Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.06/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$122.06

32 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.60

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	354	131.12	464	18thin
Medium and Large 3	470	110.42	519	14thin

One grade step is worth $20.70/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale32 hd

122.06

—

GA average4 barns · 313 hd

116.46

+5.60

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,313	83.96	1,102	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	52.11	632	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	46.17	480	5thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	102.59/cwt	100.00–108.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	123.08/cwt	120.00–126.00	570	4
Bulls	—	—	1,313	83.96/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,102	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	530	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	52.11/cwt	50.00–55.00	632	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	45.21/cwt	40.00–48.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	129.59/cwt	124.00–134.00	473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	304	134.13/cwt	130.00–138.00	408	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	134.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	567	106.41/cwt	100.00–108.00	603	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	607	96.65/cwt	90.00–100.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	122.60/cwt	120.00–126.00	390	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	116.53/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	154.19/cwt	150.00–158.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	111.70/cwt	110.00–115.00	542	3

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Mon Nov 30, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 153Year ago 165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 17Year ago 10

No trends available this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	100.00–108.00	102.59
3	—	607	90.00–100.00	96.65
5	—	318	120.00–126.00	122.60
3	—	485	110.00–115.00	111.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	288	135.00–140.00	138.35
4	—	463	120.00–126.00	123.08
5	—	365	124.00–134.00	129.59
6	—	304	130.00–138.00	134.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	130.00–138.00	134.64
5	—	567	100.00–108.00	106.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	110.00–120.00	116.53
4	—	373	150.00–158.00	154.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	83.00–85.00	83.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,035	40.00–48.00	45.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,213	50.00–55.00	52.11

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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