Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-05-11

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 11
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
20 vs last sale 98 84 vs year ago 162 · 51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 5 13 vs year ago 20 · 65.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
11 vs last sale 4 11 vs year ago 26 · 42.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves, 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 $108.61/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$108.61
14 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.25
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3485108.6152714thin
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 sale14 hd
108.61
GA average16 barns · 1,036 hd
113.86
−5.25
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
BullsLow1,49376.481,1422thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28856.507272thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97347.504622thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 1413144.71/cwt140.00–148.005983
BullsMedium and Large 363393.43/cwt90.00–97.005912
BullsMedium and Large 3467120.59/cwt118.00–122.005633
BullsMedium and Large 3575100.89/cwt98.00–108.005804
Bulls1,49376.48/cwt76.00–77.001,1422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21058.00/cwt58.00–58.007021
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,300950.00/cwt950.00–950.0012,3502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,365850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,6032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,48555.00/cwt55.00–55.008171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36555.00/cwt55.00–55.007511
CowsLean 85-90%88545.00/cwt45.00–45.003981
CowsLean 85-90%1,06050.00/cwt50.00–50.005301
HeifersMedium and Large 358694.26/cwt92.00–97.005524
HeifersMedium and Large 3414117.40/cwt114.00–122.004865
HeifersMedium and Large 3475111.29/cwt109.00–118.005295

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.