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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 4

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

151 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 169▲ 66 vs year ago 85 · +77.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 6▲ 6 vs year ago 8 · +75.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 10▼ 6 vs year ago 14 · −42.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady, feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle steady.

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 $231.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −95.60 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.

Average price

$231.00

2 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.39

vs GA average

−27.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	231.00	1,220	2thin

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 sale2 hd

231.00

—

GA average15 barns · 574 hd

220.61

+10.39

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−27.39

This barn, trailing median2 sales

326.60

−95.60

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

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	1,672	128.16	2,142	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,129	108.34	1,224	5thin

Every lot

17 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	250–300	Medium and Large 3	276	250.52/cwt	250.00–252.00	691	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	244.00/cwt	240.00–248.00	952	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	243.94/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,007	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	234.57/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,107	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	231.00/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,220	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	202.88/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,268	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	273.81/cwt	270.00–280.00	917	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	274.00/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,069	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	244.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,013	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	267.51/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,118	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	231.97/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,062	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	209.01/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,166	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,565	123.53/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,933	2
Bulls	—	—	1,778	132.79/cwt	131.00–135.00	2,361	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,118	105.42/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,179	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 169Year ago 85

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 6Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 10Year ago 14

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady, feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	265.00–270.00	267.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	270.00–280.00	273.81
2	450–500	458	230.00–234.00	231.97
2	550–600	558	208.00–210.00	209.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	270.00–278.00	274.00
3	400–450	415	240.00–250.00	244.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	242.00–246.00	243.94
2	500–550	528	230.00–232.00	231.00
2	600–650	625	200.00–206.00	202.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	240.00–248.00	244.00
6	450–500	472	230.00–240.00	234.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	250.00–252.00	250.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1	—	830	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	131.00–135.00	132.79
2	—	1,565	121.00–126.00	123.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,118	102.00–108.00	105.42

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.