Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-08-29

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Aug 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
18 vs last sale 165 53 vs year ago 94 · +56.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
5 vs last sale 29 3 vs year ago 21 · +14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
2 vs last sale 11 1 vs year ago 12 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows unevenly steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls steady, 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 $162.44/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$162.44
52 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.90
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458177.8581413thin
Medium and Large 3403163.5565920
Medium and Large 2554150.7383619thin
One grade step is worth $27.12/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 sale52 hd
162.44
GA average15 barns · 1,457 hd
153.54
+8.90
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
BullsLow1,53383.331,2774thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23677.589586thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93860.135649thin

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)1,050$7002thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 3428162.40/cwt160.00–165.006954
BullsMedium and Large 1325196.59/cwt195.00–198.006394
BullsMedium and Large 2685132.98/cwt130.00–136.009114
BullsMedium and Large 2413172.52/cwt170.00–175.007134
BullsMedium and Large 3360169.11/cwt165.00–173.006094
BullsMedium and Large 1703140.51/cwt134.00–144.009884
SteersMedium and Large 1525182.57/cwt180.00–185.009584
SteersMedium and Large 1578175.91/cwt172.00–180.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1563150.47/cwt148.00–153.008474
HeifersMedium and Large 1710134.03/cwt130.00–138.009524
HeifersMedium and Large 2425153.58/cwt150.00–157.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 3413144.03/cwt140.00–148.005956
HeifersMedium and Large 3723115.54/cwt110.00–120.008354
HeifersMedium and Large 2723123.64/cwt122.00–127.008943
BullsMedium and Large 3324177.69/cwt175.00–185.005765
BullsMedium and Large 3469150.94/cwt148.00–155.007087
BullsMedium and Large 2586143.22/cwt140.00–148.008395
BullsMedium and Large 2460166.59/cwt160.00–170.007663
BullsMedium and Large 2611142.03/cwt140.00–146.008683
BullsMedium and Large 1368192.74/cwt190.00–195.007095
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,050700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,20076.00/cwt76.00–76.009121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-283594.00/cwt94.00–94.007851
Bulls1,40781.44/cwt80.00–84.001,1463
Bulls1,91089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24883.01/cwt82.00–85.001,0363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22372.14/cwt70.00–76.008823
CowsLean 85-90%90266.01/cwt64.00–67.005953
CowsLean 85-90%92575.00/cwt75.00–75.006941
CowsLean 85-90%96253.62/cwt51.00–57.005165

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.