Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-05-30

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, May 30
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
72 vs last sale 162 15 vs year ago 75 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
9 vs last sale 11 9 vs year ago 11 · +81.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
37 vs last sale 14 37 vs year ago 14 · +264.3%
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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 $127.96/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$127.96
28 head · 353 lb average
Value per head Derived
$451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.00
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2448130.195838thin
Medium and Large 3314127.0839920
One grade step is worth $3.11/cwt here — about $184 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 sale28 hd
127.96
GA average15 barns · 1,308 hd
135.96
−8.00
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
BullsLow1,11075.008331thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92358.4153913

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,171$1,07620

Every lot, as filed

17 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3218137.29/cwt132.00–142.002992
HeifersMedium and Large 3274130.96/cwt128.00–135.003597
HeifersMedium and Large 3317125.18/cwt120.00–130.003975
HeifersMedium and Large 3408119.04/cwt114.00–124.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 2523123.07/cwt120.00–126.006444
HeifersMedium and Large 2373137.30/cwt132.00–142.005124
BullsMedium and Large 3374154.01/cwt150.00–157.005767
CowsLean 85-90%89853.82/cwt51.00–57.004836
CowsLean 85-90%94462.34/cwt59.00–65.005887
Bulls1,11075.00/cwt75.00–75.008331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,04558.43/cwt55.00–66.006118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08373.39/cwt70.00–76.007953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,15862.22/cwt60.00–64.007213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294875.06/cwt73.00–77.007122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,168949.14/head900.00–990.009496
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1721,129.98/head1,025.00–1,175.001,13014
HeifersMedium and Large 3358124.08/cwt120.00–128.004442

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.