Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-08-12

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
15 vs last sale 125 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
11 vs last sale 12 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 15 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.11/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$118.11
23 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.25
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431131.905686thin
Medium and Large 3433113.2549017thin
One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $78 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 sale23 hd
118.11
GA average16 barns · 1,362 hd
112.87
+5.25
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
BullsLow1,26870.008882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32853.467102thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95844.464267thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1420134.38/cwt132.00–137.005642
BullsMedium and Large 2380147.08/cwt144.00–150.005592
BullsMedium and Large 3430127.44/cwt125.00–130.005482
BullsMedium and Large 3283143.89/cwt140.00–148.004074
HeifersMedium and Large 1431131.90/cwt130.00–138.005686
HeifersMedium and Large 3388114.90/cwt110.00–120.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 3303126.59/cwt120.00–130.003843
HeifersMedium and Large 3487111.97/cwt110.00–116.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 3533102.54/cwt100.00–110.005474
HeifersMedium and Large 3416113.92/cwt110.00–120.004745
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,055675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,1212
Bulls1,26870.00/cwt70.00–70.008882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32853.46/cwt53.00–54.007102
CowsLean 85-90%95844.46/cwt42.00–47.004267

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.