Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-01-11

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 11
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 247▲ 57 vs year ago 96 · +59.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 30▼ 10 vs year ago 13 · −76.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 7▼ 9 vs year ago 12 · −75.0%
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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 $120.20/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$120.20
27 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.96
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488135.986642thin
Medium and Large 2444125.0655612thin
Medium and Large 3480113.3054413thin
One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $120 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 sale27 hd
120.20
—
GA average16 barns · 1,148 hd
114.24
+5.96
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—Low1,62077.001,2471thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,50052.007801thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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 3—328152.05/cwt150.00–154.004994
SteersMedium and Large 3—383153.92/cwt150.00–158.005902
BullsMedium and Large 3—478133.62/cwt130.00–138.006395
BullsMedium and Large 3—380141.23/cwt140.00–146.005375
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50052.00/cwt52.00–52.007801
Bulls——1,62077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,2471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378123.24/cwt120.00–128.004665
HeifersMedium and Large 3—569104.98/cwt102.00–106.005974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—86548.12/cwt46.00–50.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519109.19/cwt105.00–112.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477125.19/cwt120.00–128.005975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421124.96/cwt120.00–130.005267
BullsMedium and Large 2—421154.07/cwt150.00–158.006495
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488135.98/cwt132.00–140.006642

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.