Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-03-16

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 16
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 190 vs last sale 271▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 33▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 30▲ 7 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 lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves sharply, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $101.21/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$101.21
20 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.41
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3419101.2142420
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
101.21
—
GA average17 barns · 1,578 hd
115.63
−14.41
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—Low1,46280.451,1763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,01155.205584thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low88248.334263thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 3—370130.11/cwt128.00–132.004812
BullsMedium and Large 3—60599.47/cwt96.00–103.006022
BullsMedium and Large 3—528105.02/cwt100.00–110.005554
Bulls——1,19070.00/cwt70.00–70.008331
Bulls——1,59885.68/cwt83.00–88.001,3692
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01155.20/cwt50.00–58.005584
SteersMedium and Large 3—513112.93/cwt108.00–118.005792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,41090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,00568.00/cwt68.00–68.006831
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—89571.00/cwt71.00–71.006351
CowsLean 85-90%—94543.00/cwt43.00–43.004061
CowsLean 85-90%—85051.00/cwt51.00–51.004342
HeifersMedium and Large 3—50894.70/cwt92.00–100.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—416102.97/cwt98.00–105.004284
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312103.76/cwt100.00–110.003246
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473100.82/cwt98.00–102.004777

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.