Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2026-08-10

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 91▲ 19 vs year ago 82 · +23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 3 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $319.63/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −8.97 against this barn's trailing median of $328.60.
Average price
$319.63
17 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−56.79
vs GA average
−82.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538340.031,8292thin
Medium and Large 3556316.911,76215thin
One grade step is worth $23.12/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale17 hd
319.63
—
GA average14 barns · 265 hd
376.43
−56.79
National average153 barns · 6,255 hd
401.83
−82.20
This barn, trailing median2 sales
328.60
−8.97
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—Low1,300180.002,3401thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455180.002,6191thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475342.39/cwt340.00–345.001,6262
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538340.03/cwt337.50–342.501,8292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540309.94/cwt297.50–330.001,6748
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3574324.88/cwt310.00–335.001,8657
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3631316.02/cwt310.00–320.001,9945
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3673314.23/cwt310.00–320.002,1157
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3714307.15/cwt302.00–310.002,1935
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3780293.77/cwt284.00–304.002,2916
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338389.80/cwt382.50–400.001,3183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433335.85/cwt322.50–350.001,4542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521306.14/cwt300.00–327.501,5956
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3542272.45/cwt262.50–280.001,4773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576318.55/cwt310.00–330.001,8355
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578284.19/cwt260.00–300.001,6434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623321.54/cwt310.00–340.002,0035
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674322.09/cwt310.00–335.002,1715
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2732306.63/cwt300.00–317.502,2453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,300180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3401
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,6191

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.