Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-08-25

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 82▼ 62 vs year ago 154 · −40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 7 vs year ago 7 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 14▲ 20 vs year ago 15 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No Trends Available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $325.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +3.19 against this barn's trailing median of $321.81.
Average price
$325.00
2 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.23
vs GA average
−33.90 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625325.002,0312thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
325.00
—
GA average13 barns · 159 hd
302.77
+22.23
National average159 barns · 9,177 hd
358.90
−33.90
This barn, trailing median3 sales
321.81
+3.19
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 600–700 lb

3 sales
362342322302median 321.8104/0604/0605/0408/1008/10
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $348.22, low $316.45, median $321.81 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,375169.552,3312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225166.962,0452thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low929130.751,2154thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)954$1,7796
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)885$1,8451thin

Every lot

28 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275392.48/cwt380.00–400.001,0796
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3284356.02/cwt350.00–360.001,0115
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305440.00/cwt430.00–450.001,3423
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330387.27/cwt380.00–395.001,2782
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364429.66/cwt415.00–445.001,5646
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366378.72/cwt370.00–390.001,3864
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410398.21/cwt385.00–415.001,6333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473379.87/cwt375.00–385.001,7972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0312
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758291.11/cwt277.50–305.002,2072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3220392.33/cwt385.00–400.008632
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273396.59/cwt390.00–400.001,0833
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1311405.90/cwt400.00–420.001,2626
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366409.15/cwt400.00–430.001,4976
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373382.42/cwt380.00–385.001,4262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427403.20/cwt400.00–410.001,7223
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490360.00/cwt350.00–370.001,7642
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575291.38/cwt275.00–300.001,6753
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673271.47/cwt260.00–282.501,8273
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720282.52/cwt280.00–285.002,0342
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1782279.10/cwt270.00–287.502,1833
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%929130.75/cwt118.00–138.001,2154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225166.96/cwt164.00–170.002,0452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375169.55/cwt169.00–170.002,3312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28801,924.43/head1,900.00–1,950.001,9242
Bred Cows—Small 2-39651,633.94/head1,525.00–1,750.001,6343
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28851,845.00/head1,845.00–1,845.001,8451

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.