Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2026-09-14

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 14
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 101▼ 57 vs year ago 112 · −50.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 34 vs year ago 6 · +566.7%
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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 $345.00/cwt on 2 head, down $32.98 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −32.98 against this barn's trailing median of $377.98.
Average price
$345.00
▼ 32.98 vs prior sale
2 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.12
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570345.001,9672thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
345.00
—
GA average14 barns · 352 hd
322.88
+22.12
This barn, trailing median3 sales
377.98
−32.98
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.

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)1,349$2,59117

Every lot

12 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
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628324.93/cwt322.50–327.502,0412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3293352.52/cwt350.00–355.001,0332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620302.50/cwt300.00–305.001,8762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675272.35/cwt260.00–287.501,8383
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708267.51/cwt265.00–270.001,8942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3258292.86/cwt280.00–305.007562
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323422.33/cwt420.00–425.001,3642
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482388.06/cwt370.00–400.001,8703
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9672
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760248.63/cwt240.00–257.501,8902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2683,085.69/head2,700.00–3,350.003,0865
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,3832,384.93/head2,181.00–2,550.002,38512

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.