Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 6
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 239▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 19▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 50▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to holiday break.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.20/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$132.20
45 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.30
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2411143.1058813thin
Medium and Large 3463127.7759232
One grade step is worth $15.33/cwt here — about −$4 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
132.20
—
GA average4 barns · 329 hd
135.50
−3.30
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
Bulls—Average1,54872.531,1234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11348.155369thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08540.004343thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479125.72/cwt122.00–128.006025
BullsMedium and Large 3—472124.81/cwt120.00–128.005897
BullsMedium and Large 3—371143.28/cwt140.00–148.005327
BullsMedium and Large 3—567113.65/cwt110.00–116.006445
BullsMedium and Large 3—617106.54/cwt100.00–110.006573
BullsMedium and Large 2—468132.23/cwt130.00–134.006198
BullsMedium and Large 2—319160.50/cwt155.00–164.005125
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08540.00/cwt40.00–40.004343
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01145.13/cwt43.00–49.004565
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24151.93/cwt50.00–54.006444
Bulls——1,52375.06/cwt73.00–77.001,1432
Bulls——1,57370.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1012
BullsMedium and Large 3—423132.41/cwt128.00–138.0056010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—92558.00/cwt58.00–58.005371
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383112.07/cwt110.00–114.004294
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417123.00/cwt120.00–126.005138
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558105.07/cwt100.00–110.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374130.94/cwt120.00–138.004909

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.