Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2026-09-28

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 28
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 91▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 1▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Replacement Cattle steady. All Calf Classes sharply higher. No trends available on other classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $300.96/cwt on 5 head, down $49.30 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −49.30 against this barn's trailing median of $350.27.
Average price
$300.96
▼ 49.30 vs prior sale
5 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.31
vs GA average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637300.961,9175thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
300.96
—
GA average15 barns · 249 hd
297.65
+3.31
This barn, trailing median1 sales
350.27
−49.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)905$1,8461thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2263432.57/cwt430.00–435.001,1382
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6032
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490392.50/cwt380.00–405.001,9232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3278347.66/cwt330.00–365.009662
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1732
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430333.28/cwt325.00–347.501,4333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438372.37/cwt365.00–380.001,6312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475323.71/cwt322.50–325.001,5382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510306.70/cwt300.00–310.001,5643
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573308.72/cwt300.00–315.001,7694
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628301.25/cwt300.00–302.501,8922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3288415.39/cwt400.00–430.001,1962
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320463.62/cwt450.00–475.001,4843
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328438.40/cwt430.00–445.001,4383
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419414.91/cwt405.00–425.001,7384
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3423324.85/cwt320.00–330.001,3742
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437352.50/cwt350.00–355.001,5403
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467387.35/cwt370.00–402.501,8093
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492341.69/cwt325.00–350.001,6813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608306.62/cwt300.00–315.001,8643
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680292.48/cwt290.00–295.001,9892
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722279.92/cwt275.00–285.002,0213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-29051,846.00/head1,846.00–1,846.001,8461

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.