Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-09-07

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 7
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
220 vs last sale 301 51 vs year ago 132 · 38.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
9 vs last sale 22 22 vs year ago 9 · +244.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
22 vs last sale 34 6 vs year ago 6 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.69/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$120.69
22 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443125.925578thin
Medium and Large 2364124.604547thin
Medium and Large 3430110.814777thin
One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about $80 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 sale22 hd
120.69
GA average16 barns · 1,457 hd
117.47
+3.22
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
BullsLow1,38180.211,1084thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,01158.935966thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95548.2946110

Every lot, as filed

16 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 2475122.97/cwt120.00–126.005842
BullsMedium and Large 3490117.23/cwt110.00–120.005745
BullsMedium and Large 3413126.27/cwt124.00–130.005216
Bulls1,38180.21/cwt79.00–81.001,1084
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00554.81/cwt50.00–59.005513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01763.05/cwt60.00–65.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 3363114.83/cwt110.00–120.004174
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-379559.00/cwt59.00–59.004691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,42557.00/cwt57.00–57.008121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,25551.00/cwt51.00–51.006401
CowsLean 85-90%97551.98/cwt50.00–54.005073
CowsLean 85-90%94746.71/cwt43.00–49.004427
HeifersMedium and Large 1420127.90/cwt126.00–130.005374
HeifersMedium and Large 1465123.94/cwt122.00–126.005764
HeifersMedium and Large 2364124.60/cwt120.00–130.004547
HeifersMedium and Large 3520105.44/cwt100.00–108.005483

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.