Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-06-22

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 22
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
16 vs last sale 127 35 vs year ago 76 · +46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
16 vs last sale 20 17 vs year ago 21 · 81.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.58/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$113.58
28 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.98
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515124.716426thin
Medium and Large 3535110.5459222
One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about $50 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 sale28 hd
113.58
GA average16 barns · 1,497 hd
118.56
−4.98
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
BullsLow1,03075.007731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10066.007261thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03848.505032thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 2677112.99/cwt109.00–115.007653
BullsMedium and Large 2618114.05/cwt110.00–118.007054
BullsMedium and Large 3519123.64/cwt120.00–126.006425
BullsMedium and Large 3478125.19/cwt120.00–129.005987
BullsMedium and Large 3576115.12/cwt110.00–118.006637
Bulls1,03075.00/cwt75.00–75.007731
HeifersMedium and Large 3581107.61/cwt105.00–110.0062510
SteersMedium and Large 2643120.92/cwt117.00–122.007789
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10066.00/cwt66.00–66.007261
CowsLean 85-90%99552.00/cwt52.00–52.005171
CowsLean 85-90%1,08045.00/cwt45.00–45.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 2515124.71/cwt120.00–128.006426
HeifersMedium and Large 3466114.64/cwt110.00–118.005345
HeifersMedium and Large 3520111.81/cwt110.00–114.005817

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.