Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2021-12-13

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Dec 13
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
287 vs last sale 473 61 vs year ago 247 · 24.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
26 vs last sale 74 18 vs year ago 30 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
23 vs last sale 37 53 vs year ago 7 · +757.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.82/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$136.82
58 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433144.776278thin
Medium and Large 2427136.5358340
Medium and Large 3386131.6250810thin
One grade step is worth $13.15/cwt here — about $119 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 sale58 hd
136.82
GA average17 barns · 2,647 hd
132.61
+4.22
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
BullsAverage1,77090.501,6022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15058.2767016
CowsLean 85-90%Average96946.6745214

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1525144.63/cwt140.00–149.007594
BullsMedium and Large 2412163.04/cwt160.00–165.006726
BullsMedium and Large 3422155.52/cwt150.00–159.006566
BullsMedium and Large 3319164.63/cwt160.00–167.005258
BullsMedium and Large 2385172.03/cwt170.00–174.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 2468134.06/cwt130.00–138.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 2422134.64/cwt130.00–140.0056812
HeifersMedium and Large 1433144.77/cwt140.00–150.006278
HeifersMedium and Large 3360136.07/cwt130.00–140.004906
HeifersMedium and Large 2269152.85/cwt150.00–155.004117
HeifersMedium and Large 2388142.29/cwt140.00–145.005527
HeifersMedium and Large 3425124.94/cwt120.00–130.005314
BullsMedium and Large 1370178.26/cwt174.00–183.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 2530125.92/cwt122.00–130.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 2572123.29/cwt120.00–128.007056
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,090925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,0832
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3919798.19/cwt775.00–825.007,33512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-399659.57/cwt52.00–64.005934
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05074.55/cwt70.00–78.007832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2955780.58/cwt725.00–850.007,4556
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3855675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,7712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3820600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,9201
Bulls1,70087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4791
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14261.98/cwt61.00–63.007086
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15556.04/cwt54.00–59.0064710
CowsLean 85-90%96351.71/cwt50.00–55.004984
CowsLean 85-90%97144.66/cwt42.00–48.0043410
Bulls1,84094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,7301

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.