Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-05-10

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 10
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
141 head
63 vs last sale 204 63 vs year ago 78 · +80.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
11 vs last sale 26 8 vs year ago 7 · +114.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
19 vs last sale 50 16 vs year ago 15 · +106.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.59/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$122.59
50 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2418127.4453221
Medium and Large 3439119.0752329
One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about $10 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 sale50 hd
122.59
GA average15 barns · 1,223 hd
118.02
+4.57
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
BullsAverage1,51281.491,2323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19458.416976thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low81349.003982thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 2473133.85/cwt130.00–138.006334
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3987714.48/cwt625.00–775.007,05214
BullsMedium and Large 3407132.25/cwt130.00–138.005387
HeifersMedium and Large 3410122.12/cwt120.00–124.0050111
HeifersMedium and Large 3560106.53/cwt105.00–108.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 3370125.97/cwt122.00–130.004667
CowsLean 85-90%63045.00/cwt45.00–45.002841
BullsMedium and Large 3573104.80/cwt100.00–110.006014
Bulls1,55584.23/cwt80.00–87.001,3102
CowsLean 85-90%99553.00/cwt53.00–53.005271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18562.14/cwt60.00–65.007363
Bulls1,42576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20354.68/cwt53.00–57.006583
BullsMedium and Large 3522114.02/cwt110.00–120.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 3484114.54/cwt110.00–118.005547
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,22558.00/cwt58.00–58.007111
HeifersMedium and Large 2481124.53/cwt120.00–128.005997
HeifersMedium and Large 2423125.57/cwt122.00–130.005319
HeifersMedium and Large 2319134.89/cwt130.00–138.004305

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.