Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-01-27

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
5 vs last sale 139 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
11 vs last sale 23 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 14 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 higher, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.87/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$137.87
60 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397150.1259516thin
Medium and Large 2415135.6656332
Medium and Large 3412127.4452412thin
One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $71 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 sale60 hd
137.87
GA average16 barns · 1,895 hd
125.85
+12.01
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
BullsAverage1,35075.501,0192thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31557.507562thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92346.504294thin

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 3308162.81/cwt160.00–168.005013
BullsMedium and Large 3567124.59/cwt118.00–128.007063
BullsMedium and Large 3420149.15/cwt144.00–154.006266
BullsMedium and Large 3524135.03/cwt130.00–140.007087
Bulls1,27581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0331
Bulls1,42570.00/cwt70.00–70.009981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2730100.00/cwt100.00–100.007301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,09063.00/cwt63.00–63.006871
HeifersMedium and Large 3322135.31/cwt130.00–138.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 3480118.64/cwt116.00–120.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 3373133.81/cwt130.00–138.004994
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3905725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,5612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-396066.00/cwt66.00–66.006341
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,09062.40/cwt58.00–67.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 2389138.65/cwt129.00–147.0053910
HeifersMedium and Large 3520116.08/cwt114.00–118.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 2526122.29/cwt120.00–127.006434
HeifersMedium and Large 2318145.25/cwt142.00–148.004625
HeifersMedium and Large 2475135.95/cwt134.00–138.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 2415132.42/cwt130.00–138.005508
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42552.00/cwt52.00–52.007411
CowsLean 85-90%94552.00/cwt52.00–52.004911
CowsLean 85-90%91544.67/cwt43.00–46.004093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20563.00/cwt63.00–63.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 1369154.47/cwt150.00–158.005708
HeifersMedium and Large 1424145.76/cwt142.00–152.006188

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.