Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-09-20

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
37 vs last sale 181 39 vs year ago 179 · +21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 25 6 vs year ago 21 · 28.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
11 vs last sale 27 20 vs year ago 58 · 34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, Bulls and bull calves steady, Replacement cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.58/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$124.58
52 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.17
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1353138.6548911thin
Medium and Large 2379130.2749410thin
Medium and Large 3425117.7550131
One grade step is worth $20.90/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale52 hd
124.58
GA average14 barns · 1,714 hd
124.41
+0.17
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
BullsAverage1,79084.961,5212thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17355.576522thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04351.235346thin

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 3415129.63/cwt124.00–140.005385
BullsMedium and Large 3510122.49/cwt120.00–128.006255
BullsMedium and Large 3468126.73/cwt122.00–132.005936
BullsMedium and Large 3274163.58/cwt160.00–167.004488
BullsMedium and Large 3323152.60/cwt150.00–155.004934
BullsMedium and Large 2293172.52/cwt170.00–175.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 1420133.07/cwt130.00–136.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 1314141.84/cwt140.00–145.004457
HeifersMedium and Large 3503104.98/cwt100.00–110.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 3482114.44/cwt110.00–120.005526
HeifersMedium and Large 2315134.39/cwt132.00–137.004236
HeifersMedium and Large 3363123.90/cwt120.00–128.0045010
HeifersMedium and Large 2475124.08/cwt120.00–128.005894
HeifersMedium and Large 3423118.62/cwt115.00–122.0050211
BullsMedium and Large 2303162.52/cwt160.00–165.004924
BullsMedium and Large 2406153.64/cwt150.00–156.006245
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2651,013.54/cwt975.00–1,050.0012,8214
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3793762.38/cwt750.00–775.006,0464
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-277379.63/cwt74.00–86.006162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,00064.93/cwt58.00–68.006493
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3908738.02/cwt700.00–775.006,7012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,24568.00/cwt68.00–68.008471
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2860860.54/cwt825.00–900.007,4012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945995.54/cwt925.00–1,150.009,4084
Bulls1,79084.96/cwt84.00–86.001,5212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17355.57/cwt53.00–58.006522
CowsLean 85-90%1,04252.28/cwt50.00–56.005455
CowsLean 85-90%1,04546.00/cwt46.00–46.004811

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.