Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-06-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 24
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
4 vs last sale 80 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
8 vs last sale 13 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
4 vs last sale 15 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.23/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$119.23
12 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.69
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2418122.985142thin
Medium and Large 3423118.4850110thin
One grade step is worth $4.50/cwt here — about $13 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 sale12 hd
119.23
GA average16 barns · 1,212 hd
115.55
+3.69
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
BullsLow1,36576.611,0464thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18458.076874thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92848.004452thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,09050.00/cwt50.00–50.005451
CowsLean 85-90%76546.00/cwt46.00–46.003521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17057.09/cwt55.00–58.006683
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22561.00/cwt61.00–61.007471
Bulls1,33075.15/cwt70.00–79.009993
Bulls1,47081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1911
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,012723.39/cwt650.00–825.007,3216
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,405950.00/cwt950.00–950.0013,3483
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,290850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,9653
HeifersMedium and Large 3416117.57/cwt110.00–120.004894
HeifersMedium and Large 3492115.32/cwt110.00–118.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 3363122.86/cwt120.00–128.004463
HeifersMedium and Large 2418122.98/cwt120.00–126.005142
BullsMedium and Large 3520115.44/cwt110.00–120.006003

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.