Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-07-22

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 22
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 134▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 10▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 7▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.89/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$119.89
42 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.44
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1338134.004535thin
Medium and Large 2426125.8353618thin
Medium and Large 3467110.5451619thin
One grade step is worth $23.46/cwt here — about −$63 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 sale42 hd
119.89
—
GA average15 barns · 1,289 hd
115.45
+4.44
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—Low1,22075.009152thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19753.746434thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01943.524434thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1—579126.92/cwt124.00–130.007359
BullsMedium and Large 2—378150.01/cwt148.00–152.005674
BullsMedium and Large 2—468129.60/cwt127.00–132.006076
BullsMedium and Large 3—468122.98/cwt120.00–126.005764
BullsMedium and Large 3—618103.04/cwt100.00–106.006374
BullsMedium and Large 3—315147.46/cwt144.00–150.004646
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367130.00/cwt130.00–130.004773
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380132.88/cwt130.00–136.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413126.44/cwt122.00–130.005227
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466121.19/cwt116.00–125.005657
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625102.02/cwt100.00–104.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 3—533105.12/cwt100.00–110.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378115.97/cwt112.00–122.004385
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425113.42/cwt110.00–118.004827
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5541,149.23/cwt950.00–1,250.0017,8595
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,147771.06/cwt650.00–875.008,84416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—85573.00/cwt73.00–73.006241
Bulls——1,22075.00/cwt75.00–75.009152
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12053.00/cwt53.00–53.005941
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22253.99/cwt50.00–56.006603
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01943.52/cwt42.00–46.004434

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.