Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-01-25

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 25
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
26 vs last sale 124 6 vs year ago 144 · +4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
1 vs last sale 15 4 vs year ago 12 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
11 vs last sale 9 8 vs year ago 12 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, Heifer calves unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Steer calves and bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.01/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$121.01
42 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431132.825725thin
Medium and Large 2387128.1149517thin
Medium and Large 3481112.0153920
One grade step is worth $20.81/cwt here — about $34 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 sale42 hd
121.01
GA average16 barns · 1,748 hd
115.88
+5.13
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
BullsLow1,38878.911,0954thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31558.007631thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92547.614406thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 3320151.91/cwt150.00–154.004864
BullsMedium and Large 3630103.41/cwt100.00–105.006513
SteersMedium and Large 2618113.37/cwt110.00–115.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 3575103.62/cwt100.00–107.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2419123.03/cwt120.00–127.005158
HeifersMedium and Large 2380132.44/cwt130.00–134.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 3512106.06/cwt100.00–110.005436
BullsMedium and Large 3424129.48/cwt126.00–132.005495
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,187779.11/cwt700.00–850.009,2486
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,25557.00/cwt57.00–57.007151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-387752.17/cwt50.00–54.004583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-277873.98/cwt73.00–75.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 2330132.86/cwt130.00–136.004384
HeifersMedium and Large 3487113.20/cwt110.00–114.005515
HeifersMedium and Large 3363124.69/cwt120.00–128.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 1431132.82/cwt130.00–136.005725
CowsLean 85-90%92743.31/cwt40.00–48.004013
CowsLean 85-90%92351.91/cwt51.00–53.004793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31558.00/cwt58.00–58.007631
Bulls1,44574.42/cwt74.00–75.001,0752
Bulls1,33083.40/cwt83.00–84.001,1092

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.