Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-09-12

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Sep 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
76 vs last sale 172 85 vs year ago 181 · 47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
16 vs last sale 25 16 vs year ago 25 · 64.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
20 vs last sale 31 16 vs year ago 27 · 59.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves lightly tested, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.26/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$149.26
16 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.79
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558152.998544thin
Medium and Large 2517148.867709thin
Medium and Large 3427145.506213thin
One grade step is worth $7.49/cwt here — about $232 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 sale16 hd
149.26
GA average15 barns · 2,069 hd
153.05
−3.79
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
BullsHigh2,005103.002,0651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21884.581,0303thin
CowsLean 85-90%High86068.505892thin

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)1,112$8146

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsLean 85-90%84571.00/cwt71.00–71.006001
CowsLean 85-90%87566.00/cwt66.00–66.005781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21884.58/cwt80.00–87.001,0303
Bulls2,005103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,0651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,37586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1831
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3785650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,275895.39/head800.00–975.008954
HeifersMedium and Large 3427145.50/cwt140.00–148.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2469152.82/cwt150.00–155.007175
HeifersMedium and Large 2578143.91/cwt140.00–148.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1558152.99/cwt150.00–156.008544
BullsMedium and Large 3307173.26/cwt170.00–175.005326
BullsMedium and Large 2324186.17/cwt180.00–190.006035

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.