Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-10-28

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
220 head
33 vs last sale 187 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
5 vs last sale 23 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
4 vs last sale 14 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.75/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$113.75
43 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.21
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2413118.3148917thin
Medium and Large 1520114.155944thin
Medium and Large 3402110.1544322
One grade step is worth $8.16/cwt here — about $45 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 sale43 hd
113.75
GA average16 barns · 1,314 hd
107.54
+6.21
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
BullsLow1,27060.007621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21246.235605thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01541.934266thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersMedium and Large 2612117.22/cwt116.00–118.007175
SteersMedium and Large 3383126.90/cwt124.00–130.004864
BullsMedium and Large 2336143.14/cwt140.00–148.004815
BullsMedium and Large 2503118.58/cwt115.00–124.005965
BullsMedium and Large 3311133.65/cwt130.00–136.004165
BullsMedium and Large 3407125.75/cwt120.00–128.005127
HeifersMedium and Large 1520114.15/cwt110.00–118.005944
HeifersMedium and Large 2470113.96/cwt110.00–118.005364
HeifersMedium and Large 2408118.01/cwt116.00–120.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 2385121.05/cwt118.00–126.004667
SteersMedium and Large 2570116.34/cwt112.00–121.006634
SteersMedium and Large 2658109.49/cwt107.00–112.007204
SteersMedium and Large 2468126.99/cwt125.00–130.005945
SteersMedium and Large 3323133.30/cwt130.00–136.004316
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,273782.71/cwt725.00–850.009,9644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-280570.00/cwt70.00–70.005641
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,10558.00/cwt58.00–58.006412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,08353.67/cwt52.00–55.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 3435110.47/cwt108.00–113.004814
HeifersMedium and Large 3331113.93/cwt110.00–120.003775
HeifersMedium and Large 3470105.89/cwt100.00–110.004986
HeifersMedium and Large 3377110.91/cwt108.00–115.004187
Bulls1,27060.00/cwt60.00–60.007621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05050.00/cwt50.00–50.005252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32043.71/cwt42.00–48.005773
CowsLean 85-90%92347.75/cwt45.00–51.004412
CowsLean 85-90%1,06139.02/cwt37.00–42.004144

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.