Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-05-02

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
137 head
109 vs last sale 246 67 vs year ago 204 · 32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
25 vs last sale 57 6 vs year ago 26 · +23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
58 vs last sale 73 35 vs year ago 50 · 70.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady, Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.81/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$142.81
41 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505152.827725thin
Medium and Large 2441144.9563914thin
Medium and Large 3395139.1855022
One grade step is worth $13.64/cwt here — about $221 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 sale41 hd
142.81
GA average16 barns · 1,440 hd
142.91
−0.09
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
BullsAverage1,45383.071,2077thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41273.801,0425thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18668.0080711
CowsLean 85-90%Average85361.785278thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2558143.04/cwt140.00–146.007984
BullsMedium and Large 3483153.30/cwt150.00–156.007406
BullsMedium and Large 3570131.99/cwt128.00–138.007526
BullsMedium and Large 2508153.01/cwt150.00–156.007774
BullsMedium and Large 3508143.94/cwt140.00–148.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 3508124.98/cwt120.00–130.006354
HeifersMedium and Large 1505152.82/cwt150.00–156.007725
HeifersMedium and Large 2422145.30/cwt140.00–150.0061310
HeifersMedium and Large 3373140.65/cwt135.00–145.005258
HeifersMedium and Large 3273155.32/cwt150.00–160.004244
HeifersMedium and Large 3432135.93/cwt130.00–140.005876
HeifersMedium and Large 2488144.06/cwt140.00–148.007034
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-395553.31/cwt51.00–55.005092
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08266.49/cwt62.00–69.007193
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,157.16/cwt1,025.00–1,275.0013,1344
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,075775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,3312
Bulls1,31385.49/cwt83.00–88.001,1222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18565.42/cwt63.00–69.007758
Bulls1,29573.13/cwt70.00–75.009473
Bulls1,83095.56/cwt94.00–97.001,7492
CowsLean 85-90%1,03065.00/cwt65.00–65.006701
CowsLean 85-90%77570.09/cwt68.00–74.005433
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19074.88/cwt71.00–77.008913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41273.80/cwt71.00–76.001,0425
CowsLean 85-90%86854.74/cwt50.00–57.004754

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.