59
2	750–800	763	300.00–302.50	301.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	450.00–500.00	477.95
3	300–350	315	447.50–455.00	450.85
3	350–400	370	400.00–420.00	407.03
4	400–450	424	355.00–385.00	371.87
3	450–500	462	300.00–312.50	307.47
2	550–600	570	310.00–330.00	320.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	505.00	505.00
2	450–500	475	435.00–445.00	439.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	420.00–430.00	425.00
3	400–450	420	375.00–400.00	386.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	425.00–440.00	432.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	140.00–152.00	146.13

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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