Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2025-11-03

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 152▼ 24 vs year ago 151 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 10▲ 0 vs year ago 14 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 14▲ 3 vs year ago 8 · +37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $290.97/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −35.63 against this barn's trailing median of $326.60.
Average price
$290.97
10 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.80
vs GA average
−74.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580296.151,7182thin
Medium and Large 2540292.911,5816thin
Medium and Large 3518280.001,4502thin
One grade step is worth $16.15/cwt here — about $267 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 sale10 hd
290.97
—
GA average15 barns · 521 hd
315.77
−24.80
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−74.64
This barn, trailing median2 sales
326.60
−35.63
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—Average1,650185.693,0644thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,439151.642,1826thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,010109.001,1011thin

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)1,180$2,3001thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3265350.00/cwt350.00–350.009281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1132
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2731
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1393
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3443
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5071
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470298.00/cwt290.00–300.001,4015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472313.36/cwt310.00–320.001,4793
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4502
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5694
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573278.72/cwt277.50–280.001,5972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580296.15/cwt292.50–300.001,7182
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8321
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,8671
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added765282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2732
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375364.93/cwt360.00–370.001,3682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464316.51/cwt310.00–320.001,4693
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3508304.93/cwt300.00–310.001,5494
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523334.79/cwt330.00–340.001,7512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,493186.87/cwt186.00–188.002,7902
Bulls——1,690175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,9581
Bulls——1,925194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,7351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303135.90/cwt133.00–139.001,7712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,475152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,2421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,517162.02/cwt158.00–166.002,4583
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3800146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.