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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 9

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Sep 2Sep 9Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

80 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 133▼ 156 vs year ago 236 · −66.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 6 vs year ago 9 · +66.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 15▲ 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 lower, Bull calves 8.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $268.49/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −136.26 against this barn's trailing median of $404.74.

Average price

$268.49

6 head · 412 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$9.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.53

vs GA average

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	413	271.51	1,121	4thin
Medium and Large 3	410	262.44	1,076	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale6 hd

268.49

—

GA average15 barns · 330 hd

253.95

+14.53

This barn, trailing median3 sales

404.74

−136.26

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

Bulls 400–500 lb: high $487.40, low $370.26, median $404.74 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	—	Low	1,170	90.00	1,053	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	121.00	2,081	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	115.08	1,394	4thin

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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,117	$1,749	10

Every lot

11 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	221.26/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,075	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	273.32/cwt	270.00–275.00	962	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	295.42/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,146	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	262.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,076	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	271.51/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,121	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,053	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	111.16/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,332	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,458	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,081	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,470	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,117	1,749.35/head	1,375.00–1,975.00	1,749	10

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 Sep 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 80Last week 133Year ago 236

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 15Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	290.00–298.00	295.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	270.00–273.00	271.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	270.00–275.00	273.32
2	400–450	410	260.00–265.00	262.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	220.00–225.00	221.26

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	120.00	120.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,117	1,375.00–1,975.00	1,749.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,198	108.00–115.00	111.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	90.00	90.00

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.