Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-02-03

Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 3

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 247▲ 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 13▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 28▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle had limited comparable sales. 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 $279.98/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −46.62 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.

Average price

$279.98

9 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$27.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.49

vs GA average

−18.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	292.00	1,600	4thin
Medium and Large 2	510	274.00	1,397	3thin
Medium and Large 3	523	264.90	1,385	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.10/cwt here — about $215 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 sale9 hd

279.98

—

GA average16 barns · 652 hd

268.49

+11.49

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−18.88

This barn, trailing median2 sales

326.60

−46.62

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	118.00	1,174	1thin

Every lot

18 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	517	296.77/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,534	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	326.50/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,175	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	314.13/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,272	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	295.13/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,381	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	285.26/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,386	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	274.00/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,397	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	264.90/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,385	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	548	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,600	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	629	233.53/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,469	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	747	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,718	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	277.58/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,319	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	284.03/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,511	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	280.06/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,605	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,174	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,502	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,556	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 Feb 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 247Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 28Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle had limited comparable sales. 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	550–600	573	278.00–282.00	280.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	275.00–280.00	277.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	283.00–285.00	284.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	310.00–320.00	314.13
2	450–500	468	290.00–300.00	295.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	325.00–328.00	326.50
4	450–500	486	282.00–288.00	285.26
3	500–550	510	273.00–275.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	747	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	262.00–268.00	264.90
4	600–650	629	232.00–236.00	233.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	290.00–300.00	296.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	170.00	170.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	118.00	118.00

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.