Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-05-17

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 17
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
41 vs last sale 141 33 vs year ago 215 · 15.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
1 vs last sale 15 17 vs year ago 31 · 54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
28 vs last sale 31 22 vs year ago 25 · 88.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows mostly steady, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder Steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.76/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$122.76
38 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$2.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.23
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3383123.714746thin
Medium and Large 2439123.1854119thin
Medium and Large 1526121.7164113thin
One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale38 hd
122.76
GA average17 barns · 1,839 hd
121.53
+1.23
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20561.5374212
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04448.345053thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1530124.74/cwt122.00–126.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 1475124.67/cwt122.00–130.005926
HeifersMedium and Large 1583115.97/cwt114.00–118.006762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3790600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,7401
BullsMedium and Large 3510116.54/cwt110.00–120.005943
BullsMedium and Large 3474122.38/cwt116.00–126.005805
CowsLean 85-90%1,01541.00/cwt41.00–41.004161
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,43562.00/cwt62.00–62.008901
HeifersMedium and Large 1618114.02/cwt112.00–116.007052
HeifersMedium and Large 2358132.00/cwt130.00–136.004735
CowsLean 85-90%1,05852.01/cwt50.00–54.005502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25763.85/cwt60.00–67.008039
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05054.58/cwt53.00–56.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 2532113.31/cwt108.00–118.006036
HeifersMedium and Large 2420125.07/cwt120.00–128.005258
BullsMedium and Large 3307139.39/cwt138.00–142.004283
BullsMedium and Large 3425127.28/cwt124.00–130.005416
BullsMedium and Large 3356132.38/cwt130.00–138.004717
HeifersMedium and Large 3383123.71/cwt120.00–128.004746

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.