Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-11-04

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
54 vs last sale 220 44 vs year ago 210 · 21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
8 vs last sale 28 4 vs year ago 16 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
12 vs last sale 18 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.49/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$111.49
45 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.85
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476120.045717thin
Medium and Large 2448115.0851516thin
Medium and Large 3490106.1652022
One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about $51 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 sale45 hd
111.49
GA average14 barns · 1,293 hd
110.64
+0.85
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
BullsLow1,65560.009931thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31547.386233thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06439.734234thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 2406137.64/cwt134.00–140.005595
BullsMedium and Large 2532119.72/cwt115.00–125.0063710
BullsMedium and Large 3580104.03/cwt100.00–108.006034
BullsMedium and Large 3521113.16/cwt112.00–114.005905
BullsMedium and Large 3629101.98/cwt98.00–104.006415
BullsMedium and Large 3466116.58/cwt112.00–120.0054310
HeifersMedium and Large 1476120.04/cwt118.00–122.005717
HeifersMedium and Large 2422115.92/cwt110.00–122.004897
HeifersMedium and Large 2468114.42/cwt110.00–118.005359
HeifersMedium and Large 3371114.72/cwt110.00–118.004265
HeifersMedium and Large 3476105.93/cwt100.00–110.005045
HeifersMedium and Large 3516103.35/cwt100.00–108.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 3575102.03/cwt100.00–104.005876
SteersMedium and Large 2565122.48/cwt120.00–125.006924
SteersMedium and Large 2414134.71/cwt130.00–140.005585
SteersMedium and Large 3504118.33/cwt110.00–120.005966
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,09550.00/cwt50.00–50.005481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-397548.00/cwt48.00–48.004681
Bulls1,65560.00/cwt60.00–60.009931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01540.00/cwt40.00–40.004061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46551.07/cwt50.00–52.007482
CowsLean 85-90%1,04050.00/cwt50.00–50.005201
CowsLean 85-90%1,07236.31/cwt35.00–39.003893

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.