Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2020-11-16

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
35 vs last sale 118 1 vs year ago 152 · +0.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
6 vs last sale 23 29 vs year ago 46 · 63.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
81 vs last sale 95 55 vs year ago 69 · 79.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 higher, Bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.66/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$132.66
70 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.30
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519139.0372111thin
Medium and Large 3410137.0256234
Medium and Large 2533123.9366025
One grade step is worth $15.10/cwt here — about $61 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 sale70 hd
132.66
GA average16 barns · 1,691 hd
123.36
+9.30
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
BullsLow1,54877.131,1942thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17153.616284thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05246.614904thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1608120.02/cwt118.00–122.007303
BullsMedium and Large 1668113.32/cwt110.00–115.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2432142.02/cwt140.00–146.006143
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,6032
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,140635.00/cwt635.00–635.007,2392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-277582.00/cwt82.00–82.006361
SteersMedium and Large 1557132.73/cwt130.00–138.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1365134.66/cwt130.00–138.004923
BullsMedium and Large 2571115.62/cwt110.00–118.006605
HeifersMedium and Large 2405128.97/cwt125.00–132.005223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296577.02/cwt74.00–81.007433
BullsMedium and Large 2673102.98/cwt100.00–108.006936
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,01066.00/cwt66.00–66.006671
BullsMedium and Large 2522122.89/cwt120.00–128.006417
BullsMedium and Large 1376165.86/cwt160.00–170.006245
BullsMedium and Large 3486124.74/cwt120.00–128.006068
BullsMedium and Large 3407132.85/cwt130.00–136.005415
SteersMedium and Large 1670122.75/cwt122.00–124.008224
HeifersMedium and Large 1415132.96/cwt130.00–136.005524
BullsMedium and Large 3524113.76/cwt110.00–118.005966
BullsMedium and Large 2368153.97/cwt150.00–158.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 3420119.44/cwt117.00–124.005023
BullsMedium and Large 3390143.95/cwt140.00–148.005614
HeifersMedium and Large 2627105.40/cwt100.00–108.006613
BullsMedium and Large 3283163.21/cwt160.00–166.004625
BullsMedium and Large 3316153.68/cwt150.00–157.004866
CowsLean 85-90%1,08051.00/cwt51.00–51.005511
Bulls1,54877.13/cwt76.00–78.001,1942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17153.61/cwt51.00–58.006284
CowsLean 85-90%1,04245.15/cwt42.00–48.004703

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.