Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-02-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
69 vs last sale 109 47 vs year ago 131 · +35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
5 vs last sale 19 11 vs year ago 35 · 31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
49 vs last sale 56 6 vs year ago 13 · 46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, Steer calves and Heifer calves unevenly steady, Bull calves 5.00 higher, Replacement cows 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $183.36/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$183.36
64 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.81
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427197.5084318thin
Medium and Large 3405178.4272231
Medium and Large 2454176.5780115thin
One grade step is worth $20.93/cwt here — about $41 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 sale64 hd
183.36
GA average14 barns · 1,031 hd
170.55
+12.81
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
BullsAverage1,53697.381,4965thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24870.688826thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00154.765488thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 2453173.98/cwt170.00–178.007884
BullsMedium and Large 1384209.43/cwt205.00–213.008045
BullsMedium and Large 1577163.29/cwt160.00–165.009423
BullsMedium and Large 1608151.33/cwt150.00–154.009203
BullsMedium and Large 3508152.02/cwt150.00–156.007725
BullsMedium and Large 3382184.96/cwt180.00–190.007079
HeifersMedium and Large 1563163.91/cwt160.00–166.009233
HeifersMedium and Large 1324185.12/cwt180.00–190.006005
HeifersMedium and Large 2560155.09/cwt150.00–160.008694
SteersMedium and Large 1520194.04/cwt190.00–196.001,0093
SteersMedium and Large 2589172.48/cwt170.00–176.001,0164
SteersMedium and Large 1353233.35/cwt230.00–235.008243
BullsMedium and Large 3487165.32/cwt160.00–168.008053
BullsMedium and Large 2505164.04/cwt160.00–168.008284
BullsMedium and Large 2425185.22/cwt180.00–190.007877
BullsMedium and Large 1315223.43/cwt220.00–230.007047
BullsMedium and Large 3408175.25/cwt170.00–180.007156
BullsMedium and Large 3333194.87/cwt190.00–200.006498
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16390.15/cwt89.00–91.001,0482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10390.19/cwt84.00–98.009952
Bulls1,47396.04/cwt94.00–98.001,4152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24873.77/cwt71.00–77.009212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20581.00/cwt81.00–81.009761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26365.18/cwt61.00–67.008233
Bulls1,695104.90/cwt102.00–107.001,7782
Bulls1,34585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1431
CowsLean 85-90%97361.42/cwt60.00–63.005983
CowsLean 85-90%1,01750.76/cwt50.00–52.005165

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.