Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-05-09

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 9
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
42 vs last sale 137 46 vs year ago 141 · 32.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
14 vs last sale 32 3 vs year ago 15 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, Replacement lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $146.48/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$146.48
29 head · 371 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2400149.665998thin
Medium and Large 3360145.2752321
One grade step is worth $4.39/cwt here — about $76 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 sale29 hd
146.48
GA average15 barns · 1,043 hd
144.96
+1.52
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
BullsLow1,29068.128792thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22062.707655thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00055.165523thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 2380155.13/cwt150.00–160.005894
BullsMedium and Large 2420144.19/cwt140.00–148.006064
BullsMedium and Large 3385146.08/cwt140.00–150.005626
BullsMedium and Large 3409135.34/cwt130.00–140.005547
BullsMedium and Large 3317153.37/cwt150.00–155.004863
HeifersMedium and Large 3285147.05/cwt144.00–150.004194
HeifersMedium and Large 3480125.02/cwt124.00–126.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 3413134.63/cwt130.00–137.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 2414144.49/cwt140.00–148.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 3359133.67/cwt130.00–140.004807
BullsMedium and Large 3287153.35/cwt150.00–157.004405
Bulls1,29068.12/cwt65.00–73.008792
CowsLean 85-90%1,00055.16/cwt53.00–59.005523
CowsBoner 80-85%97063.00/cwt63.00–63.006111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28362.62/cwt60.00–65.008034

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.