Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-06-02

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 79▲ 12 vs year ago 107 · +11.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 13▲ 4 vs year ago 8 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Bulls firm. Slaughter Cows and Replacement Cattle no comparable trends. Feeder Bulls and Feeder Heifers firm. Feeder Steers no comparable trends. Bull Calves and Heifer Calves firm. Steer Calves no comparable trends.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.59/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits −11.01 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.
Average price
$315.59
4 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.73
vs GA average
−22.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542315.591,7094thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
315.59
—
GA average14 barns · 483 hd
314.86
+0.73
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−22.65
This barn, trailing median2 sales
326.60
−11.01
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—Average1,638176.012,8832thin

Every lot

31 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3413339.91/cwt325.00–355.001,4042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3218414.43/cwt405.00–425.009032
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272387.84/cwt380.00–395.001,0559
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318382.41/cwt375.00–400.001,2166
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366375.87/cwt360.00–385.001,3766
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368324.97/cwt320.00–330.001,1962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415333.77/cwt330.00–340.001,3854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428295.67/cwt287.50–300.001,2653
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463297.57/cwt285.00–310.001,3782
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478333.70/cwt332.50–335.001,5952
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518332.46/cwt330.00–335.001,7222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565298.72/cwt297.50–300.001,6882
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640238.82/cwt230.00–247.501,5282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3245405.00/cwt400.00–410.009922
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3265409.81/cwt400.00–420.001,0862
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2283452.57/cwt450.00–455.001,2812
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320402.34/cwt400.00–405.001,2872
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328451.42/cwt440.00–460.001,4813
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335367.31/cwt355.00–380.001,2302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368380.34/cwt370.00–390.001,4002
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370405.00/cwt400.00–410.001,4992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428349.90/cwt335.00–360.001,4983
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430384.65/cwt375.00–395.001,6542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455337.36/cwt325.00–350.001,5352
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483367.18/cwt355.00–380.001,7732
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520333.79/cwt332.50–335.001,7362
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3528307.42/cwt305.00–310.001,6232
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557324.94/cwt320.00–330.001,8103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7112
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615294.00/cwt287.50–307.501,8083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,638176.01/cwt175.00–177.002,8832

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.