Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-02-28

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 154▼ 48 vs year ago 280 · −17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 18▼ 30 vs year ago 57 · −52.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 18▼ 42 vs year ago 55 · −76.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 2.00 higher, Steer calves steady, Heifer calves and bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.89/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$150.89
33 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.99
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2475155.0073614thin
Medium and Large 3451147.8666719thin
One grade step is worth $7.14/cwt here — about $69 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 sale33 hd
150.89
—
GA average14 barns · 1,355 hd
146.90
+3.99
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—Low1,60993.751,5084thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20976.199216thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95455.265276thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2—638137.06/cwt132.00–142.008742
BullsMedium and Large 2—371184.04/cwt180.00–187.006837
BullsMedium and Large 3—330182.92/cwt180.00–188.006044
BullsMedium and Large 3—367176.46/cwt170.00–180.006485
BullsMedium and Large 3—427163.05/cwt160.00–167.006963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431162.92/cwt160.00–168.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519148.90/cwt144.00–154.007735
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525133.21/cwt130.00–140.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 3—481142.86/cwt140.00–146.006875
SteersMedium and Large 2—558157.02/cwt150.00–160.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466154.76/cwt150.00–158.007215
HeifersMedium and Large 3—417154.13/cwt150.00–158.0064311
BullsMedium and Large 3—469159.94/cwt158.00–164.007504
SteersMedium and Large 2—508164.03/cwt160.00–166.008335
SteersMedium and Large 3—437173.36/cwt170.00–175.007583
SteersMedium and Large 3—608142.02/cwt140.00–144.008632
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,055900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—77073.00/cwt73.00–73.005621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—85365.68/cwt64.00–67.005602
Bulls——1,11578.00/cwt78.00–78.008701
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28081.97/cwt80.00–84.001,0492
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17375.40/cwt71.00–78.008843
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17467.00/cwt67.00–67.007871
Bulls——1,74096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6702
Bulls——1,840105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9321
CowsLean 85-90%—93569.00/cwt69.00–69.006451
CowsLean 85-90%—95852.51/cwt50.00–55.005035

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.