Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-07-20

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 20
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
14 vs last sale 123 15 vs year ago 122 · +12.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
14 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 11 · +27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
17 vs last sale 4 27 vs year ago 48 · 56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.48/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$133.48
54 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373155.5258014thin
Medium and Large 2493132.2465214thin
Medium and Large 3481122.2858826
One grade step is worth $33.24/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale54 hd
133.48
GA average17 barns · 1,400 hd
118.73
+14.75
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
BullsAverage1,37482.961,1406thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22555.896855thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05546.504912thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2470123.13/cwt120.00–126.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 1473124.95/cwt120.00–130.005918
HeifersMedium and Large 3565104.11/cwt100.00–108.005884
CowsLean 85-90%1,12052.00/cwt52.00–52.005821
CowsLean 85-90%99041.00/cwt41.00–41.004061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25053.11/cwt50.00–58.006644
BullsMedium and Large 1373155.52/cwt150.00–160.0058014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12567.00/cwt67.00–67.007541
Bulls1,47685.44/cwt84.00–88.001,2614
Bulls1,17078.00/cwt78.00–78.009132
BullsMedium and Large 3623101.99/cwt100.00–104.006356
BullsMedium and Large 3453124.68/cwt120.00–128.005656
BullsMedium and Large 3413131.23/cwt124.00–136.005426
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,151786.32/cwt725.00–850.009,0518
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,185925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,9612
SteersMedium and Large 3506124.99/cwt120.00–127.006327
SteersMedium and Large 3578112.49/cwt110.00–115.006504
SteersMedium and Large 2663114.53/cwt110.00–118.007597
HeifersMedium and Large 2428126.56/cwt122.00–130.005428
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,40058.00/cwt58.00–58.008122
BullsMedium and Large 3513121.01/cwt118.00–124.006214
BullsMedium and Large 3378136.94/cwt134.00–140.005184
BullsMedium and Large 2677110.08/cwt106.00–114.007456
BullsMedium and Large 2383143.92/cwt140.00–148.005514
BullsMedium and Large 2328153.79/cwt150.00–158.005044

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.