Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-06-13

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jun 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 136▼ 27 vs year ago 137 · −19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 17 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 20▼ 23 vs year ago 35 · −65.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, Steer calves steady, Heifer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.67/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$147.67
41 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.23
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513152.037803thin
Medium and Large 2495149.3274021
Medium and Large 3449144.8665117thin
One grade step is worth $7.17/cwt here — about $129 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
147.67
—
GA average15 barns · 1,311 hd
143.44
+4.23
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—High1,67891.331,5333thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31074.509762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62568.021,1053thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91658.945407thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—88569.00/cwt69.00–69.006111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—94572.00/cwt72.00–72.006801
Bulls——1,985102.00/cwt102.00–102.002,0251
Bulls——1,52586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3122
CowsLean 85-90%—97571.00/cwt71.00–71.006921
CowsLean 85-90%—93755.72/cwt53.00–59.005225
CowsLean 85-90%—75063.00/cwt63.00–63.004731
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50065.00/cwt65.00–65.009751
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2061
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60066.03/cwt65.00–67.001,0562
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12084.00/cwt84.00–84.009411
BullsMedium and Large 2—509144.77/cwt140.00–148.007378
BullsMedium and Large 1—513152.03/cwt150.00–156.007803
BullsMedium and Large 2—588143.22/cwt140.00–148.008425
BullsMedium and Large 3—408150.28/cwt148.00–155.006134
BullsMedium and Large 2—373162.52/cwt160.00–165.006064
BullsMedium and Large 2—475152.87/cwt150.00–156.007264
SteersMedium and Large 3—468153.87/cwt150.00–158.007205
SteersMedium and Large 3—515143.47/cwt140.00–146.007394
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610117.52/cwt115.00–120.007174
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477131.89/cwt130.00–136.006293
BullsMedium and Large 3—613124.02/cwt120.00–128.007602
BullsMedium and Large 3—533134.09/cwt130.00–138.007152
BullsMedium and Large 3—468144.42/cwt140.00–148.006764
BullsMedium and Large 3—369153.52/cwt150.00–158.005665
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518121.69/cwt120.00–125.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 3—419142.54/cwt140.00–147.005976

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.