Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-04-04

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Apr 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
18 vs last sale 232 68 vs year ago 182 · +37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
27 vs last sale 27 46 vs year ago 8 · +575.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
21 vs last sale 13 30 vs year ago 4 · +750.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.81/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$135.81
82 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.91
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557147.0782014thin
Medium and Large 2518140.5072826
Medium and Large 3491129.1563442
One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $185 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 sale82 hd
135.81
GA average15 barns · 1,853 hd
143.72
−7.91
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
BullsAverage1,757102.331,7983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17083.2297421
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01870.9572216

Every lot, as filed

36 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
SteersMedium and Large 3668131.95/cwt130.00–134.008814
SteersMedium and Large 3528152.23/cwt150.00–157.008045
HeifersMedium and Large 2515140.98/cwt135.00–145.0072619
HeifersMedium and Large 3410133.29/cwt130.00–140.005468
BullsMedium and Large 2633132.69/cwt130.00–138.008403
BullsMedium and Large 2473163.25/cwt160.00–168.007726
BullsMedium and Large 1503162.70/cwt160.00–168.008183
BullsMedium and Large 3520143.12/cwt140.00–146.007444
BullsMedium and Large 3425163.90/cwt160.00–167.006976
BullsMedium and Large 3577133.31/cwt130.00–136.007696
HeifersMedium and Large 2485144.04/cwt140.00–148.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 3520128.58/cwt122.00–132.006698
HeifersMedium and Large 3570125.18/cwt120.00–130.007144
SteersMedium and Large 3618143.06/cwt140.00–146.008844
HeifersMedium and Large 3605113.97/cwt110.00–118.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 3665105.91/cwt102.00–110.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 3375144.36/cwt140.00–150.005418
HeifersMedium and Large 3472132.40/cwt130.00–135.006256
BullsMedium and Large 3361163.48/cwt160.00–170.005909
BullsMedium and Large 3473153.37/cwt150.00–157.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1612132.77/cwt130.00–138.008133
HeifersMedium and Large 1568145.11/cwt140.00–150.008244
HeifersMedium and Large 1528154.32/cwt150.00–156.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 2580132.71/cwt130.00–138.007703
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,206.73/cwt1,100.00–1,350.0015,0248
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12886.25/cwt80.00–92.009732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03987.25/cwt83.00–89.009074
Bulls1,820105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9111
Bulls2,055115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,3631
Bulls1,39587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11084.43/cwt81.00–88.0093710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17591.72/cwt89.00–93.001,0784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25376.63/cwt74.00–79.009607
CowsLean 85-90%94775.54/cwt73.00–77.007153
CowsLean 85-90%99284.31/cwt81.00–86.008363
CowsLean 85-90%1,04765.57/cwt62.00–69.0068710

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.