Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-04-26

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 26
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
103 vs last sale 190 158 vs year ago 245 · 64.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
6 vs last sale 21 2 vs year ago 13 · +15.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 8 vs year ago 12 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.84/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$120.84
8 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.90
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2478123.275894thin
Medium and Large 3454118.415384thin
One grade step is worth $4.86/cwt here — about $52 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 sale8 hd
120.84
GA average15 barns · 1,099 hd
124.74
−3.90
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
BullsAverage1,39081.001,1262thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04755.515815thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92049.004512thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
CowsLean 85-90%89053.00/cwt53.00–53.004721
Bulls1,14084.00/cwt84.00–84.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 3473113.37/cwt110.00–117.005362
BullsMedium and Large 3473132.41/cwt130.00–135.006264
HeifersMedium and Large 2603112.51/cwt110.00–115.006782
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,100750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,2501
CowsLean 85-90%95045.00/cwt45.00–45.004281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04755.51/cwt53.00–59.005815
Bulls1,64078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2791
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3943719.96/cwt625.00–825.006,7892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055853.79/cwt825.00–875.009,0072
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3965750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,2382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,3002
HeifersMedium and Large 3435123.46/cwt120.00–127.005372
HeifersMedium and Large 2353134.03/cwt130.00–138.004732

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.