Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-04-29

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 216 vs last sale 70▲ 286 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 23▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 35▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady, heifer calves and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.02/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$130.02
118 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.67
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2409136.0155663
Medium and Large 3439123.1554155
One grade step is worth $12.86/cwt here — about $15 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale118 hd
130.02
—
GA average16 barns · 1,677 hd
136.69
−6.67
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—Low1,36579.971,0923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22957.5470717

Every lot, as filed

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—415157.39/cwt155.00–160.006535
BullsMedium and Large 3—388153.06/cwt150.00–156.005944
BullsMedium and Large 3—328153.07/cwt150.00–160.005028
BullsMedium and Large 3—576120.18/cwt118.00–124.006928
BullsMedium and Large 3—508127.38/cwt124.00–130.006479
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618117.36/cwt114.00–120.007256
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468130.44/cwt128.00–135.0061011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427134.69/cwt130.00–138.0057512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323144.42/cwt140.00–150.0046616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366139.05/cwt134.00–144.0050918
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368124.71/cwt122.00–130.004593
HeifersMedium and Large 3—622112.68/cwt110.00–114.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310133.29/cwt130.00–136.004136
HeifersMedium and Large 3—527116.30/cwt114.00–120.006136
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478121.51/cwt118.00–125.005817
HeifersMedium and Large 3—284136.56/cwt132.00–142.003888
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575113.13/cwt110.00–120.006509
HeifersMedium and Large 3—414123.26/cwt120.00–127.0051013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,6601,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0016,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,08558.00/cwt58.00–58.006291
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,22758.65/cwt57.00–60.007203
Bulls——1,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581
Bulls——1,54382.45/cwt80.00–85.001,2722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24054.16/cwt52.00–55.006723
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22758.26/cwt56.00–63.0071514

How this sale compares

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.