Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-05-24

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
33 vs last sale 182 137 vs year ago 78 · +175.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
10 vs last sale 14 15 vs year ago 9 · +166.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
35 vs last sale 3 24 vs year ago 14 · +171.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder heifers and bulls steady, heifer calves and bull calves 5.00 higher, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.10/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$137.10
44 head · 443 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.08
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1360161.755825thin
Medium and Large 2417145.3860614thin
Medium and Large 3474127.5360425
One grade step is worth $34.22/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale44 hd
137.10
GA average14 barns · 1,277 hd
128.02
+9.08
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
BullsLow1,46786.331,2663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24962.7178312
CowsLean 85-90%Average95450.124787thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,10074.00/cwt74.00–74.008141
CowsLean 85-90%94354.80/cwt51.00–59.005172
CowsLean 85-90%95948.25/cwt45.00–50.004635
Bulls1,94084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,6301
Bulls1,360101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29965.02/cwt61.00–69.008456
SteersMedium and Large 2585134.52/cwt132.00–137.007872
BullsMedium and Large 1360161.75/cwt157.00–164.005825
HeifersMedium and Large 1420137.12/cwt132.00–142.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2588123.46/cwt120.00–127.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 3375129.97/cwt128.00–132.004872
BullsMedium and Large 2369153.79/cwt150.00–157.005677
HeifersMedium and Large 2520125.12/cwt122.00–128.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 2307142.65/cwt140.00–144.004383
HeifersMedium and Large 2418131.69/cwt130.00–135.005504
HeifersMedium and Large 2480123.97/cwt120.00–128.005955
SteersMedium and Large 3570123.62/cwt120.00–127.007052
BullsMedium and Large 3608102.49/cwt100.00–105.006232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,055650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,11354.29/cwt50.00–59.006044
BullsMedium and Large 3370144.17/cwt140.00–148.005335
BullsMedium and Large 3576114.42/cwt110.00–117.006595
BullsMedium and Large 3417133.74/cwt130.00–138.005588
BullsMedium and Large 3513124.07/cwt120.00–128.006365
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13458.08/cwt55.00–60.006595
BullsMedium and Large 2416142.37/cwt140.00–148.005925
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3900821.98/cwt725.00–950.007,3988
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2932897.67/cwt875.00–925.008,3663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03567.19/cwt64.00–70.006954

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.