Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-01-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 6
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 135▲ 12 vs year ago 110 · +10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 8▼ 15 vs year ago 19 · −78.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 31▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.85/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −54.75 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.
Average price
$271.85
7 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.82
vs GA average
−33.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513281.001,4425thin
Medium and Large 3521248.961,2972thin
One grade step is worth $32.04/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale7 hd
271.85
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GA average5 barns · 148 hd
265.02
+6.82
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−33.39
This barn, trailing median2 sales
326.60
−54.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,408127.001,7882thin

Every lot

16 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480278.57/cwt275.00–282.001,3372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3272298.17/cwt295.00–300.008113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370278.96/cwt278.00–280.001,0322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464264.08/cwt260.00–268.001,2254
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3521248.96/cwt248.00–250.001,2972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368321.51/cwt320.00–323.001,1832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466275.16/cwt270.00–280.001,2822
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590250.98/cwt250.00–252.001,4812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5841
Bulls——1,495134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,0031
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009061
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845142.94/cwt137.00–148.001,2083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2930165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5351

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.