Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-01-23

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Jan 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
80 vs last sale 166 45 vs year ago 131 · 34.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
14 vs last sale 8 13 vs year ago 35 · 37.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
2 vs last sale 7 4 vs year ago 13 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls 2.00 higher, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.18/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$156.18
36 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.46
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1374170.226378thin
Medium and Large 2412157.3964917thin
Medium and Large 3446144.1164311thin
One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale36 hd
156.18
GA average14 barns · 1,509 hd
155.72
+0.46
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
BullsAverage1,78781.791,4623thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45572.001,0482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31070.299214thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04257.395987thin

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 1557176.59/cwt170.00–180.009843
BullsMedium and Large 1380213.46/cwt210.00–215.008113
BullsMedium and Large 3272201.63/cwt200.00–205.005483
BullsMedium and Large 1505184.69/cwt180.00–188.009336
BullsMedium and Large 2525173.00/cwt170.00–174.009084
BullsMedium and Large 3513164.62/cwt158.00–168.008453
SteersMedium and Large 3680142.73/cwt140.00–144.009713
HeifersMedium and Large 2560145.09/cwt140.00–150.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 3370155.27/cwt150.00–160.005744
HeifersMedium and Large 3470142.64/cwt140.00–144.006703
HeifersMedium and Large 2318163.55/cwt160.00–170.005205
HeifersMedium and Large 1342174.84/cwt170.00–176.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 2384162.78/cwt160.00–166.006255
HeifersMedium and Large 3505134.04/cwt130.00–138.006774
SteersMedium and Large 2670154.12/cwt150.00–158.001,0334
HeifersMedium and Large 2420154.54/cwt152.00–160.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 1428162.52/cwt160.00–168.006963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,59070.85/cwt68.00–74.001,1272
CowsLean 85-90%1,17460.75/cwt59.00–63.007134
CowsLean 85-90%86752.90/cwt49.00–55.004593
Bulls1,81385.68/cwt82.00–89.001,5532
Bulls1,73574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46069.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28572.58/cwt70.00–75.009332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33568.00/cwt68.00–68.009082

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.