Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-08-17

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 17
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
211 head
24 vs last sale 187 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
5 vs last sale 18 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
6 vs last sale 10 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves and heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.27/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$116.27
34 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.97
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503135.996844thin
Medium and Large 3571115.4665918thin
Medium and Large 2654110.9172612thin
One grade step is worth $25.08/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale34 hd
116.27
GA average17 barns · 1,301 hd
121.23
−4.97
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
BullsLow1,75582.061,4403thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23052.396444thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98045.004411thin

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 1503135.99/cwt134.00–138.006844
BullsMedium and Large 2725105.14/cwt100.00–110.007624
BullsMedium and Large 3470126.87/cwt124.00–130.005964
BullsMedium and Large 3505122.52/cwt120.00–125.006194
BullsMedium and Large 3578114.12/cwt110.00–118.006604
BullsMedium and Large 3678104.03/cwt100.00–108.007056
HeifersMedium and Large 2558113.01/cwt110.00–116.006314
HeifersMedium and Large 3519111.59/cwt108.00–118.005798
SteersMedium and Large 3433137.45/cwt130.00–139.0059511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26079.00/cwt79.00–79.009951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,27065.00/cwt65.00–65.008261
BullsMedium and Large 2619113.79/cwt110.00–116.007048
Bulls1,75582.06/cwt78.00–85.001,4403
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23052.39/cwt50.00–56.006444
CowsLean 85-90%98045.00/cwt45.00–45.004411
HeifersMedium and Large 1420132.89/cwt130.00–136.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 2460122.93/cwt120.00–126.005654

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.