Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-09-16

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 16
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
58 vs last sale 132 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
6 vs last sale 9 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
12 vs last sale 6 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.68/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$115.68
20 head · 388 lb average
Value per head Derived
$449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2429117.8050510thin
Medium and Large 3347113.5639410thin
One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about $111 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 sale20 hd
115.68
GA average16 barns · 1,462 hd
105.06
+10.62
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
BullsLow1,92371.151,3682thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19044.715324thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05044.004621thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 3420124.10/cwt120.00–128.005214
BullsMedium and Large 3488116.95/cwt114.00–120.005714
BullsMedium and Large 3282134.58/cwt130.00–138.003806
HeifersMedium and Large 2363124.14/cwt120.00–128.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 2473113.58/cwt110.00–117.005376
HeifersMedium and Large 3305115.08/cwt110.00–120.003514
HeifersMedium and Large 3375112.55/cwt108.00–116.004226
SteersMedium and Large 3425127.70/cwt125.00–130.005436
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,260900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,3402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,128734.27/cwt725.00–750.008,2836
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-270063.00/cwt63.00–63.004411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,30255.84/cwt53.00–57.007273
Bulls1,92371.15/cwt67.00–75.001,3682
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19044.71/cwt43.00–48.005324
CowsLean 85-90%1,05044.00/cwt44.00–44.004621

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.