Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-09-13

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 13
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
66 vs last sale 115 26 vs year ago 155 · +16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
3 vs last sale 22 7 vs year ago 18 · +38.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
12 vs last sale 15 20 vs year ago 7 · +285.7%
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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 2.00 lower, Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.77/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$115.77
38 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$2.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.55
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3441116.5751425
Medium and Large 2534114.2361013thin
One grade step is worth $2.33/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale38 hd
115.77
GA average16 barns · 2,504 hd
132.31
−16.55
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
BullsAverage1,50877.631,1714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24061.2475913
CowsLean 85-90%Average92748.254475thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 270593.97/cwt90.00–98.006622
BullsMedium and Large 2565125.54/cwt120.00–128.007094
BullsMedium and Large 3420133.33/cwt130.00–137.005604
BullsMedium and Large 366992.54/cwt90.00–94.006194
BullsMedium and Large 3617104.71/cwt100.00–110.006465
BullsMedium and Large 3375142.67/cwt140.00–145.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 3468116.03/cwt110.00–120.005435
HeifersMedium and Large 3327133.47/cwt130.00–135.004363
HeifersMedium and Large 355295.32/cwt90.00–98.005263
HeifersMedium and Large 2483122.95/cwt120.00–126.005944
HeifersMedium and Large 3388122.75/cwt120.00–126.004765
HeifersMedium and Large 2525116.86/cwt112.00–122.006144
HeifersMedium and Large 2583105.16/cwt100.00–110.006135
HeifersMedium and Large 3530104.76/cwt102.00–110.005553
HeifersMedium and Large 3418119.94/cwt118.00–122.005016
BullsMedium and Large 3462122.89/cwt118.00–128.005689
BullsMedium and Large 3588114.94/cwt110.00–120.006764
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,280975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,4802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,037754.42/cwt700.00–825.007,8236
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,238691.41/cwt675.00–700.008,5602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,9791
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,32561.96/cwt60.00–64.008212
Bulls1,43882.97/cwt82.00–84.001,1932
Bulls1,57872.30/cwt70.00–76.001,1412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27165.11/cwt62.00–68.008287
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20356.73/cwt54.00–59.006826
CowsLean 85-90%92354.09/cwt51.00–57.004992
CowsLean 85-90%93044.36/cwt42.00–46.004133

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.