Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-20

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
43 vs last sale 96 139 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
10 vs last sale 13 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
2 vs last sale 12 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.36/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$135.36
67 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.76
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416143.9459910thin
Medium and Large 2338143.6048530
Medium and Large 3424123.0352127
One grade step is worth $20.91/cwt here — about $77 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 sale67 hd
135.36
GA average15 barns · 1,408 hd
130.61
+4.76
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
BullsLow1,65074.591,2312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22649.256048thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14245.745223thin

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 1203196.48/cwt195.00–198.003992
BullsMedium and Large 2325173.88/cwt170.00–180.005659
BullsMedium and Large 2378168.64/cwt163.00–173.006379
BullsMedium and Large 3318163.96/cwt160.00–170.005215
BullsMedium and Large 3423146.11/cwt142.00–150.006187
BullsMedium and Large 3514136.62/cwt134.00–140.007027
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,18850.17/cwt46.00–55.005962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,14555.00/cwt55.00–55.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 3565110.68/cwt110.00–112.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 3325133.34/cwt130.00–137.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 3368124.90/cwt120.00–130.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 3493116.98/cwt114.00–120.005774
SteersMedium and Large 2537143.94/cwt142.00–148.007733
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,295650.00/cwt650.00–650.008,4182
HeifersMedium and Large 2317144.44/cwt140.00–148.0045810
HeifersMedium and Large 3275137.32/cwt130.00–140.003785
HeifersMedium and Large 3518114.63/cwt110.00–118.005947
HeifersMedium and Large 1416143.94/cwt140.00–150.0059910
HeifersMedium and Large 2473132.46/cwt130.00–135.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 2370142.73/cwt140.00–145.005287
BullsMedium and Large 3386156.82/cwt152.00–160.0060510
Bulls1,65074.59/cwt73.00–76.001,2312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21346.23/cwt43.00–48.005614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23952.26/cwt50.00–55.006484
CowsLean 85-90%1,14245.74/cwt44.00–48.005223
HeifersMedium and Large 2276148.30/cwt145.00–150.004099

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.