Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-10-18

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 18
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
8 vs last sale 175 35 vs year ago 148 · +23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 30 13 vs year ago 12 · +108.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
11 vs last sale 15 18 vs year ago 8 · +225.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 lower, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.75/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$114.75
45 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$522
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.97
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2464119.9855716thin
Medium and Large 3450111.8650329
One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $54 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 sale45 hd
114.75
GA average17 barns · 2,123 hd
122.72
−7.97
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23053.916632thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92746.7343311

Every lot, as filed

18 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
CowsLean 85-90%90943.61/cwt40.00–46.003967
CowsLean 85-90%95952.18/cwt50.00–54.005004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23053.91/cwt52.00–56.006632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,03568.00/cwt68.00–68.007041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04076.92/cwt73.00–81.008004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294285.47/cwt82.00–89.008053
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4101,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0014,4532
HeifersMedium and Large 3378122.47/cwt120.00–124.004635
HeifersMedium and Large 3423113.93/cwt110.00–118.004824
HeifersMedium and Large 3487111.58/cwt110.00–114.005435
HeifersMedium and Large 3508104.69/cwt100.00–110.005326
HeifersMedium and Large 3584101.21/cwt100.00–106.005915
HeifersMedium and Large 3265120.98/cwt120.00–122.003214
HeifersMedium and Large 2524115.52/cwt112.00–120.006058
HeifersMedium and Large 2435124.05/cwt120.00–128.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 2373124.83/cwt120.00–130.004664
BullsMedium and Large 3470124.75/cwt120.00–128.005865
BullsMedium and Large 3511115.95/cwt112.00–122.005934

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.