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Fitzgerald

Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 24

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947

← Feb 10Feb 24Mar 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

145 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 164▲ 12 vs year ago 133 · +9.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 23▼ 6 vs year ago 15 · −40.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $311.31/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −142.09 against this barn's trailing median of $453.40.

Average price

$311.31

32 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$41.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.00

vs GA average

−17.55 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	408	334.74	1,366	8thin
Medium and Large 3	407	312.00	1,270	13thin
Medium and Large 2	483	293.45	1,417	11thin

One grade step is worth $41.29/cwt here — about −$52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale32 hd

311.31

—

GA average15 barns · 361 hd

296.31

+15.00

National average192 barns · 11,464 hd

328.86

−17.55

This barn, trailing median3 sales

453.40

−142.09

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

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $461.42, low $436.39, median $453.40 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	—	Average	1,770	155.00	2,744	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	133.25	1,683	3thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,529	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,567	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	274	334.56/cwt	330.00–340.00	917	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	347.75/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,120	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	407	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,270	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	334.74/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,366	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	293.45/cwt	293.00–298.00	1,417	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	419.92/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,365	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	330	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,429	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,333	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,808	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,770	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,744	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,438	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	137.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,813	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 2-3	560	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	823	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,176	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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 164Year ago 133

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 10Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 23Year ago 15

No trends available.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,320	135.00–140.00	137.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	412	371.00	371.00
17	450–500	453	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	342.00–352.00	347.75
11	450–500	483	293.00–298.00	293.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	274	330.00–340.00	334.56
13	400–450	407	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	334.00–340.00	334.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	375.00–380.00	377.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	433.00	433.00
1	650–700	660	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	415.00–425.00	419.92

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	—	800	147.00	147.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	560	147.00	147.00

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.