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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2022-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 3

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

201 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 136▲ 72 vs year ago 129 · +55.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 23▼ 30 vs year ago 37 · −81.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 11 vs year ago 18 · −61.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.99/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$139.99

34 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$9.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.78

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	142.35	736	3thin
Medium and Large 2	438	141.05	618	26
Medium and Large 3	373	133.05	496	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.30/cwt here — about $240 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 sale34 hd

139.99

—

GA average15 barns · 1,454 hd

137.21

+2.78

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	—	High	1,505	96.00	1,445	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	62.97	762	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	860	56.00	482	1thin

Every lot

16 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	153.18/cwt	150.00–156.00	498	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	133.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	496	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	554	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	143.03/cwt	140.00–146.00	622	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	136.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	656	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	142.35/cwt	140.00–147.00	736	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	132.70/cwt	130.00–136.00	699	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	184.20/cwt	180.00–190.00	599	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	365	184.07/cwt	180.00–187.00	672	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	406	161.77/cwt	160.00–167.00	657	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	413	173.52/cwt	170.00–177.00	717	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,505	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,445	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	860	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	482	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	62.97/cwt	62.00–64.00	762	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	818	65.89/cwt	61.00–69.00	539	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	635	2

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 Oct 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 136Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 23Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 8Year ago 18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	62.00–64.00	62.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	96.00	96.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3	—	818	61.00–69.00	65.89

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)	2	—	835	76.00	76.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	140.00–147.00	142.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	130.00–138.00	133.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	382	140.00–150.00	145.04
4	—	435	140.00–146.00	143.03
4	—	325	150.00–156.00	153.18
6	—	527	130.00–136.00	132.70
6	—	482	130.00–140.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	325	180.00–190.00	184.20
6	—	365	180.00–187.00	184.07
4	—	413	170.00–177.00	173.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	160.00–167.00	161.77

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.