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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 16

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 9May 16May 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

162 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 95▼ 20 vs year ago 182 · −11.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 18▼ 3 vs year ago 14 · −21.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 3 · +366.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves 3.00 lower, Replacement cows mostly steady.

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 $132.76/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$132.76

40 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$1.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.87

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	133.61	700	13thin
Medium and Large 3	430	132.35	569	27

One grade step is worth $1.26/cwt here — about $132 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

132.76

—

GA average15 barns · 1,092 hd

143.63

−10.87

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	1,620	76.00	1,231	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	76.00	1,174	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,100	61.00	671	1thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	133.85/cwt	130.00–138.00	696	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	680	113.91/cwt	110.00–118.00	775	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	132.69/cwt	130.00–134.00	942	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	718	107.32/cwt	104.00–114.00	771	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	371	132.47/cwt	130.00–135.00	491	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	424	123.13/cwt	120.00–130.00	522	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	461	116.80/cwt	110.00–120.00	538	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	127.24/cwt	124.00–130.00	621	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	638	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	608	112.01/cwt	108.00–114.00	681	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	255	154.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	395	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	358	140.55/cwt	138.00–143.00	503	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	154.98/cwt	152.00–158.00	570	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	132.91/cwt	128.00–138.00	569	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	127.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	586	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	482	132.36/cwt	130.00–134.00	638	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	513	122.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	631	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	570	115.18/cwt	110.00–120.00	657	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	733	113.79/cwt	110.00–115.00	834	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,620	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,231	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	671	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,545	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,174	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	823	980.70/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	8,071	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,286	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 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 162Last week 95Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 18Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	152.00–158.00	154.98
4	—	733	110.00–115.00	113.79
5	—	482	130.00–134.00	132.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	128.00–138.00	132.91
6	—	513	120.00–125.00	122.99
7	—	460	125.00–130.00	127.39
2	—	570	110.00–120.00	115.18
4	—	255	150.00–160.00	154.90
4	—	358	138.00–143.00	140.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	130.00–138.00	133.85
4	—	680	110.00–118.00	113.91
3	—	718	104.00–114.00	107.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	130.00–134.00	132.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	424	120.00–130.00	123.13
8	—	371	130.00–135.00	132.47
7	—	461	110.00–120.00	116.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	108.00–114.00	112.01
4	—	515	120.00–128.00	123.92
5	—	488	124.00–130.00	127.24

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	4	—	823	950.00–1,000.00	980.70

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	975.00	975.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	76.00	76.00

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.