Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-11-15

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 115▲ 18 vs year ago 153 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 0 vs year ago 17 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 11▼ 3 vs year ago 14 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.09/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$127.09
37 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445134.6459910thin
Medium and Large 2433127.9955413thin
Medium and Large 3425120.8551414thin
One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about $85 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 sale37 hd
127.09
—
GA average17 barns · 2,116 hd
126.75
+0.34
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
Bulls—Low1,43377.481,1103thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13853.466084thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08245.134883thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1—380171.36/cwt168.00–175.006514
BullsMedium and Large 2—313162.72/cwt160.00–168.005093
BullsMedium and Large 3—419143.60/cwt140.00–146.006024
BullsMedium and Large 3—478132.95/cwt130.00–136.006364
BullsMedium and Large 3—316154.30/cwt150.00–160.004885
BullsMedium and Large 3—373153.26/cwt150.00–155.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520122.04/cwt120.00–124.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483122.80/cwt120.00–126.005935
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433126.06/cwt122.00–128.005463
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483132.54/cwt130.00–135.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419136.04/cwt130.00–140.005706
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368124.77/cwt120.00–130.004595
HeifersMedium and Large 3—469114.99/cwt110.00–120.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 2—362134.29/cwt130.00–138.004866
BullsMedium and Large 3—575113.90/cwt110.00–118.006552
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,325725.00/cwt725.00–725.009,6062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,02076.00/cwt76.00–76.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,075850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,1381
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08245.13/cwt42.00–47.004883
Bulls——1,43377.48/cwt75.00–79.001,1103
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13853.46/cwt52.00–55.006084

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.