Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2024-08-12

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 12

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jul 29Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

120 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 114▲ 29 vs year ago 91 · +31.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 2 vs year ago 8 · −25.0%

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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

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $253.03/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −200.37 against this barn's trailing median of $453.40.

Average price

$253.03

8 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$26.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.59

vs GA average

−9.69 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	448	259.66	1,162	6thin
Medium and Large 3	470	233.13	1,096	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.53/cwt here — about $66 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

253.03

—

GA average16 barns · 467 hd

244.44

+8.59

National average161 barns · 6,292 hd

262.72

−9.69

This barn, trailing median3 sales

453.40

−200.37

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 400–500 lb

3 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $461.42, low $436.39, median $453.40 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	1,410	141.00	1,988	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,378	127.67	1,760	3thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	301.46/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,130	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	293.52/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,154	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	253.48/cwt	250.00–257.00	984	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	264.06/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,104	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	233.13/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,096	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	255.26/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,218	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	272.54/cwt	270.00–275.00	831	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	367	263.23/cwt	260.00–265.00	966	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	283.45/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,086	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,988	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,754	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,904	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,620	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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 120Last week 114Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 8Year ago 8

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
2	350–400	383	282.00–285.00	283.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	270.00–275.00	272.54
3	350–400	367	260.00–265.00	263.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	290.00–297.00	293.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	300.00–303.00	301.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	260.00–266.00	264.06
3	450–500	477	250.00–258.00	255.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	250.00–257.00	253.48
2	450–500	470	230.00–236.00	233.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,380	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,370	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	141.00	141.00

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.