Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2026-06-08

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 8
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 0▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No Trends Available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $377.98/cwt on 10 head, down $27.02 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.
Average price
$377.98
▼ 27.02 vs prior sale
10 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$357
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.10
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544401.132,1826thin
Medium and Large 2590366.252,1612thin
Medium and Large 3570320.261,8252thin
One grade step is worth $80.87/cwt here — about $357 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 sale10 hd
377.98
—
GA average15 barns · 304 hd
373.88
+4.10
This barn, trailing median3 sales
377.98
+0.00
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,058146.131,5462thin

Every lot

23 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
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3218432.41/cwt425.00–440.009432
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390425.00/cwt420.00–430.001,6582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420386.41/cwt375.00–400.001,6233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475439.84/cwt435.00–445.002,0892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280477.95/cwt450.00–500.001,3384
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315450.85/cwt447.50–455.001,4203
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332481.43/cwt465.00–500.001,5983
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366473.93/cwt470.00–480.001,7355
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370407.03/cwt400.00–420.001,5063
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380455.15/cwt450.00–460.001,7303
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423455.05/cwt445.00–465.001,9255
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423428.01/cwt425.00–430.001,8105
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3424371.87/cwt355.00–385.001,5774
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3462307.47/cwt300.00–312.501,4213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480423.23/cwt400.00–440.002,0323
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520401.05/cwt380.00–422.502,0852
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556401.17/cwt387.50–420.002,2314
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570320.26/cwt310.00–330.001,8252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590366.25/cwt365.00–367.502,1612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683338.59/cwt330.00–347.502,3132
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2763301.26/cwt300.00–302.502,2992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,058146.13/cwt140.00–152.001,5462

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.