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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 25

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 18May 25Jun 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

78 head

▼ 137 vs last sale 215▼ 69 vs year ago 147 · −46.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 31▼ 10 vs year ago 19 · −52.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 25▼ 15 vs year ago 29 · −51.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.34/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$124.34

17 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.69

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	459	124.34	570	17thin

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

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

124.34

—

GA average16 barns · 1,228 hd

122.65

+1.69

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	—	Low	1,135	87.00	987	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	908	54.47	495	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	47.00	515	1thin

Every lot

15 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	114.06/cwt	110.00–118.00	781	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	123.94/cwt	120.00–126.00	440	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	143.89/cwt	140.00–148.00	518	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	403	132.37/cwt	130.00–137.00	533	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	468	123.56/cwt	120.00–127.00	578	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	516	110.22/cwt	106.00–115.00	569	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	605	102.98/cwt	100.00–106.00	623	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,135	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	987	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	908	54.47/cwt	51.00–58.00	495	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	515	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	910	818.68/cwt	765.00–875.00	7,450	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,245	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,073	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	828	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	806	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,240	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	682	1

This sale against other markets

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 May 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 215Year ago 147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 31Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 25Year ago 29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	910	765.00–875.00	818.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	55.00	55.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	82.00	82.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	79.00	79.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	110.00–118.00	114.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	120.00–126.00	123.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	106.00–115.00	110.22
4	—	468	120.00–127.00	123.56
4	—	360	140.00–148.00	143.89
3	—	403	130.00–137.00	132.37
2	—	605	100.00–106.00	102.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	51.00–58.00	54.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	87.00	87.00

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.