Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-08-30

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 30
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
34 vs last sale 128 207 vs year ago 301 · 68.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
4 vs last sale 25 1 vs year ago 22 · 4.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 10 22 vs year ago 34 · 64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls Steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves unevenly steady to 3.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $149.18/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$149.18
21 head · 338 lb average
Value per head Derived
$504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.02
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2253174.704423thin
Medium and Large 3352144.9351118thin
One grade step is worth $29.77/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale21 hd
149.18
GA average15 barns · 1,487 hd
132.16
+17.02
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
BullsAverage1,23084.001,0331thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09064.006982thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96547.964637thin

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 2253174.70/cwt170.00–177.004423
BullsMedium and Large 3314153.23/cwt150.00–158.004817
BullsMedium and Large 3405131.71/cwt130.00–135.005333
BullsMedium and Large 3366142.62/cwt140.00–147.005228
HeifersMedium and Large 3470113.55/cwt110.00–120.005345
SteersMedium and Large 3583133.98/cwt130.00–136.007813
SteersMedium and Large 3480142.94/cwt140.00–146.006864
SteersMedium and Large 3526136.02/cwt130.00–139.007155
SteersMedium and Large 2423163.39/cwt160.00–165.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 2523122.03/cwt120.00–126.006383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,06061.87/cwt59.00–64.006563
Bulls1,23084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09064.00/cwt64.00–64.006982
CowsLean 85-90%97552.16/cwt51.00–55.005094
CowsLean 85-90%95242.36/cwt41.00–44.004033

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.