Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-11-08

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
115 head
50 vs last sale 65 3 vs year ago 118 · 2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
4 vs last sale 18 1 vs year ago 23 · 4.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
7 vs last sale 18 84 vs year ago 95 · 88.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 2.00 higher, Bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.49/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$125.49
32 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.43
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470132.976255thin
Medium and Large 2438130.305719thin
Medium and Large 3428121.0151818thin
One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $107 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 sale32 hd
125.49
GA average15 barns · 1,754 hd
122.06
+3.43
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
BullsAverage1,61676.951,2434thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66062.001,0291thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16261.247123thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93347.214404thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2483142.95/cwt140.00–146.006902
BullsMedium and Large 3643105.99/cwt104.00–110.006823
BullsMedium and Large 2305163.93/cwt160.00–168.005004
BullsMedium and Large 2518134.56/cwt130.00–138.006974
BullsMedium and Large 366896.01/cwt92.00–100.006412
BullsMedium and Large 3320153.23/cwt150.00–155.004903
HeifersMedium and Large 3528112.03/cwt110.00–114.005922
HeifersMedium and Large 1470132.97/cwt130.00–135.006255
HeifersMedium and Large 2503123.98/cwt120.00–128.006242
BullsMedium and Large 1371168.99/cwt165.00–175.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 2472125.42/cwt120.00–130.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 2381137.11/cwt130.00–140.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 3473117.01/cwt114.00–120.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 3419121.81/cwt118.00–128.005109
HeifersMedium and Large 3328129.90/cwt126.00–132.004263
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,230825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,1482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,060675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,1551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,015573.36/cwt550.00–600.005,8203
Bulls1,77583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4731
Bulls1,56374.93/cwt72.00–78.001,1713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16261.24/cwt59.00–63.007123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0291
CowsLean 85-90%94053.00/cwt53.00–53.004981
CowsLean 85-90%93045.28/cwt44.00–47.004213

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.