Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2019-11-18

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
152 head
6 vs last sale 146 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
27 vs last sale 19 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
53 vs last sale 16 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves unevenly 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 $121.50/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$121.50
54 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.07
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442124.2154927
Medium and Large 3354120.0742514thin
Medium and Large 2477117.4256013thin
One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale54 hd
121.50
GA average17 barns · 2,190 hd
118.42
+3.07
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
BullsLow1,14072.008211thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21049.395988thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97243.104198thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2413140.94/cwt138.00–143.005825
BullsMedium and Large 3617105.41/cwt100.00–108.006503
BullsMedium and Large 3521112.30/cwt110.00–116.005855
BullsMedium and Large 3433129.44/cwt126.00–133.005606
BullsMedium and Large 3481121.75/cwt118.00–124.005867
BullsMedium and Large 3384137.20/cwt134.00–140.005278
HeifersMedium and Large 1513115.94/cwt112.00–120.005954
HeifersMedium and Large 1469124.72/cwt122.00–128.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 1419125.90/cwt120.00–130.0052818
HeifersMedium and Large 2615104.60/cwt100.00–108.006433
HeifersMedium and Large 2528112.06/cwt108.00–116.005924
HeifersMedium and Large 2373127.40/cwt122.00–132.004756
HeifersMedium and Large 3378116.01/cwt110.00–120.004396
HeifersMedium and Large 3336123.11/cwt118.00–128.004148
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,248862.83/cwt850.00–875.0010,7684
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-276562.00/cwt62.00–62.004741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,262981.54/cwt900.00–1,125.0012,38727
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,171987.65/cwt900.00–1,050.0011,5654
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,12049.00/cwt49.00–49.005491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-383044.00/cwt44.00–44.003651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,204772.84/cwt625.00–875.009,30512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,163687.58/cwt675.00–700.007,9972
Bulls1,14072.00/cwt72.00–72.008211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21049.39/cwt47.00–53.005988
CowsLean 85-90%93347.11/cwt45.00–50.004403
CowsLean 85-90%99540.69/cwt37.00–43.004055

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.