Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-05-25

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
137 vs last sale 215 69 vs year ago 147 · 46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
22 vs last sale 31 10 vs year ago 19 · 52.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
11 vs last sale 25 15 vs year ago 29 · 51.7%
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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 and heifer calves lightly tested, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.34/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$124.34
17 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.69
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3459124.3457017thin
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 sale17 hd
124.34
GA average16 barns · 1,228 hd
122.65
+1.69
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
BullsLow1,13587.009871thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low90854.474952thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09547.005151thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3910818.68/cwt765.00–875.007,4506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,0732
SteersMedium and Large 2685114.06/cwt110.00–118.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 3355123.94/cwt120.00–126.004403
CowsLean 85-90%1,09547.00/cwt47.00–47.005151
CowsBoner 80-85%90854.47/cwt51.00–58.004952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,24055.00/cwt55.00–55.006821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01082.00/cwt82.00–82.008281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02079.00/cwt79.00–79.008061
Bulls1,13587.00/cwt87.00–87.009871
BullsMedium and Large 3516110.22/cwt106.00–115.005694
BullsMedium and Large 3468123.56/cwt120.00–127.005784
BullsMedium and Large 3360143.89/cwt140.00–148.005184
BullsMedium and Large 3403132.37/cwt130.00–137.005333
BullsMedium and Large 3605102.98/cwt100.00–106.006232

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.