Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-07-26

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jul 26
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
151 head
6 vs last sale 145 40 vs year ago 111 · +36.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
5 vs last sale 13 3 vs year ago 11 · 27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
12 vs last sale 17 5 vs year ago 10 · 50.0%
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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 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 $145.84/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$145.84
29 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$23.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.99
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2393160.1862910thin
Medium and Large 3444138.9861612thin
Medium and Large 1542137.107437thin
One grade step is worth $23.08/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale29 hd
145.84
GA average14 barns · 1,272 hd
137.85
+7.99
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
BullsHigh1,47383.501,2302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10064.007041thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94344.954242thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1520141.27/cwt138.00–148.007353
BullsMedium and Large 1558133.97/cwt132.00–136.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 3424134.38/cwt130.00–138.005707
BullsMedium and Large 2385163.67/cwt162.00–165.006306
HeifersMedium and Large 2476135.60/cwt130.00–138.006455
HeifersMedium and Large 2427142.70/cwt140.00–146.006096
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10064.00/cwt64.00–64.007041
Bulls1,82593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6971
Bulls1,12074.00/cwt74.00–74.008291
CowsLean 85-90%94344.95/cwt42.00–49.004242
BullsMedium and Large 2405154.94/cwt150.00–160.006284
BullsMedium and Large 3410144.03/cwt142.00–146.005916
BullsMedium and Large 3477133.93/cwt130.00–138.006396
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,120800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,9602
HeifersMedium and Large 3480122.94/cwt120.00–126.005904
HeifersMedium and Large 3322145.39/cwt140.00–148.004686

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.