Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-11-14

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Nov 14
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
2 vs last sale 110 59 vs year ago 171 · 34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
4 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 17 · +29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
7 vs last sale 20 2 vs year ago 11 · +18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls mostly steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves lightly tested, Bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.24/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$156.24
26 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2393163.666438thin
Medium and Large 3416152.9463618thin
One grade step is worth $10.71/cwt here — about $7 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 sale26 hd
156.24
GA average15 barns · 1,159 hd
145.49
+10.75
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
BullsLow1,18075.008851thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16562.607294thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03454.3356211

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)1,200$1,0502thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2528143.91/cwt140.00–148.007604
BullsMedium and Large 2258183.40/cwt180.00–187.004734
BullsMedium and Large 3413152.00/cwt150.00–154.006286
BullsMedium and Large 3363164.75/cwt160.00–167.005986
BullsMedium and Large 3472142.08/cwt140.00–146.006716
HeifersMedium and Large 2431143.93/cwt140.00–150.006206
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-269588.00/cwt88.00–88.006121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-376073.00/cwt73.00–73.005551
Bulls1,18075.00/cwt75.00–75.008851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16562.60/cwt60.00–65.007294
CowsLean 85-90%87762.63/cwt60.00–64.005493
CowsLean 85-90%1,05045.08/cwt41.00–47.004733
CowsLean 85-90%1,11954.89/cwt52.00–56.006145

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.