Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2022-12-05

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Dec 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
84 vs last sale 286 271 vs year ago 473 · 57.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
13 vs last sale 30 31 vs year ago 74 · 41.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
20 vs last sale 50 7 vs year ago 37 · 18.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.94/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$144.94
41 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.32
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445146.0465124
Medium and Large 3371143.3753217thin
One grade step is worth $2.67/cwt here — about $118 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 sale41 hd
144.94
GA average13 barns · 1,618 hd
143.62
+1.32
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
BullsAverage1,22077.039403thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21766.638113thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08554.515924thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)760$9522thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,067$81112

Every lot, as filed

26 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 2435173.95/cwt170.00–178.007574
BullsMedium and Large 2384182.09/cwt180.00–185.006997
BullsMedium and Large 2518161.75/cwt160.00–165.008383
BullsMedium and Large 1418185.51/cwt182.00–190.0077510
BullsMedium and Large 3413164.12/cwt160.00–168.006784
BullsMedium and Large 3538152.51/cwt150.00–155.008214
HeifersMedium and Large 2483144.70/cwt140.00–148.006996
SteersMedium and Large 3485162.97/cwt160.00–166.007904
SteersMedium and Large 3505154.04/cwt150.00–158.007784
HeifersMedium and Large 3365143.88/cwt140.00–150.005256
HeifersMedium and Large 2570134.14/cwt130.00–138.007654
HeifersMedium and Large 2328162.40/cwt160.00–165.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 3418135.91/cwt130.00–140.005686
HeifersMedium and Large 3323151.71/cwt150.00–158.004905
HeifersMedium and Large 2420145.07/cwt140.00–150.0060910
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,066735.70/head675.00–800.007368
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2760951.97/head850.00–1,050.009522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30573.00/cwt73.00–73.009531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07574.64/cwt73.00–78.008023
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,068961.71/head925.00–1,000.009624
CowsLean 85-90%1,06558.00/cwt58.00–58.006181
CowsLean 85-90%1,09253.35/cwt50.00–57.005833
Bulls1,18080.00/cwt80.00–80.009441
Bulls1,24075.55/cwt74.00–77.009372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10574.00/cwt74.00–74.008181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27362.95/cwt62.00–64.008012

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.