Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, 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 $109.81/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$109.81

52 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$42

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$26.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	383	126.04	483	4thin
Medium and Large 2	405	116.88	473	24
Medium and Large 3	525	100.04	525	24

One grade step is worth $26.00/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale52 hd

109.81

—

GA average16 barns · 1,460 hd

105.28

+4.54

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,782	65.06	1,159	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	43.01	546	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,210	40.00	484	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	161.96/cwt	160.00–164.00	429	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	394	149.52/cwt	147.00–152.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	151.04/cwt	148.00–154.00	477	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	113.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	123.05/cwt	120.00–126.00	514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	111.46/cwt	109.00–114.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	127.97/cwt	126.00–130.00	482	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	101.58/cwt	98.00–106.00	574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	126.04/cwt	124.00–128.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	114.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	112.87/cwt	110.00–116.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	126.13/cwt	120.00–130.00	412	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	118.13/cwt	112.00–122.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	95.98/cwt	94.00–98.00	595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	85.06/cwt	80.00–90.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	108.77/cwt	106.00–112.00	464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	103.37/cwt	100.00–106.00	483	6
Bulls	—	—	1,782	65.06/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,159	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	43.01/cwt	40.00–44.00	546	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	484	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Mon Oct 7, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 206Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	160.00–164.00	161.96
4	—	394	147.00–152.00	149.52
8	—	316	148.00–154.00	151.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	110.00–116.00	113.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	120.00–126.00	123.05
4	—	513	109.00–114.00	111.46
6	—	377	126.00–130.00	127.97
8	—	565	98.00–106.00	101.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	124.00–128.00	126.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	408	110.00–118.00	114.02
4	—	470	110.00–116.00	112.87
4	—	508	106.00–110.00	108.01
6	—	327	120.00–130.00	126.13
6	—	367	112.00–122.00	118.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	100.00–102.00	101.01
4	—	620	94.00–98.00	95.98
4	—	668	80.00–90.00	85.06
6	—	427	106.00–112.00	108.77
6	—	467	100.00–106.00	103.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	60.00–69.00	65.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	40.00–44.00	43.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	40.00	40.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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