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
Bulls—Low1,54877.131,1942thin
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 1—608120.02/cwt118.00–122.007303
BullsMedium and Large 1—668113.32/cwt110.00–115.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2—432142.02/cwt140.00–146.006143
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,6032
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,140635.00/cwt635.00–635.007,2392
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—77582.00/cwt82.00–82.006361
SteersMedium and Large 1—557132.73/cwt130.00–138.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365134.66/cwt130.00–138.004923
BullsMedium and Large 2—571115.62/cwt110.00–118.006605
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405128.97/cwt125.00–132.005223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—96577.02/cwt74.00–81.007433
BullsMedium and Large 2—673102.98/cwt100.00–108.006936
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,01066.00/cwt66.00–66.006671
BullsMedium and Large 2—522122.89/cwt120.00–128.006417
BullsMedium and Large 1—376165.86/cwt160.00–170.006245
BullsMedium and Large 3—486124.74/cwt120.00–128.006068
BullsMedium and Large 3—407132.85/cwt130.00–136.005415
SteersMedium and Large 1—670122.75/cwt122.00–124.008224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415132.96/cwt130.00–136.005524
BullsMedium and Large 3—524113.76/cwt110.00–118.005966
BullsMedium and Large 2—368153.97/cwt150.00–158.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 3—420119.44/cwt117.00–124.005023
BullsMedium and Large 3—390143.95/cwt140.00–148.005614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—627105.40/cwt100.00–108.006613
BullsMedium and Large 3—283163.21/cwt160.00–166.004625
BullsMedium and Large 3—316153.68/cwt150.00–157.004866
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08051.00/cwt51.00–51.005511
Bulls——1,54877.13/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.