Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-02-21

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 21
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
65 vs last sale 219 154 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
5 vs last sale 23 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
2 vs last sale 16 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.65/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$137.65
34 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.03
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465153.617142thin
Medium and Large 2483142.216877thin
Medium and Large 3425135.1057425
One grade step is worth $18.51/cwt here — about $140 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 sale34 hd
137.65
GA average17 barns · 1,908 hd
143.68
−6.03
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
BullsAverage1,52385.751,3063thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26469.118734thin
CowsLean 85-90%High90558.715313thin

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 3410162.44/cwt160.00–165.006664
BullsMedium and Large 3365172.40/cwt170.00–175.006294
BullsMedium and Large 3288187.52/cwt185.00–190.005402
BullsMedium and Large 3553143.98/cwt140.00–146.007963
BullsMedium and Large 3320177.62/cwt175.00–180.005684
BullsMedium and Large 3524145.94/cwt140.00–152.007657
HeifersMedium and Large 3317144.84/cwt140.00–150.004596
HeifersMedium and Large 3534124.07/cwt120.00–128.006635
HeifersMedium and Large 1465153.61/cwt150.00–157.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 2483142.21/cwt138.00–148.006877
HeifersMedium and Large 3370143.91/cwt140.00–148.005326
HeifersMedium and Large 3573119.33/cwt118.00–122.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 3422133.31/cwt130.00–136.005635
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,113660.73/cwt625.00–700.007,3544
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-281582.00/cwt82.00–82.006681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-263086.00/cwt86.00–86.005421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3760550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,1801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,9781
Bulls1,47292.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3541
Bulls1,54882.62/cwt80.00–85.001,2792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30072.15/cwt70.00–74.009383
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15560.00/cwt60.00–60.006931
CowsLean 85-90%1,09571.00/cwt71.00–71.007771
CowsLean 85-90%81052.56/cwt51.00–54.004262

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.