Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-03-06

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 6
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
14 vs last sale 134 112 vs year ago 232 · 48.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
1 vs last sale 15 13 vs year ago 27 · 48.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
23 vs last sale 31 5 vs year ago 13 · 38.5%
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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 lightly tested, Heifer calves and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $227.20/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$227.20
51 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$891
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+38.10
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1364254.149248thin
Medium and Large 2373234.7687521
Medium and Large 3422210.2088622
One grade step is worth $43.94/cwt here — about $38 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 sale51 hd
227.20
GA average14 barns · 1,170 hd
189.11
+38.10
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
BullsHigh1,33189.321,1894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13079.508982thin
CowsLean 85-90%High80966.015344thin

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)1,203$1,0004thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 2473212.41/cwt210.00–215.001,0054
BullsMedium and Large 2279255.49/cwt250.00–260.007137
BullsMedium and Large 3318233.53/cwt230.00–237.007434
BullsMedium and Large 3473195.24/cwt190.00–200.009234
BullsMedium and Large 3378224.47/cwt220.00–228.008485
BullsMedium and Large 1388246.97/cwt242.00–252.009584
HeifersMedium and Large 2380184.80/cwt180.00–190.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 2318195.91/cwt190.00–200.006235
BullsMedium and Large 2424222.74/cwt220.00–230.009445
BullsMedium and Large 3508185.21/cwt180.00–188.009415
BullsMedium and Large 3420215.24/cwt210.00–220.009044
BullsMedium and Large 2372235.62/cwt230.00–240.008775
BullsMedium and Large 1339261.31/cwt255.00–265.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 1382196.82/cwt190.00–200.007525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0791
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-382067.00/cwt67.00–67.005491
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3251,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,080725.00/head725.00–725.007252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10581.00/cwt81.00–81.008951
Bulls1,56099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5441
Bulls1,21580.00/cwt80.00–80.009721
Bulls1,27589.13/cwt88.00–90.001,1362
CowsLean 85-90%65077.00/cwt77.00–77.005012
CowsLean 85-90%96855.02/cwt54.00–56.005332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15578.00/cwt78.00–78.009011

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.