Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-08

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▲ 166 vs last sale 76▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 21▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 19▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends available this week due to Holiday last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.41/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$118.41
81 head · 356 lb average
Value per head Derived
$421
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.91
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2360125.0445028
Medium and Large 3354114.9140753
One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about $43 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 sale81 hd
118.41
—
GA average4 barns · 311 hd
116.49
+1.91
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—Low1,46280.671,1793thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26956.397153thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48055.008141thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90446.814233thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378122.80/cwt118.00–128.004648
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420121.75/cwt118.00–124.005118
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275126.07/cwt122.00–130.003479
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370112.08/cwt110.00–116.0041514
BullsMedium and Large 3—567108.02/cwt104.00–110.006123
BullsMedium and Large 3—388125.59/cwt120.00–130.004879
BullsMedium and Large 3—483116.51/cwt110.00–120.0056311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—281131.84/cwt130.00–138.003706
HeifersMedium and Large 2—334125.59/cwt120.00–130.004196
HeifersMedium and Large 3—412112.00/cwt110.00–115.0046114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—333113.64/cwt110.00–120.0037816
SteersMedium and Large 2—514124.04/cwt122.00–130.006384
SteersMedium and Large 3—420127.38/cwt125.00–130.005358
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—78065.00/cwt65.00–65.005071
Bulls——1,02076.00/cwt76.00–76.007751
Bulls——1,68383.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3972
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31051.00/cwt51.00–51.006681
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24859.08/cwt57.00–61.007372
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48055.00/cwt55.00–55.008141
CowsLean 85-90%—94542.00/cwt42.00–42.003971
CowsLean 85-90%—88349.22/cwt47.00–52.004352

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.