Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-05-16

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 16
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 95▼ 20 vs year ago 182 · −11.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 18▼ 3 vs year ago 14 · −21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 3 · +366.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows lightly tested, Slaughter bulls unevenly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves 3.00 lower, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.76/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$132.76
40 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.87
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524133.6170013thin
Medium and Large 3430132.3556927
One grade step is worth $1.26/cwt here — about $132 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 sale40 hd
132.76
—
GA average15 barns · 1,092 hd
143.63
−10.87
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—Low1,62076.001,2311thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54576.001,1741thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10061.006711thin

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 2—368154.98/cwt152.00–158.005704
BullsMedium and Large 2—733113.79/cwt110.00–115.008344
BullsMedium and Large 2—482132.36/cwt130.00–134.006385
BullsMedium and Large 3—428132.91/cwt128.00–138.005694
BullsMedium and Large 3—513122.99/cwt120.00–125.006316
BullsMedium and Large 3—460127.39/cwt125.00–130.005867
SteersMedium and Large 3—520133.85/cwt130.00–138.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424123.13/cwt120.00–130.005226
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371132.47/cwt130.00–135.004918
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608112.01/cwt108.00–114.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1—710132.69/cwt130.00–134.009423
SteersMedium and Large 3—680113.91/cwt110.00–118.007754
SteersMedium and Large 3—718107.32/cwt104.00–114.007713
BullsMedium and Large 3—570115.18/cwt110.00–120.006572
BullsMedium and Large 3—255154.90/cwt150.00–160.003954
BullsMedium and Large 3—358140.55/cwt138.00–143.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515123.92/cwt120.00–128.006384
HeifersMedium and Large 2—488127.24/cwt124.00–130.006215
HeifersMedium and Large 3—461116.80/cwt110.00–120.005387
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—823980.70/cwt950.00–1,000.008,0714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,055975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,2861
Bulls——1,62076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2311
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10061.00/cwt61.00–61.006711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1741

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.