Name: Fitzgerald livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, Bulls and bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.56/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$127.56

64 head · 396 lb average

Value per head Derived

$505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.37

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	386	140.51	542	6thin
Medium and Large 2	364	132.91	484	26
Medium and Large 3	424	120.78	512	32

One grade step is worth $19.72/cwt here — about $30 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 sale64 hd

127.56

—

GA average18 barns · 3,038 hd

118.19

+9.37

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	—	Low	1,804	77.54	1,399	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	43.05	434	9thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1	—	457	132.66/cwt	130.00–134.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	144.67/cwt	140.00–148.00	605	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	567	112.46/cwt	110.00–115.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	102.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	162.59/cwt	160.00–165.00	590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	153.10/cwt	150.00–158.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	123.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	450	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	142.50/cwt	137.00–147.00	390	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	125.95/cwt	122.00–130.00	510	4
Bulls	—	—	1,883	75.81/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,428	2
Bulls	—	—	1,645	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,332	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	493	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	42.18/cwt	39.00–46.00	426	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	148.35/cwt	142.00–152.00	467	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	75.61/cwt	71.00–80.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	111.53/cwt	110.00–114.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	132.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	281	134.49/cwt	130.00–140.00	378	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	123.54/cwt	122.00–126.00	523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	154.31/cwt	152.00–157.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	237	148.76/cwt	142.00–152.00	353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	116.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	123.92/cwt	120.00–128.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	133.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	494	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	616	100.70/cwt	98.00–108.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	133.62/cwt	130.00–140.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	106.45/cwt	100.00–110.00	608	4

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 Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 217Year ago 239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 19Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 14Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	130.00–134.00	132.66
3	—	315	142.00–152.00	148.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	363	120.00–128.00	123.97
4	—	523	110.00–114.00	111.53
6	—	281	130.00–140.00	134.49
4	—	423	122.00–126.00	123.54
6	—	484	110.00–120.00	116.71
4	—	571	100.00–110.00	106.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	274	137.00–147.00	142.50
4	—	405	122.00–130.00	125.95
3	—	237	142.00–152.00	148.76
7	—	464	120.00–128.00	123.92
5	—	370	130.00–137.00	133.47
3	—	313	130.00–140.00	133.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	418	140.00–148.00	144.67
5	—	567	110.00–115.00	112.46
6	—	363	150.00–158.00	153.10
3	—	463	130.00–137.00	132.47
6	—	519	120.00–126.00	123.00
6	—	616	98.00–108.00	100.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	100.00–106.00	102.03
4	—	363	160.00–165.00	162.59
6	—	410	152.00–157.00	154.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,883	73.00–78.00	75.81
1	—	1,645	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	50.00	50.00
8	—	1,011	39.00–46.00	42.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	898	71.00–80.00	75.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	76.00	76.00

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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Fitzgerald

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

South Central Livestock - Fitzgerald, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle