Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-05-31

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 31
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
140 vs last sale 215 63 vs year ago 138 · 45.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
13 vs last sale 24 5 vs year ago 6 · +83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
24 vs last sale 38 3 vs year ago 11 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.38/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$137.38
11 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2408142.985832thin
Medium and Large 3402136.145489thin
One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $36 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 sale11 hd
137.38
GA average14 barns · 1,283 hd
126.29
+11.09
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
BullsAverage1,85584.001,5581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14564.927432thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92254.545034thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2408142.98/cwt140.00–146.005832
BullsMedium and Large 3463124.06/cwt120.00–128.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 3415123.15/cwt120.00–126.005115
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,005670.70/cwt665.00–675.006,7414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,4801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,48566.00/cwt66.00–66.009801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14564.92/cwt64.00–66.007432
CowsLean 85-90%94257.38/cwt55.00–59.005413
CowsLean 85-90%86046.00/cwt46.00–46.003961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,023691.77/cwt650.00–735.007,0772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-390059.00/cwt59.00–59.005311
BullsMedium and Large 3413133.87/cwt130.00–136.005533
BullsMedium and Large 3364143.88/cwt140.00–146.005244
SteersMedium and Large 3478133.90/cwt130.00–138.006402
Bulls1,85584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,5581

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.