Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-06-15

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 15
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
66 vs last sale 61 47 vs year ago 80 · +58.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
11 vs last sale 9 7 vs year ago 13 · +53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
35 vs last sale 50 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%
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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 bull calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.44/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$125.44
46 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$541
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.54
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1369139.585157thin
Medium and Large 2395130.5251621
Medium and Large 3499114.0156818thin
One grade step is worth $25.57/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale46 hd
125.44
GA average17 barns · 1,915 hd
121.90
+3.54
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
BullsAverage1,23578.019643thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26060.767656thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97649.604846thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 3467125.89/cwt122.00–130.005883
BullsMedium and Large 3527124.31/cwt120.00–128.006555
Bulls1,65088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,4521
Bulls1,02873.01/cwt72.00–74.007512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34756.83/cwt56.00–59.007663
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17264.69/cwt62.00–68.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 3383129.45/cwt124.00–134.004963
HeifersMedium and Large 3405123.37/cwt120.00–128.005003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3900650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,8502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2990978.66/cwt850.00–1,200.009,6894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3938789.27/cwt775.00–800.007,4032
HeifersMedium and Large 3465118.70/cwt116.00–120.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 3565107.66/cwt102.00–110.006087
HeifersMedium and Large 2325135.02/cwt130.00–140.004394
HeifersMedium and Large 2358133.52/cwt130.00–136.004785
HeifersMedium and Large 2473124.76/cwt120.00–128.005906
HeifersMedium and Large 363091.97/cwt90.00–94.005792
CowsLean 85-90%93346.22/cwt42.00–49.004313
CowsLean 85-90%1,01852.98/cwt52.00–54.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 1423135.34/cwt134.00–136.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 1328142.76/cwt140.00–145.004684
HeifersMedium and Large 2618102.52/cwt101.00–104.006342
HeifersMedium and Large 2283144.92/cwt142.00–148.004104

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.