Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-02-01

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 1
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 150▲ 44 vs year ago 89 · +49.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 16▼ 19 vs year ago 23 · −82.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 20▼ 13 vs year ago 14 · −92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.33/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$129.33
36 head · 374 lb average
Value per head Derived
$483
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.48
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431134.545804thin
Medium and Large 2367130.1747725
Medium and Large 3366123.364517thin
One grade step is worth $11.18/cwt here — about $128 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 sale36 hd
129.33
—
GA average16 barns · 1,156 hd
116.85
+12.48
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—Average1,83384.321,5462thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02043.544442thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431134.54/cwt130.00–138.005804
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370132.57/cwt130.00–136.004916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—414124.29/cwt120.00–128.005159
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322134.02/cwt132.00–136.0043210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—99550.00/cwt50.00–50.004981
BullsMedium and Large 3—285156.07/cwt154.00–158.004454
Bulls——1,83384.32/cwt81.00–87.001,5462
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02043.54/cwt42.00–45.004442
BullsMedium and Large 3—390144.03/cwt142.00–146.005624
BullsMedium and Large 3—426134.28/cwt132.00–138.005725
BullsMedium and Large 3—319152.02/cwt150.00–154.004857
BullsMedium and Large 3—479123.46/cwt120.00–128.005917
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366123.36/cwt120.00–128.004517

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.