Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.39/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$119.39

97 head · 411 lb average

Value per head Derived

$491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$18.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.16

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	421	129.48	545	19thin
Medium and Large 2	400	122.13	488	43
Medium and Large 3	419	110.55	463	35

One grade step is worth $18.93/cwt here — about $82 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 sale97 hd

119.39

—

GA average16 barns · 1,968 hd

111.23

+8.16

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	1,600	65.49	1,048	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,140	36.00	410	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 2	—	383	152.52/cwt	150.00–157.00	584	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	136.69/cwt	130.00–144.00	571	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	114.73/cwt	110.00–118.00	606	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	584	112.42/cwt	110.00–116.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	122.79/cwt	120.00–126.00	582	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	145.10/cwt	142.00–148.00	530	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	136.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	104.68/cwt	100.00–108.00	510	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	120.76/cwt	118.00–124.00	508	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	128.94/cwt	126.00–132.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	115.77/cwt	114.00–118.00	552	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	96.03/cwt	92.00–100.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	114.85/cwt	110.00–120.00	385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	124.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	464	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	114.67/cwt	110.00–118.00	409	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	112.65/cwt	110.00–116.00	482	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	126.30/cwt	120.00–134.00	527	15
Bulls	—	—	1,600	65.49/cwt	65.00–66.00	1,048	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	120.37/cwt	118.00–124.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	130.89/cwt	126.00–134.00	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	126.04/cwt	124.00–128.00	426	6

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 Dec 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 325Last week 165Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	383	150.00–157.00	152.52
11	—	418	130.00–144.00	136.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	110.00–118.00	114.73
5	—	584	110.00–116.00	112.42
8	—	474	120.00–126.00	122.79
11	—	365	142.00–148.00	145.10
15	—	417	120.00–134.00	126.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	313	130.00–140.00	136.04
5	—	536	118.00–124.00	120.37
9	—	417	126.00–134.00	130.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	487	100.00–108.00	104.68
2	—	605	92.00–100.00	96.03
6	—	335	110.00–120.00	114.85
9	—	357	110.00–118.00	114.67
9	—	428	110.00–116.00	112.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	421	118.00–124.00	120.76
8	—	477	114.00–118.00	115.77
18	—	373	120.00–127.00	124.50
6	—	338	124.00–128.00	126.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	126.00–132.00	128.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	65.00–66.00	65.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	36.00	36.00

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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