Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-10-11

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 11
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
46 vs last sale 129 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
7 vs last sale 37 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
3 vs last sale 18 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and Bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.98/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$142.98
33 head · 370 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.08
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1358152.565467thin
Medium and Large 2350147.465168thin
Medium and Large 3384137.2652718thin
One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about $19 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 sale33 hd
142.98
GA average15 barns · 1,132 hd
124.90
+18.08
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
BullsAverage1,66378.501,3052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,81556.001,0161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13655.106267thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96049.524759thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2310152.42/cwt150.00–155.004734
BullsMedium and Large 3460123.03/cwt120.00–126.005664
BullsMedium and Large 3414134.08/cwt130.00–138.005557
BullsMedium and Large 1358152.56/cwt150.00–155.005467
BullsMedium and Large 3383136.61/cwt130.00–140.005233
BullsMedium and Large 2390142.50/cwt140.00–145.005564
HeifersMedium and Large 2420124.88/cwt120.00–130.005244
HeifersMedium and Large 1426135.18/cwt130.00–138.005767
HeifersMedium and Large 3379124.28/cwt120.00–128.004717
BullsMedium and Large 3255157.55/cwt155.00–160.004024
HeifersMedium and Large 2488122.95/cwt120.00–126.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 1370135.89/cwt134.00–140.005033
HeifersMedium and Large 2372132.04/cwt130.00–134.004916
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2928741.74/cwt725.00–750.006,8833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3895600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,3701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3950675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,4132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-388561.00/cwt61.00–61.005401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,070925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,8982
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-262578.00/cwt78.00–78.004881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81556.00/cwt56.00–56.001,0161
CowsLean 85-90%91445.09/cwt42.00–48.004124
Bulls1,72581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,3971
Bulls1,60076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12353.95/cwt52.00–59.006066
CowsLean 85-90%99753.07/cwt51.00–55.005295
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21562.00/cwt62.00–62.007531

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.