Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-10-03

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Oct 3
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
65 vs last sale 136 72 vs year ago 129 · +55.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
16 vs last sale 23 30 vs year ago 37 · 81.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
1 vs last sale 8 11 vs year ago 18 · 61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.99/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$139.99
34 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.78
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517142.357363thin
Medium and Large 2438141.0561826
Medium and Large 3373133.054965thin
One grade step is worth $9.30/cwt here — about $240 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 sale34 hd
139.99
GA average15 barns · 1,454 hd
137.21
+2.78
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
BullsHigh1,50596.001,4451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21062.977622thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86056.004821thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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%86056.00/cwt56.00–56.004821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21062.97/cwt62.00–64.007622
Bulls1,50596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-381865.89/cwt61.00–69.005393
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-283576.00/cwt76.00–76.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1517142.35/cwt140.00–147.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 3373133.05/cwt130.00–138.004965
HeifersMedium and Large 2382145.04/cwt140.00–150.005546
HeifersMedium and Large 2435143.03/cwt140.00–146.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 2325153.18/cwt150.00–156.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 2527132.70/cwt130.00–136.006996
HeifersMedium and Large 2482136.00/cwt130.00–140.006566
BullsMedium and Large 2325184.20/cwt180.00–190.005998
BullsMedium and Large 3406161.77/cwt160.00–167.006574
BullsMedium and Large 2365184.07/cwt180.00–187.006726
BullsMedium and Large 2413173.52/cwt170.00–177.007174

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.