Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-06-01

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 1
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
60 vs last sale 78 21 vs year ago 117 · +17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 9 20 vs year ago 26 · 76.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
3 vs last sale 14 4 vs year ago 15 · 26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.73/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$122.73
42 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.96
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2440125.6455320
Medium and Large 3384120.0846122
One grade step is worth $5.56/cwt here — about $93 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 sale42 hd
122.73
GA average15 barns · 1,475 hd
118.77
+3.96
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27062.007872thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low82541.003381thin

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 278097.08/cwt91.00–100.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2358143.65/cwt140.00–146.005145
BullsMedium and Large 3580109.28/cwt106.00–116.006343
BullsMedium and Large 3373133.20/cwt130.00–137.004979
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24058.00/cwt58.00–58.007191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30066.00/cwt66.00–66.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 3420113.09/cwt110.00–118.004755
HeifersMedium and Large 3385120.79/cwt116.00–126.0046513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,33573.00/cwt73.00–73.009751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13067.46/cwt63.00–72.007624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,04057.93/cwt52.00–62.006023
CowsLean 85-90%82541.00/cwt41.00–41.003381
HeifersMedium and Large 2485125.28/cwt120.00–128.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 2363131.10/cwt128.00–134.004764
HeifersMedium and Large 2518121.34/cwt117.00–125.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 2414125.74/cwt122.00–130.005218
HeifersMedium and Large 3333126.53/cwt124.00–128.004214

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.