Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-04-28

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 132▼ 93 vs year ago 138 · −67.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 5▲ 7 vs year ago 10 · +70.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 14▲ 2 vs year ago 38 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady. Feeder Bulls, Feeders Heifers and Feeder Steers steady. Bull Calves, Heifer Calves and Steer Calves steady. Replacement Cattle mostly steady with higher undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
300–400 lb heifers averaged $374.96/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −111.51 against this barn's trailing median of $486.47.
Average price
$374.96
2 head · 323 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.98
vs GA average
−15.95 vs national

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1323374.961,2112thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
374.96
—
GA average15 barns · 374 hd
363.98
+10.98
National average173 barns · 5,585 hd
390.91
−15.95
This barn, trailing median4 sales
486.47
−111.51
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 300–400 lb

4 sales
537463389315median 486.4703/2304/1305/0410/1210/12
Heifers 300–400 lb: high $523.21, low $329.02, median $486.47 across 4 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048117.161,22811

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,034$2,4414thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,042$2,19013
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,001$2,44110

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340413.24/cwt400.00–420.001,4053
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368382.90/cwt370.00–400.001,4093
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3228334.45/cwt325.00–345.007632
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268378.71/cwt370.00–385.001,0154
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323374.96/cwt370.00–380.001,2112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2277403.31/cwt400.00–410.001,1173
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315430.16/cwt420.00–440.001,3552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%986110.04/cwt100.00–119.001,0856
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123125.70/cwt121.00–131.001,4125
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28882,414.72/head2,300.00–2,525.002,4152
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0151,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0282,557.29/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5573
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0342,496.86/head2,400.00–2,600.002,4974
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39241,997.36/head1,800.00–2,250.001,9974
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Small 1-29402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0342,441.05/head2,250.00–2,750.002,4414
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1142,285.68/head2,200.00–2,450.002,2868

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.