Sale reports / Georgia / Fitzgerald / 2023-03-27

Fitzgerald

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Fitzgerald, Georgia · Mon, Mar 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1947
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
26 vs last sale 124 134 vs year ago 232 · 57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 16 17 vs year ago 27 · 63.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 14 4 vs year ago 13 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves 5.00 higher, Bull calves steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $240.36/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$240.36
30 head · 332 lb average
Value per head Derived
$797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+44.79
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1312253.987928thin
Medium and Large 2355236.9284210thin
Medium and Large 3325234.1376112thin
One grade step is worth $19.85/cwt here — about $31 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 sale30 hd
240.36
GA average14 barns · 1,062 hd
195.57
+44.79
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
BullsHigh1,684108.031,8193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19986.951,0424thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59578.001,2441thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average77857.004432thin

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)1,315$1,0002thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1312253.98/cwt250.00–260.007928
BullsMedium and Large 2315242.46/cwt240.00–245.007644
BullsMedium and Large 2382233.23/cwt230.00–238.008916
BullsMedium and Large 3370225.27/cwt220.00–230.008334
BullsMedium and Large 3280243.38/cwt240.00–247.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 1470202.39/cwt200.00–205.009514
HeifersMedium and Large 2463195.08/cwt190.00–200.009034
HeifersMedium and Large 2538183.98/cwt180.00–188.009904
HeifersMedium and Large 3540173.03/cwt170.00–176.009344
BullsMedium and Large 3325233.75/cwt230.00–238.007604
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,3151,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800105.00/cwt105.00–105.008401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,17578.00/cwt78.00–78.009171
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00296.19/cwt87.00–108.009643
Bulls1,688116.55/cwt113.00–120.001,9672
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14077.00/cwt77.00–77.008781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01081.00/cwt81.00–81.008181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32394.89/cwt93.00–97.001,2552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2441
Bulls1,67591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5241
CowsLean 85-90%76064.00/cwt64.00–64.004861
CowsLean 85-90%79550.00/cwt50.00–50.003981

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.