Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-04-01

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 1

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Mar 11Apr 1Apr 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

93 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 142▼ 5 vs year ago 98 · −5.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 33▲ 14 vs year ago 9 · +155.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $279.99/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −98.00 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.

Average price

$279.99

6 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.93

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	545	279.99	1,526	6thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

279.99

—

GA average15 barns · 154 hd

274.05

+5.93

This barn, trailing median3 sales

377.98

−98.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $405.00, low $259.30, median $377.98 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,290	119.00	1,535	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,575	120.00	1,890	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	111.50	1,328	4thin

Every lot

25 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 · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	304.54/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,081	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	292.47/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,185	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	306.42/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,290	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	293.42/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,350	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	303.57/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,457	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	292.49/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,471	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	344.29/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,174	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	314.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,134	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	322.31/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,199	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	333.41/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,247	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	322.40/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,364	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	427	305.50/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,304	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	293.97/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,373	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	284.97/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,439	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	275.00/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,609	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	608	265.98/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,617	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,290	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,535	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,328	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,334	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,321	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,890	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	830	87.11/cwt	78.00–94.00	723	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	938	107.21/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,006	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	993	117.70/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,169	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	125.53/cwt	113.00–140.00	1,393	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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 142Year ago 98

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 9Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 33Year ago 9

No Trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	340.00–350.00	344.29
4	350–400	374	330.00–337.00	333.41
2	400–450	423	320.00–325.00	322.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	310.00–320.00	314.18
3	400–450	427	300.00–308.00	305.50
3	450–500	467	290.00–300.00	293.97
3	500–550	505	280.00–290.00	284.97
3	550–600	585	270.00–280.00	275.00
2	600–650	608	262.00–270.00	265.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	320.00–325.00	322.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	300.00–310.00	306.42
2	450–500	460	290.00–297.00	293.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	300.00–307.00	303.57
2	500–550	503	290.00–295.00	292.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	302.00–307.00	304.54
2	400–450	405	290.00–295.00	292.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,125	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,235	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	119.00	119.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	938	104.00–113.00	107.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	113.00–140.00	125.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	993	114.00–123.00	117.70

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)	2	—	830	78.00–94.00	87.11

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.