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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 10

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Feb 3Feb 10Feb 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

164 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 147▲ 164 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 4▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 4▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago all classes of cattle steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $274.92/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −103.06 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.

Average price

$274.92

9 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$34.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.41

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	300.00	1,554	2thin
Medium and Large 3	533	271.35	1,446	3thin
Medium and Large 2	574	265.05	1,521	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.95/cwt here — about $33 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

274.92

—

GA average15 barns · 438 hd

285.32

−10.41

This barn, trailing median3 sales

377.98

−103.06

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 500–600 lb

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $405.00, low $259.30, median $377.98 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	—	High	1,658	135.04	2,239	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,035	125.60	1,300	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	105.99	1,172	3thin

Every lot

24 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 · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	326.44/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,195	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	304.55/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,157	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	421	283.21/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,192	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	311.55/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,355	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	259.42/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,357	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	221.03/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,450	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	221.01/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,580	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	323.74/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,201	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,199	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	325.19/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,359	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	301.72/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,291	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	311.49/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,473	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,554	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	271.35/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,446	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	265.05/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,521	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	253.03/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,665	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,575	125.56/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,978	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,811	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	955	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,251	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	956	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	122.90/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,321	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	113.48/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,286	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,478	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	157.54/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,599	4

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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 147Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 4Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago all classes of cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	131.00	131.00
2	—	1,075	121.00–125.00	122.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,133	110.00–117.00	113.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	154.00	154.00
2	—	1,575	121.00–129.00	125.56

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	176.00	176.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,015	153.00–165.00	157.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	320.00–325.00	323.74
6	400–450	428	300.00–310.00	301.72
4	550–600	574	258.00–268.00	265.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	320.00–330.00	325.19
2	450–500	473	310.00–313.00	311.49
4	650–700	658	250.00–256.00	253.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	305.00–310.00	307.47
3	500–550	533	265.00–275.00	271.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	366	325.00–328.00	326.44
2	650–700	656	216.00–226.00	221.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	310.00–313.00	311.55
2	700–750	715	220.00–222.00	221.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	300.00–310.00	304.55
6	400–450	421	280.00–290.00	283.21
3	500–550	523	255.00–263.00	259.42

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.