Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-15

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 15
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
108 vs last sale 242 134 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
8 vs last sale 18 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
4 vs last sale 3 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls 2.00 higher, heifer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.74/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$124.74
37 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.42
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1382155.185939thin
Medium and Large 2538121.6065414thin
Medium and Large 3636108.3368914thin
One grade step is worth $46.85/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale37 hd
124.74
GA average16 barns · 1,667 hd
123.33
+1.42
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
BullsLow1,03366.506872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21056.916893thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average84051.004281thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%84051.00/cwt51.00–51.004281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21853.37/cwt52.00–55.006502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19564.00/cwt64.00–64.007651
Bulls1,03366.50/cwt65.00–68.006872
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,145675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,7292
HeifersMedium and Large 3480116.06/cwt114.00–118.005574
HeifersMedium and Large 3434117.61/cwt110.00–120.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 2524120.74/cwt117.00–125.006337
HeifersMedium and Large 2372130.21/cwt128.00–135.004845
HeifersMedium and Large 2603111.34/cwt110.00–112.006713
BullsMedium and Large 3493121.98/cwt118.00–126.006014
BullsMedium and Large 3713100.36/cwt97.00–102.007163
BullsMedium and Large 3633109.98/cwt106.00–112.006963
BullsMedium and Large 378097.96/cwt96.00–100.007642
BullsMedium and Large 3670100.85/cwt96.00–106.006762
BullsMedium and Large 2505124.21/cwt120.00–128.0062711
BullsMedium and Large 2657112.02/cwt108.00–114.007363
BullsMedium and Large 1382155.18/cwt150.00–158.005939

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.