Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-05-04

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 4
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
147 vs last sale 245 125 vs year ago 223 · 56.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
8 vs last sale 13 19 vs year ago 24 · 79.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
8 vs last sale 12 31 vs year ago 35 · 88.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, steer calves and bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $110.60/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$110.60
13 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.14
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2516123.166365thin
Medium and Large 3627102.746448thin
One grade step is worth $20.42/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale13 hd
110.60
GA average16 barns · 1,426 hd
121.74
−11.14
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
BullsLow1,43574.001,0621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18051.006021thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average90850.504582thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 3420115.60/cwt110.00–118.004865
HeifersMedium and Large 352095.14/cwt90.00–100.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 3478105.18/cwt100.00–110.005032
CowsLean 85-90%91054.00/cwt54.00–54.004911
CowsLean 85-90%90547.00/cwt47.00–47.004251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18051.00/cwt51.00–51.006021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-284561.00/cwt61.00–61.005151
SteersMedium and Large 3425122.89/cwt120.00–126.005222
SteersMedium and Large 2475133.13/cwt130.00–136.006322
SteersMedium and Large 1458144.73/cwt142.00–148.006633
SteersMedium and Large 1405143.36/cwt140.00–148.005813
Bulls1,43574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0621
BullsMedium and Large 3538111.97/cwt110.00–114.006024
BullsMedium and Large 375888.02/cwt86.00–90.006672
BullsMedium and Large 367599.02/cwt98.00–100.006682
BullsMedium and Large 2412135.38/cwt130.00–138.005583
BullsMedium and Large 2673104.83/cwt100.00–110.007062

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.