Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-07-19

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 19
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
24 vs last sale 169 8 vs year ago 137 · +5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
9 vs last sale 22 1 vs year ago 14 · 7.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
3 vs last sale 20 4 vs year ago 21 · 19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $150.28/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$150.28
43 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.92
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1370172.486399thin
Medium and Large 2434147.7964211thin
Medium and Large 3422142.7960323
One grade step is worth $29.69/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 sale43 hd
150.28
GA average16 barns · 1,944 hd
131.37
+18.92
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
BullsAverage1,45082.001,1891thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12062.336983thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91352.674813thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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%89055.00/cwt55.00–55.004901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06066.00/cwt66.00–66.007002
Bulls1,45082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24055.00/cwt55.00–55.006821
CowsLean 85-90%95561.00/cwt61.00–61.005831
CowsLean 85-90%89542.00/cwt42.00–42.003761
HeifersMedium and Large 1411143.55/cwt140.00–148.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 1473143.21/cwt140.00–145.006774
HeifersMedium and Large 2473135.28/cwt130.00–139.006408
BullsMedium and Large 3325161.56/cwt155.00–165.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 2508132.65/cwt130.00–134.006743
HeifersMedium and Large 2412133.27/cwt130.00–138.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 3584111.88/cwt110.00–118.006534
BullsMedium and Large 3427143.30/cwt140.00–148.006126
BullsMedium and Large 3376149.63/cwt145.00–155.005636
BullsMedium and Large 1342181.73/cwt175.00–185.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 3411125.00/cwt120.00–128.005144
BullsMedium and Large 2415150.99/cwt150.00–156.006276
BullsMedium and Large 3505124.95/cwt120.00–130.006314
HeifersMedium and Large 3383132.58/cwt130.00–135.005084
BullsMedium and Large 1352171.68/cwt170.00–175.006043
BullsMedium and Large 1417164.03/cwt160.00–166.006843
BullsMedium and Large 3473135.52/cwt132.00–138.006414
HeifersMedium and Large 3485121.31/cwt120.00–124.005883
BullsMedium and Large 2457143.96/cwt140.00–148.006585
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3910800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,2804

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.