Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-10-05

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 5
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
64 vs last sale 144 121 vs year ago 201 · 60.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
2 vs last sale 25 15 vs year ago 12 · +125.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
5 vs last sale 13 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.52/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$120.52
21 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2493124.3061311thin
Medium and Large 3489116.3656910thin
One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $45 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 sale21 hd
120.52
GA average17 barns · 1,329 hd
115.66
+4.86
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
BullsLow1,47971.841,0634thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17547.745614thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02545.004612thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17547.74/cwt44.00–51.005614
Bulls1,47971.84/cwt70.00–74.001,0634
CowsLean 85-90%87043.00/cwt43.00–43.003741
CowsLean 85-90%1,18047.00/cwt47.00–47.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2740101.99/cwt100.00–104.007552
BullsMedium and Large 2465122.94/cwt120.00–126.005722
BullsMedium and Large 3428125.64/cwt120.00–128.005385
BullsMedium and Large 3532109.78/cwt105.00–112.005843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,24044.11/cwt43.00–45.005472
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,50549.00/cwt49.00–49.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 2367122.58/cwt120.00–124.004503
BullsMedium and Large 2431131.07/cwt126.00–136.005657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298068.00/cwt68.00–68.006661
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,385825.00/cwt825.00–825.0011,4262
BullsMedium and Large 3575103.01/cwt102.00–104.005922
HeifersMedium and Large 2480112.02/cwt110.00–114.005384
HeifersMedium and Large 1662102.68/cwt100.00–104.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 1485118.60/cwt112.00–122.005753

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.