Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-09-22

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 112▲ 36 vs year ago 87 · +41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 13▼ 4 vs year ago 11 · −36.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 6▲ 3 vs year ago 14 · +21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls no trends available. Replacement Cattle steady. All Feeder Classes no trends available. Bull Calves steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer Calves steady. Steer Calves no trends available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.91/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits −25.69 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.
Average price
$300.91
14 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−35.94
vs GA average
−64.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550312.501,7192thin
Medium and Large 2519308.601,6029thin
Medium and Large 3570270.091,5403thin
One grade step is worth $42.41/cwt here — about $179 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
300.91
—
GA average15 barns · 549 hd
336.84
−35.94
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−64.95
This barn, trailing median2 sales
326.60
−25.69
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average962144.011,3854thin

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)905$2,4424thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,038$2,6752thin

Every lot

35 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
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515349.42/cwt330.00–370.001,8002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0602
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280443.21/cwt440.00–450.001,2413
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330443.24/cwt430.00–455.001,4636
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376407.52/cwt400.00–415.001,5324
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380376.71/cwt360.00–390.001,4313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410424.70/cwt400.00–450.001,7412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419367.92/cwt360.00–380.001,5425
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4702
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468344.79/cwt320.00–360.001,6144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519308.60/cwt295.00–325.001,6029
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550312.50/cwt305.00–320.001,7192
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570270.09/cwt250.00–280.001,5403
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608295.02/cwt290.00–300.001,7942
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625256.31/cwt252.50–260.001,6022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263470.10/cwt460.00–480.001,2362
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285402.46/cwt400.00–405.001,1472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315451.25/cwt430.00–465.001,4214
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3328350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1482
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368377.52/cwt375.00–380.001,3892
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369408.07/cwt400.00–425.001,5066
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383334.83/cwt320.00–355.001,2823
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3419358.36/cwt345.00–390.001,5024
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422365.00/cwt360.00–370.001,5403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458364.92/cwt350.00–380.001,6712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3458295.25/cwt280.00–310.001,3522
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618314.86/cwt310.00–320.001,9462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%900150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3502
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023138.01/cwt136.00–140.001,4122
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-37051,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Small 1-28952,597.21/head2,500.00–2,700.002,5972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29752,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001

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.