Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-05-13

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 13
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
61 vs last sale 223 162 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
4 vs last sale 24 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
9 vs last sale 35 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves 3.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.83/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$128.83
26 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.32
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430139.145985thin
Medium and Large 2425130.9155713thin
Medium and Large 3422119.015038thin
One grade step is worth $20.13/cwt here — about $96 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 sale26 hd
128.83
GA average16 barns · 1,158 hd
125.51
+3.32
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
BullsLow1,03569.007141thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06847.645093thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95343.424144thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1583142.47/cwt140.00–145.008312
BullsMedium and Large 2315163.87/cwt160.00–168.005162
BullsMedium and Large 3557124.02/cwt120.00–126.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 1430139.14/cwt138.00–142.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 2525119.95/cwt118.00–122.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 2364135.15/cwt130.00–138.004925
HeifersMedium and Large 2427133.24/cwt130.00–135.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 3303125.04/cwt120.00–130.003792
HeifersMedium and Large 3462117.00/cwt114.00–120.005416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5901,116.88/cwt1,050.00–1,200.0017,7583
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,013679.48/cwt600.00–900.006,8836
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,06562.00/cwt62.00–62.006601
Bulls1,03569.00/cwt69.00–69.007141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06847.64/cwt44.00–51.005093
CowsLean 85-90%1,02049.00/cwt49.00–49.005001
CowsLean 85-90%93041.56/cwt39.00–44.003873

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.