Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-02-10

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 10
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
44 vs last sale 89 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
12 vs last sale 23 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
0 vs last sale 14 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.64/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$133.64
33 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.92
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440140.1361711thin
Medium and Large 2401134.0353818thin
Medium and Large 3513114.065854thin
One grade step is worth $26.07/cwt here — about $31 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 sale33 hd
133.64
GA average15 barns · 1,365 hd
122.73
+10.92
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
BullsLow1,33576.001,0152thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30061.007931thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99247.374703thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2633116.61/cwt114.00–122.007383
BullsMedium and Large 2313164.79/cwt160.00–170.005164
BullsMedium and Large 2284167.96/cwt165.00–170.004775
BullsMedium and Large 2539137.70/cwt136.00–140.007427
BullsMedium and Large 3275157.36/cwt152.00–162.004334
BullsMedium and Large 3415146.48/cwt144.00–148.006084
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-283075.00/cwt75.00–75.006231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298082.00/cwt82.00–82.008041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-376361.63/cwt58.00–65.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 2330143.40/cwt140.00–146.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 2563117.40/cwt112.00–120.006613
SteersMedium and Large 3278163.05/cwt160.00–170.004533
SteersMedium and Large 3403144.02/cwt140.00–146.005803
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,145925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,5912
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,110725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,0482
HeifersMedium and Large 2280144.00/cwt142.00–150.004035
HeifersMedium and Large 2377138.43/cwt136.00–140.005225
HeifersMedium and Large 3513114.06/cwt110.00–118.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 1458137.56/cwt132.00–142.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 1425142.27/cwt140.00–146.006056
HeifersMedium and Large 2630109.02/cwt108.00–110.006872
BullsMedium and Large 3461143.40/cwt138.00–148.006614
Bulls1,18572.00/cwt72.00–72.008531
Bulls1,48580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30061.00/cwt61.00–61.007931
CowsLean 85-90%99051.00/cwt51.00–51.005051
CowsLean 85-90%99345.56/cwt45.00–46.004522

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.