Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-08-22

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
46 vs last sale 119 37 vs year ago 128 · +28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
18 vs last sale 11 4 vs year ago 25 · +16.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
4 vs last sale 15 1 vs year ago 10 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves mostly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $170.50/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$170.50
48 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.15
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398189.8075610thin
Medium and Large 2419175.9373716thin
Medium and Large 3466157.7773422
One grade step is worth $32.03/cwt here — about $21 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 sale48 hd
170.50
GA average15 barns · 1,383 hd
153.34
+17.15
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
BullsHigh1,44894.001,3612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36880.601,1037thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96761.625968thin

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)865$7502thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1433186.02/cwt182.00–190.008054
BullsMedium and Large 1375192.32/cwt190.00–195.007216
BullsMedium and Large 2384183.53/cwt180.00–187.007058
BullsMedium and Large 2435172.47/cwt170.00–175.007504
BullsMedium and Large 3578144.09/cwt140.00–148.008334
BullsMedium and Large 3418163.28/cwt160.00–166.006835
HeifersMedium and Large 2580133.39/cwt130.00–140.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 3585124.03/cwt120.00–126.007263
HeifersMedium and Large 3478136.50/cwt130.00–140.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 1564148.39/cwt142.00–152.008375
HeifersMedium and Large 1471153.02/cwt150.00–158.007217
HeifersMedium and Large 3513135.30/cwt130.00–138.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1513150.84/cwt148.00–155.007749
BullsMedium and Large 3513153.27/cwt150.00–155.007864
BullsMedium and Large 3353172.48/cwt170.00–175.006094
BullsMedium and Large 3475155.05/cwt150.00–159.007365
BullsMedium and Large 2473164.19/cwt160.00–168.007774
HeifersMedium and Large 1378163.10/cwt160.00–166.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2514143.16/cwt140.00–148.007367
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3865750.00/head750.00–750.007502
Bulls1,640104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,7061
Bulls1,25584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4021
CowsLean 85-90%91063.59/cwt62.00–65.005795
CowsLean 85-90%1,18069.00/cwt69.00–69.008141
CowsLean 85-90%1,00353.01/cwt52.00–54.005322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23775.96/cwt75.00–77.009403
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43082.45/cwt81.00–85.001,1793

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.