Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-02-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 24
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
21 vs last sale 108 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
1 vs last sale 15 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
7 vs last sale 14 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, steer calves lightly steady, heifer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.69/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$156.69
27 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.15
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368187.716915thin
Medium and Large 2447163.6973111thin
Medium and Large 3545135.5973811thin
One grade step is worth $52.12/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale27 hd
156.69
GA average14 barns · 1,037 hd
146.54
+10.15
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
BullsLow1,77581.001,4381thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low98454.555374thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01048.004853thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1368187.71/cwt182.00–192.006915
BullsMedium and Large 2563135.07/cwt130.00–140.007604
BullsMedium and Large 2380180.05/cwt177.00–183.006847
BullsMedium and Large 3423162.71/cwt160.00–164.006883
BullsMedium and Large 3627119.28/cwt118.00–122.007483
BullsMedium and Large 3568129.11/cwt122.00–132.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 2570124.66/cwt120.00–128.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 3487113.36/cwt110.00–120.005523
SteersMedium and Large 2686122.20/cwt120.00–125.008385
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,065935.45/cwt875.00–1,000.009,9634
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,113724.04/cwt700.00–750.008,0594
Bulls1,77581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,4381
CowsBoner 80-85%98454.55/cwt53.00–55.005374
CowsLean 85-90%1,12544.00/cwt44.00–44.004951
CowsLean 85-90%95350.00/cwt49.00–51.004772
HeifersMedium and Large 2410142.80/cwt140.00–145.005855
HeifersMedium and Large 2623111.17/cwt109.00–118.006935

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.