Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-09-01

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 92▼ 51 vs year ago 133 · −38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 14▼ 3 vs year ago 8 · −37.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 35▲ 14 vs year ago 15 · +93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends available on Slaughter Cows, Slaughter Bulls, Replacement Cattle, all Feeder Cattle Classes or Steer Calves. Bull Calves and Heifer Calves steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.42/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −56.56 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.
Average price
$321.42
16 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.42
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535325.971,7428thin
Medium and Large 2523316.871,6578thin
One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale16 hd
321.42
—
GA average14 barns · 392 hd
343.84
−22.42
This barn, trailing median3 sales
377.98
−56.56
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
419361303245median 377.9804/1304/1306/0810/1210/12
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,375168.002,3101thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,130170.001,9211thin

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)980$2,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,095$3,5003thin

Every lot

27 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372355.97/cwt350.00–360.001,3245
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373380.22/cwt370.00–390.001,4183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417348.03/cwt340.00–350.001,4515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421314.38/cwt305.00–330.001,3244
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475294.84/cwt280.00–310.001,4002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3322
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335374.85/cwt370.00–380.001,2562
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3358360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2892
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2359383.76/cwt375.00–390.001,3784
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5123
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4532
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431368.61/cwt360.00–390.001,5897
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455355.05/cwt350.00–360.001,6152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469336.40/cwt320.00–345.001,5788
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3473304.87/cwt300.00–310.001,4422
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1504334.96/cwt330.00–340.001,6884
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523316.87/cwt310.00–322.501,6578
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565316.98/cwt312.50–325.001,7914
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3624274.95/cwt260.00–280.001,7164
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627303.30/cwt300.00–310.001,9023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,375168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,3101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9211
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0103,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0353,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2403,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-29552,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0052,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001

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.