Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-01-08

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 8

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

110 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 122▼ 61 vs year ago 171 · −35.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 2▼ 3 vs year ago 22 · −13.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week due to Holidays.

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 $205.70/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$205.70

12 head · 417 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$24.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	224.05	986	3thin
Medium and Large 3	409	199.59	817	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.46/cwt here — about $169 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 sale12 hd

205.70

—

GA average5 barns · 306 hd

210.73

−5.02

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	—	Average	1,465	110.32	1,616	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	78.22	885	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	948	60.15	570	5thin

Every lot

7 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	205.10/cwt	200.00–210.00	765	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	438	195.18/cwt	190.00–200.00	855	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	224.05/cwt	220.00–226.00	986	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,465	110.32/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,616	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	947	56.31/cwt	55.00–57.00	533	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	65.92/cwt	63.00–69.00	626	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,131	78.22/cwt	77.00–79.00	885	4

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 Jan 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 110Last week 122Year ago 171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 2Year ago 22

No Trends available this week due to Holidays.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	947	55.00–57.00	56.31
2	—	950	63.00–69.00	65.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,131	77.00–79.00	78.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	108.00–112.00	110.32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	190.00–200.00	195.18
4	—	373	200.00–210.00	205.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	220.00–226.00	224.05

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.