Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-10-25

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 25
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
10 vs last sale 183 173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
1 vs last sale 25 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
4 vs last sale 26 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, heifer calves, and bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.18/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$125.18
18 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.45
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423132.115594thin
Medium and Large 2407124.035053thin
Medium and Large 3339122.9741711thin
One grade step is worth $9.14/cwt here — about $142 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 sale18 hd
125.18
GA average16 barns · 1,292 hd
120.73
+4.45
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
BullsLow1,04763.876693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21252.596373thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average89446.784184thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 3423125.48/cwt120.00–128.005313
BullsMedium and Large 3516113.97/cwt110.00–118.005884
BullsMedium and Large 3372133.02/cwt130.00–135.004956
HeifersMedium and Large 2407124.03/cwt120.00–126.005053
HeifersMedium and Large 3371120.65/cwt118.00–125.004484
HeifersMedium and Large 3321124.30/cwt120.00–130.003997
HeifersMedium and Large 1423132.11/cwt130.00–134.005594
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2880918.99/cwt825.00–975.008,0873
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-282578.00/cwt78.00–78.006441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,02559.94/cwt56.00–64.006142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-390558.49/cwt57.00–60.005292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-298073.02/cwt70.00–76.007163
Bulls1,04763.87/cwt60.00–67.006693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21252.59/cwt52.00–54.006373
CowsLean 85-90%70050.00/cwt50.00–50.003501
CowsLean 85-90%95845.71/cwt42.00–48.004383

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.