Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-09-28

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 28
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
35 vs last sale 179 62 vs year ago 206 · 30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
4 vs last sale 21 4 vs year ago 29 · 13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
45 vs last sale 58 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower, Bull calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.20/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$116.20
27 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.58
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480123.315926thin
Medium and Large 3475114.1754221
One grade step is worth $9.14/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 sale27 hd
116.20
GA average17 barns · 1,679 hd
115.62
+0.58
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
BullsLow1,49079.001,1771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16352.906154thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07643.284664thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,07643.28/cwt40.00–48.004664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16352.90/cwt50.00–56.006154
Bulls1,49079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1414124.77/cwt120.00–128.005175
BullsMedium and Large 2480123.31/cwt120.00–126.005926
HeifersMedium and Large 2434112.77/cwt110.00–116.004895
HeifersMedium and Large 3478104.06/cwt100.00–106.004973
BullsMedium and Large 3475112.24/cwt110.00–117.005333
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15061.00/cwt61.00–61.007021
BullsMedium and Large 3333132.89/cwt130.00–136.004434
HeifersMedium and Large 3569101.22/cwt97.00–104.005764
BullsMedium and Large 3522107.21/cwt104.00–110.005605
HeifersMedium and Large 3411106.94/cwt102.00–110.004404
BullsMedium and Large 366297.04/cwt94.00–100.006423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297065.98/cwt63.00–69.006402
BullsMedium and Large 3370124.05/cwt120.00–128.004594
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,12554.00/cwt54.00–54.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 3370110.74/cwt108.00–116.004103
BullsMedium and Large 3570102.96/cwt102.00–104.005872

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.