Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-06-03

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 3

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← May 27Jun 3Jun 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

107 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 145▼ 66 vs year ago 173 · −38.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 0▼ 19 vs year ago 27 · −70.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves 7.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

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 $255.09/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −122.89 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.

Average price

$255.09

4 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.07

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	575	255.09	1,467	4thin

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 sale4 hd

255.09

—

GA average14 barns · 192 hd

271.16

−16.07

This barn, trailing median3 sales

377.98

−122.89

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,077	117.00	1,260	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	943	103.30	974	3thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	324.51/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,373	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	284.05/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,165	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	283.35/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,332	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	322.35/cwt	320.00–327.00	954	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	292.66/cwt	290.00–295.00	937	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	316.42/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,060	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	302.40/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,149	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	296.24/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,209	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	269.21/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,125	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	282.46/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,322	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	255.09/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,467	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	103.30/cwt	101.00–106.00	974	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,234	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,271	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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 107Last week 145Year ago 173

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 0Year ago 27

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves 7.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	320.00–327.00	322.35
4	300–350	335	312.00–322.00	316.42
4	350–400	380	300.00–305.00	302.40
4	400–450	408	290.00–300.00	296.24
2	450–500	468	280.00–285.00	282.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	575	250.00–258.00	255.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	290.00–295.00	292.66
4	400–450	418	260.00–280.00	269.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	280.00–287.00	283.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	280.00–288.00	284.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	322.00–327.00	324.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	121.00	121.00
2	—	1,105	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	943	101.00–106.00	103.30

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.