Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-05-27

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 27

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

145 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 107▲ 17 vs year ago 128 · +13.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 7▲ 10 vs year ago 4 · +250.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers, bulls, and steers lightly tested, steer calves had limited comparable sells, bull calves steady, heifer calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.44/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −74.16 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.

Average price

$252.44

11 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$19.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.49

vs GA average

−15.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	266.93	1,415	3thin
Medium and Large 3	564	247.01	1,394	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.92/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

252.44

—

GA average13 barns · 360 hd

246.95

+5.49

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−15.18

This barn, trailing median2 sales

326.60

−74.16

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,791	3thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	335.81/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,269	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	309.00/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,653	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,702	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	259.28/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,633	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	253.00/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,657	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	329.19/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,014	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	325.68/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,189	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	408	273.39/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,115	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	291.01/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,237	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	266.93/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,415	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	252.65/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,372	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	577	243.62/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,406	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	618	233.26/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,442	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	223	392.70/cwt	390.00–395.00	876	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	327	325.32/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,064	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	336.78/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,108	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	327.30/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,204	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	314.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,165	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	342.23/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,277	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	324.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,361	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	314.94/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,338	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	278.73/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,291	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,065	1,312.21/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,335	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 107Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 7Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	390.00–395.00	392.70
2	350–400	373	337.00–347.00	342.23
3	400–450	420	320.00–330.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	322.00–327.00	325.32
2	350–400	370	310.00–320.00	314.86
4	450–500	463	275.00–280.00	278.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	330.00–340.00	336.78
6	350–400	368	322.00–332.00	327.30
2	400–450	425	310.00–320.00	314.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	327.00–335.00	329.19
3	350–400	365	325.00–327.00	325.68
2	450–500	465	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	270.00–280.00	273.39
3	500–550	543	250.00–258.00	252.65
5	550–600	577	242.00–246.00	243.62
3	600–650	618	230.00–240.00	233.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	290.00–292.00	291.01
3	500–550	530	264.00–270.00	266.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	307.00–310.00	309.00
2	550–600	558	300.00–310.00	305.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	255.00–262.00	259.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	332.00–340.00	335.81
2	650–700	655	250.00–256.00	253.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312.21

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,335	2,750.00	2,750.00

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.