Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-02-27

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Feb 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
134 head
29 vs last sale 163 98 vs year ago 232 · 42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
4 vs last sale 11 12 vs year ago 27 · 44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
22 vs last sale 9 18 vs year ago 13 · +138.5%
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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 lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 higher, Bull calves steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $179.87/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$179.87
36 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463184.428539thin
Medium and Large 2439179.7478811thin
Medium and Large 3387177.4068616thin
One grade step is worth $7.02/cwt here — about $167 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
179.87
GA average14 barns · 1,454 hd
174.78
+5.09
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
BullsAverage1,57289.331,4043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16779.499274thin
CowsLean 85-90%High93063.285899thin

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)1,045$8096

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 3312211.99/cwt210.00–213.006613
BullsMedium and Large 2277235.43/cwt232.00–237.006523
BullsMedium and Large 1360235.38/cwt232.00–237.008473
BullsMedium and Large 3412197.18/cwt190.00–200.008125
BullsMedium and Large 3518183.48/cwt180.00–187.009504
BullsMedium and Large 3360202.53/cwt200.00–205.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 3318182.24/cwt180.00–185.005804
HeifersMedium and Large 3385181.35/cwt180.00–182.006983
SteersMedium and Large 3487206.64/cwt200.00–210.001,0063
HeifersMedium and Large 3418173.94/cwt170.00–178.007279
HeifersMedium and Large 2423181.73/cwt180.00–185.007693
HeifersMedium and Large 1526174.97/cwt170.00–178.009204
HeifersMedium and Large 1412191.98/cwt190.00–194.007915
HeifersMedium and Large 2377188.65/cwt188.00–190.007113
HeifersMedium and Large 2485173.20/cwt170.00–176.008405
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3975700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,080863.19/head850.00–875.008634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-368763.10/cwt61.00–67.004333
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-288277.91/cwt73.00–87.006875
CowsLean 85-90%91372.36/cwt71.00–73.006613
CowsLean 85-90%84055.21/cwt54.00–57.004643
Bulls1,79589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5982
Bulls1,12590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17782.99/cwt80.00–85.009773
CowsLean 85-90%1,03762.27/cwt60.00–67.006463
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13569.00/cwt69.00–69.007831

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.